August
Geological Society of America Fellows
The Geological Society of America has chosen Catherine Snelson, Kenneth Wohletz and Hari Viswanathan as Fellows. - 8/31/17
HIV persists in macrophages
A research team has discovered that macrophages can serve as a reservoir for HIV virus during antiretroviral therapy. - 8/22/17
Tree hydraulic acclimation
Researchers subjected pinon and juniper at the world’s first tree-drought/heat site. - 8/15/17
Hamada named ASQ Fellow
The ASQ honored the new Fellows at the 2017 World Conference on Quality and Improvement in Charlotte, NC. - 8/7/17
Science Briefs - 2017
Fast Facts
Total employees: 13,137
Triad National Security, LLC: 9,397
Centerra Group, LLC Los Alamos (Guard Force): 281
Compa, Staff and support contractors: 478
Students: 1,323
Unionized craft workers: 1,160
Post doctoral researchers: 498
Located 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, on 34.7 square miles of DOE-owned property.
1,280 individual facilities, including 47 technical areas with 9 million square feet under roof.
Replacement value of $14.2 billion
FY17:
63% Weapons programs
10% Nonproliferation programs
4% Safeguards and Security
7% Environmental Management
4% DOE Office of Science
3% Energy and other programs
9% Work for Others
Triad and students only
35% of employees live in Los Alamos, the remainder commute from Santa Fe, Española, Taos and Albuquerque.
Average Age: 43
65% male, 35% female
45% minorities
67% university degrees
27% hold undergraduate degrees
19% hold master’s degrees
21% have earned a PhD
145 R&D100 awards
34 E.O. Lawrence Awards
9 Presidential Early Career Awards
3 Glenn Seaborg Medals
Edward Teller Medal
Nobel Prize in Physics, Frederick Reines
Albuquerque to Los Alamos, NM
98 miles; 1 hr, 51 min.
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As of Aug. 18, 2020
