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History @ Los Alamos

World War II 

The Cold War 

  •   Photo of navy ships in a military maneuverWeapons
    • Hydrogen Bomb Development
  •   Photo of the mushroom cloud of the Hydrogen Bomb MikeTest: atmos.
  •   Scientific illustration of a fusion weapon in cross-sectionTest: under.
    • JULIN: The Last Test Series
  •   Photo of John F. Kennedy speaking at Los AlamosArms Control
    • Arms Control Treaties

Research 

  •   Photo of crater left as a result of an underground test at the Nevada Test SiteEnergy
    • Hot Dry Rock
  •   Image of gamma ray pulses detected by Vela satellites Defense
    • Stockpile Stewardship
    • Nonproliferation
  •   Image of a graphic chart reflecting the decrease in the nuclear weapons stockpileComputing
    • Supercomputing
  •   Photo of supercomputers used to simulate nuclear weapons testingBasic Science
    • Astrophysics

John C. Browne became Director of Los Alamos National Laboratory on November 3, 1997. Dr. Browne came to the Laboratory in 1979 as a group leader in the Physics Division. During his years at the Laboratory, he held several positions. These include Physics Division Leader, Associate Laboratory Director for Computational and Information Sciences, Associate Laboratory Director for Defense Research and Applications, Associate Laboratory Director for Research, and Associate Laboratory Director for Experimental Physics. From 1993 to 1997 he was Program Director for Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) and Energy Research programs, responsible for overseeing LANSCE research and operations and for coordinating the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Research programs.

Dr. Browne is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was elected as a Fellow in the American Physical Society in 1987 and is a past recipient of a National Aeronautics and Space Administration Fellowship. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, and Sigma Pi Sigma honor societies.