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News Releases Nicholas: Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Fellow
Nancy Jo Nicholas
December 14, 2011—The Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM) elected Nancy Jo Nicholas of the Laboratory's Global Security Nuclear Nonproliferation and Security Program Office to the rank of Fellow in recognition of her distinguished contributions to the field of nonproliferation and nuclear security. The Institute for Nuclear Materials Management is the premiere international professional society for nonproliferation, arms control and safeguards.
About Nicholas
A member of LANL's technical staff since 1990, Nicholas is the director of the Nuclear Nonproliferation and Security Program Office. From 2006 to 2010, she served as division leader of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Division. Nicholas is the vice chair of the board of directors and founding board member of the Vienna-based World Institute for Nuclear Security. She served a two-year term as president of the Institute for Nuclear Materials Management. Her technical field of expertise is nondestructive assay measurements.
Nicholas earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and physics from Albright College and a master’s degree in nuclear physics from George Washington University.
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