Thomas Mason (physicist)
Thomas Mason | |
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| 12th Director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory | |
| Assumed office November 1, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Terry Wallace |
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| Born | August 9, 1964 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | Dalhousie University McMaster University |
| Website | Los Alamos National Laboratory website |
Thomas Mason is a Canadian-American[1] condensed-matter physicist who serves as the director of Los Alamos National Laboratory. Prior to this appointment, he had been an executive at Battelle Memorial Institute from 2017–2018, and the director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory from 2007–2017.[2] Mason moved to Oak Ridge in 1998 at the start of construction of the Spallation Neutron Source[3] which he led from 2001 until project completion in 2006.
Early life[]
Mason was born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.[1] His father was a geophysicist who worked at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography, and his mother a biochemist, was working at Dalhousie University in Halifax.[citation needed]
Career[]
Mason became director at Los Alamos as part of the new Triad National Security LLC management team. In June, 2018, the National Nuclear Security Administration,[4] headed by Lisa Gordon-Hagerty,[5] announced that it had awarded an agency, called Triad National Security LLC,[6] the $25 billion contract for security of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Triad replaced the former Los Alamos National Security. The announcement of this action occurred on June 8, with notice to proceed on July 5, 2018.[7][8][9] The contract includes a five-year base with five one-year options, for a total of 10 years if all options are exercised. With this contract came the appointment of Mason on November 1, 2018.[10][11][12][13][14][15]
References[]
- ^ a b "Thom Mason Named Director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory". www.ornl.gov.
- ^ Cho, Adrian (27 February 2017). "Thom Mason, director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, to step down". Science. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ "Spallation Neutron Source | Neutron Science at ORNL".
- ^ National Nuclear Security Administration
- ^ Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty
- ^ Triad National Security, LLC (Triad)
- ^ Triad takes over at Los Alamos on Nov. 1, names Mason director designate
- ^ New Senior Managers Named at Los Alamos
- ^ Battelle and Triad Team Partners Awarded New Contract to Manage and Operate Los Alamos National Laboratory
- ^ LANL Website
- ^ Atomic Heritage Foundation interview
- ^ Triad National Security website
- ^ Exchange Monitor Interview
- ^ Texas A&M Houston Chronicle story
- 21st-century American physicists
- Canadian condensed matter physicists
- Los Alamos National Laboratory personnel
- American people of Canadian descent
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory people
- Living people
- McMaster University alumni
- Dalhousie University alumni
- Battelle Memorial Institute
- 1964 births
- American condensed matter physicists