Science Council Biographies

• Dave Clark
  A former Oppenheimer Fellow, Dave Clark is currently the Director of the Seaborg Institute and a Laboratory Fellow in the Nuclear Materials Technology Division Office (NMT-DO). Dave has worked in both basic and programmatic research, has garnered more than 100 refereed publications, and is involved in education programs across the Laboratory. Because his research centers on the behavior of actinides in the environment as well as the electronic structure and bonding of inorganic compounds, Clark’s expertise will cover some of the Laboratory’s materials-science capabilities.
• Chuck Farrar
  An engineer in the Weapons Response Group of Engineering Science and Applications (ESA-WR), Chuck Farrar is presently focusing on developing damage prognosis technology, as well as integrated approaches to structural health-monitoring problems. Chuck has served on numerous Laboratory committees and is active in UC collaborations. He provides an important viewpoint on the Laboratory’s engineering efforts and their role in the weapons program and other applications.
• Bill Junor
  A staff member in Space and Remote Sensing Sciences (ISR-2), Bill Junor has an extensive background in remote sensing, astronomy, astrophysics, image processing, and wavefront technologies. Bill has worked in has worked in academia (National Radio Astronomy Observatory, the University of New Mexico, and the Italian Research Council) and industry (Boeing and Rocketdyne). He is involved in the Nuclear Detonation (NUDET) research program and some astronomy projects, and formerly served on the SEAC. Bill will provide a perspective on threat-reduction-related issues, as well as a business view of issues affecting Laboratory science.
• Jackie Kiplinger
  A formed Reines Fellow, Jackie Kiplinger is an early-career staff member working on actinide chemistry in the Structural Inorganic Chemistry Group (C-SIC). Jackie received the Postdoctoral Distinguished Performance Award in 2002 and has served on the Laboratory’s University Relations Committee for the past four years. She offers two invaluable perspectives: the first on basic chemistry research that directly relates to the Laboratory’s mission; the second on issues affecting the Laboratory’s ability to recruit and retain young staff members.
• Tom Terwilliger
  Tom Terwilliger, a staff member in the Cell Biology, Structural Biology and Flow Cytometry Group (B-2), has a background in molecular biology. Tom became a Laboratory Fellow in 2001; his research activities range from studies on protein structure to the development of algorithms and software for x-ray diffraction data. He is a founder and member of the Executive Committee of the International Structural Genomics Organization. Furthermore, Tom founded and is the principal investigator of the Tuberculosis Structural Genomics Consortium, which is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He has served on a number of Laboratory, NIH, and NASA committees, and will provide a broad perspective on the Laboratory’s bioscience efforts.
• Steve White
  A staff member in the Diagnostic Applications Group (X-5), Steve White has worked with the intelligence community and has a background encompassing large-scale computing and weapons physics. In addition to participating in a number of Laboratory committees and the summer student mentoring program, Steve served on the 1991 UN/IAEA sixth nuclear inspection of Iraq. He has received several Laboratory distinguished performance awards and accolades from the Department of Energy, the State Department, and the Defense Nuclear Agency. He provides important insight into the weapons program in combining experiment and simulation, as well as into the Laboratory’s activities with the intelligence community.
• Ken Wohletz
  The background of Ken Wohletz, a Geophysics (EES-11) staff member, includes areas of geophysics and equation-of-state studies, as well as weapons effects for containing underground nuclear explosions. Ken participated in the delegated inspection team for the U.S. Threshold Test Ban Treaty and the negotiations team for the U.S. Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. At the Laboratory, he has served on the SEAC, Laboratory-directed Research and Development review committees, and the Associate Director for Strategic Research committee charged to identify high-level science goals. Ken’s experience will help the Science Council cover environmental issues and the ADSR science program.