9:30-11:15 AM 

Radioactivity and Nuclear Engineering; Working with Radioactivity; Cloud Chamber 

Tom Stockman, Email:  tstockman@lanl.gov

R&D Engineer at Los Alamos National Laboratory 

"I love just about any type of science and analysis. Developing tools to solve problems in areas I previously had little to no experience has become my bread and butter. I enjoy new problems and practical solutions"

Mike Duran, Email: duranma@lanl.gov

Senior Health Physicist, Los Alamos National Laboratory 

"first Native American student to receive his Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colo"
https://www.sudrum.com/news/2020/02/28/duran-recognized-for-his-accomplishments-in-the-field-of-radiation-science/

Hubert van Hecke, Email: 

Physicist (R) , Los Alamos National Laboratory 

Julie Geng, Email: jcgeng@lanl.gov

Nuclear Engineer, criticality safety analyst, Nuclear Criticality Safety group Los Alamos National Laboratory 

https://discover.lanl.gov/publications/national-security-science/2021-winter/knowledge-transfer

Sara Dumit, Email: sarad@lanl.gov

Health Physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos National Laboratory

https://www.lindau-nobel.org/blog-young-scientist-sara-dumit-earns-back-to-back-awards-for-her-interdisciplinary-research/

Diana Garcia, Email: dmg@lanl.gov

Radiation Protection Services , Los Alamos National Laboratory

Santana Rael, Email: srael@lanl.gov

Technical Project Manager at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Katherine Schreiber, Email: kschreiber@lanl.gov

scientist in safeguards science and technology. I build detectors that operate at extremely low temperature (several milliKelvin). These detectors have extraordinary sensitivity to gamma and x-ray spectra.  , Los Alamos National Laboratory

Jonnea Trujillo, Email: jonneamtru@lanl.gov

Radiation Protection Services , Los Alamos National Laboratory

James Vigil, Email: jamesv@lanl.gov

Radiation Protection Services , Los Alamos National Laboratory

12:15-1:15 PM

Climate Science 

Erica Roesler, Email: elroesl@sandia.gov

Atmospheric Scientist, Sandia National Laboratories

Alex Jonko, Email: ajonko@lanl.gov

Computational Earth Sciences Group. Alex does research in numerical modeling of Wildland fire at Los Alamos National Laboratory

9:30-11:00 AM Cyber Security

Kelly Bounsawat Luk, Email: klukbou@sandia.gov

B.S Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2015

M.S. Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2017

Kelly has been a staff member at Sandia National Laboratories for 8 years. She has worked in the department of Cyber Security Research and Development. In her laboratory, she performs static code analysis with the goal of reinforcing the security of the code base for when it is released in the public. She works with a team from diverse educational backgrounds from engineering to chemistry.

Claire Seiler, Email: cseiler@sandia.gov

B.S. Computer Engineering, University of Florida, 2020

M.S. Computer Engineering, University of Florida, 2021

Claire has been a cybersecurity researcher at Sandia National Laboratories for ~3 years. She focuses on the intersection of hardware and software domains, developing and securing embedded systems. Her work spans multiple research areas, including hardware security, vulnerability research, embedded development, formal methods, and ICS security.

David Torres, Email: davtorr@sandia.gov

B.S. Technical Management, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of New Mexico (in-progress)

David Torres is a US ARMY veteran with 11 years of active-duty service. Three years of combat experience. Two combat deployments to Iraq and one to Afghanistan. After his service in the military, he worked on aviation weapon simulation devices for the United States Army Aviation Logistical School. He gained his bachelor’s degree in Technical Management from the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. As a service-connected disabled veteran, David was accepted into the Exception Warrior Career Development Program through Sandia National Laboratories. Currently, he is finishing his degree in Electrical Engineering with the University of New Mexico. At Sandia National Labs, he focuses on Hardware security as a Researcher and Developer 

11:00-11:30 AM Geothermal Energy

Dr. Weldon Beauchamp Email: weldon@nuevatierra.org

NM Lead Educator at SPCYW, Science Instructor at  NMSA

http://www.atlasexploration.com/biography.html

Dr. Pascale Creek Pinner Email: pascale.pinner@gmail.com

Lead Educator at SPCYW, NGSS Curriculum Developer, and Science teacher at Hilo Intermediate School, Hawaii

12:15-12:30 PM VIP: Sandia Occupational

Dr. Rick Sauerman Email: rbsauer@sandia.gov

Site Occupational Medical Director for Sandia Medical Clinic

Dr. Rick Sauerman has been the site occupational medical director (SOMD) for Sandia’s clinics since 2009 and has been a physician with Sandia since 1995. He is a graduate of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, and he has a master’s degree in Public Health from the Medical College of Wisconsin. He completed a residency for board certification in Occupational Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Johanna Grassham Email: jmgrass@sandia.gov 

CNP, Certified Diabetes Educator

Johanna Grassham is a certified nurse practitioner and coordinator of the HR Health Management Clinic. She has over 10 years of experience in adult healthcare and chronic disease management. Before coming to Sandia, Johanna worked on a medical surgical unit at Presbyterian Hospital. Johanna holds a master’s degree in Nursing Education and is board certified in Advanced Diabetes Management.

12:30-1:00 PM Epigenetics

Karissa Sanbonmatsu, Email: kys@lanl.gov

Physicist, Los Alamos National Laboratory

https://www.lanl.gov/projects/karissa/

1:00-1:30 PM Vegetal Microfluidics

Sanna Sevanto Email: sanna@lanl.gov

Sanna Sevanto is a physicist-turned-plant physiologist with broad expertise in transport phenomena in complex natural systems. She has a master’s degree in Material Science and a PhD in Applied Physics from the University of Helsinki, Finland. Her interests in biomechanics and the environment have led her to apply the knowledge of physics to studying plant physiology and plant responses to environmental stress. Before beginning her career at LANL in 2009, she spent three years studying plants at Harvard University and teaching atmospheric thermodynamics and fluid mechanics at the University of Helsinki. Her research has focused on measurements and modeling of plant-atmosphere interactions, ecosystem energy, water and carbon cycles, plant hydraulics, plant responses to stress, as well as mechanistic understanding of plant structure and function. She has over 70 peer-reviewed publications and has collaborated with researchers from various disciplines ranging from applied and theoretical physics and global-scale vegetation modeling, to cellular and ecosystem-scale biology, ecology, meteorology, atmospheric sciences and material sciences, applying techniques from these fields for understanding plant function and vegetation influence on climate. These techniques include neutron radiography of water flow in plants and plant-root systems, soft-tissue x-ray tomography for studying plant anatomy, ultra-low field NMR for measuring plant drought responses, and linear displacement transducers for measuring pressure changes in plant tissues.

1:30-2:00 PM Bio safety and bio threats

Esen Sokullu, Email:esen@lanl.gov

Postdoctoral Research Associate in BioScience Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Sarah Mozden, Email:smozden@lanl.gov

Biosciences Researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory

2:15-4:30 PM [Split] Robotic Hand Project or Ohana Project Time!

Pascale Creek Pinner Email: pascale.pinner@gmail.com

Lead Educator at SPCYW, NGSS Curriculum Developer, and Science teacher at Hilo Intermediate School, Hawaii

Alex Miera, Email: ammiera@wpi.edu

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Meet VIP

 Thom Mason

Los Alamos National Laboratory Director

President and CEO of Triad National Security, LLC (Triad) and serves as the Director of Los Alamos National Laboratory. 

Most recently he was the Senior Vice President for Global Laboratory Operations at Battelle where he had responsibility for governance and strategy across the six National Laboratories that Battelle manages or co-manages. 

Prior to joining Battelle, Thom worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for 19 years, including 10 years as the Laboratory Director. Under his leadership, ORNL saw significant growth in programs, new facilities, and hiring while achieving record low safety incident rates.

Before becoming Laboratory Director, he was Associate Laboratory Director (ALD) for Neutron Sciences, ALD for the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), and Director of the Experimental Facilities Division.

During his time in Oak Ridge, Thom was active in the community serving as Chair of the Oak Ridge Public Schools Education Foundation as well as Innovation Valley, the Knoxville-Oak Ridge area regional economic development organization.

He moved to ORNL from the University of Toronto where he was a faculty member in the Department of Physics and previously worked as a Senior Scientist at Risø National Laboratory and a Postdoc at AT&T Bell Laboratories. 

For the past 30 years, he has been involved in the design and construction of scientific instrumentation and facilities and the application of nuclear, computing, and materials sciences to solve important challenges in energy and national security.

Thom has a Ph.D. in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics from McMaster University and a BSc in Physics from Dalhousie University.