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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
Place
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
Budget
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
Demographics
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
Awards
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
Directions
Albuquerque to Los Alamos, NM
98 miles; 1 hr, 51 min.
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As of Aug. 18, 2020
Two Los Alamos scientists earn DOE Early Career Awards - 6/7/21
Laboratory unveils new joint-appointment agreement with Colorado School of Mines - 5/17/21
Laboratory seeks light laboratory space for lease within a 50-mile radius of Los Alamos - 5/6/21
Laboratory unveils employee training building in downtown Los Alamos - 5/6/21
Los Alamos’ Dina Siegel selected to lead American Industrial Hygiene Association - 4/29/21
DOE’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program selects 78 outstanding U.S. graduate students - 4/29/21
2 LANL researchers named Fellows by the American Statistical Association - 4/26/21
Los Alamos National Laboratory employees donate more than $40,000 to Santa Fe’s Food Depot for hunger relief across Northern New Mexico - 4/21/21
Cerreta named president of nation’s professional society for minerals, metals, and materials scientists and engineers - 4/20/21
Celebrate Earth Week with Los Alamos National Laboratory - 4/16/21
Embed your start-up in the ‘Secret City’ - 4/7/21
New Mexico middle and high school students encouraged to apply for free, two-week Summer Physics Camp for Young Women - 3/17/21
Los Alamos National Laboratory moves 500 employees to Santa Fe, signs lease on Pacheco Street office complex - 3/8/21
Los Alamos National Laboratory staff recognized for outstanding response to pandemic and more - 2/17/21
Public invited to Mars rover landing virtual after-party - 2/16/21
New virtual platform shows students the science behind everyday objects - 2/11/21
Los Alamos National Laboratory signs lease on Santa Fe office - 2/10/21
$2.5 million grant benefits students, businesses, and communities in Northern New Mexico - 2/9/21
Two Los Alamos Medal winners recognized for revolutionary contributions - 2/9/21
Los Alamos National Laboratory spent $413 million with New Mexico small businesses in FY 2020 - 2/8/21
Employee holiday gift drive raises $58,000 and buys more than 2,500 gifts for senior citizens, kids, and people facing homelessness - 12/23/20
‘Garbage to Gas: Using Biodigesters to Create Energy’ wins 2020 New Mexico Governor’s STEM Challenge - 12/22/20
AAAS and Los Alamos announce 2020 Fellows - 11/24/20
The Secret City: Project Y mobile app is back - 11/12/20
Los Alamos National Laboratory and New Mexico State University sign agreement for joint appointments - 11/10/20
Fallen trees become firewood for local pueblos - 11/9/20
New mentor-protégé program between Triad National Security and Pueblo Alliance, LLC grooms Native businesses for successful contracting - 10/29/20
Los Alamos National Laboratory named a top employer by Latina Style - 10/22/20
Six Los Alamos National Laboratory physicists elected 2020 Fellows of the American Physical Society - 10/14/20
Evelyn Mullen named American Nuclear Society Fellow - 10/13/20
Seven Los Alamos scientists and engineers honored as 2020 Laboratory Fellows - 10/12/20
Sumantra Sarkar honored for theory of self-replicating materials - 10/7/20
Eight Los Alamos projects win R&D 100 Awards - 10/5/20
Top students tapped for Los Alamos science experience - 10/5/20
Nathan Moody of Los Alamos National Laboratory to share in 2021 IEEE particle accelerator award - 9/24/20
Phil Tubesing awarded Los Alamos National Laboratory’s 2020 Global Security Medal - 9/21/20
Parents, teachers, and students find free remote-learning resources at New Mexico STEAM Hub - 9/15/20
New grant funds best practices in teacher training - 9/9/20
Fuel cell innovator Borup named Electrochemical Society (ECS) Fellow - 9/8/20
Carol Burns receives ACS Francis P. Garvan‒John M. Olin Medal - 9/2/20
Los Alamos and Sandia national laboratories bridge R&D gap for New Mexico businesses - 8/28/20
New Mexicans invited to virtual job fair August 26, 2020 - 8/20/20
Laboratory and Española-based contractor Performance Maintenance, Inc. win three Small Business Awards from U.S. Department of Energy - 8/19/20
New one-year course prepares Questa High School students for high-wage jobs in building trades - 8/10/20
25 students from 16 schools complete two-week virtual Summer Physics Camp for Young Women - 7/1/20
Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico Building and Construction Trades Council, and Taos Municipal Schools announce new job-training collaboration - 6/2/20
Bradbury Science Museum launches online archives with Manhattan Project science and history - 5/19/20
Los Alamos National Laboratory and Santa Fe Community College announce new program for machinists - 4/16/20
Triad National Security pledges $50,000 in emergency grants to local philanthropies - 4/7/20
Los Alamos National Laboratory employees donate more than $20,000 to Santa Fe’s Food Depot for hunger relief across Northern New Mexico - 4/2/20
New program helps New Mexico small businesses bring technology to market - 3/16/20
Los Alamos National Laboratory spent $396 million with New Mexico business in 2019 - 1/23/20
Los Alamos National Laboratory joins IBM Q Network to explore quantum computing algorithms and education outreach - 1/9/20
Los Alamos National Laboratory fellow awarded prestigious Fleming Medal - 12/11/19
Announcing winners of first-ever New Mexico Governor’s STEM Challenge - 12/9/19
Forty-six high school teams compete for $95,000 in first-ever New Mexico Governor’s STEM Challenge - 12/5/19
Chemist Jennifer Hollingsworth named AAAS Fellow - 11/26/19
Los Alamos National Laboratory commits to advancing gender equality in nuclear policy - 11/20/19
Seven Los Alamos scientists and engineers honored as 2019 Laboratory Fellows - 10/16/19
$150K grant to address substance abuse issues in Northern New Mexico - 9/24/19
Nearly $800K grant from Triad to bring new opportunities to students, teachers in Northern New Mexico - 9/12/19
Harshini Mukundan selected as AAAS IF/THEN Ambassador - 9/9/19
Discover lightning’s electrifying truth at free public talks - 9/9/19
Breakthrough Prize honors Los Alamos astrophysicists for work on first-ever black hole image - 9/6/19
Job-seekers get immediate offers at Los Alamos National Laboratory hiring event - 9/3/19
$500K grant aims to boost small businesses in Northern New Mexico - 8/14/19
Hazmat Challenge tests responders’ skills in simulated emergencies - 8/14/19
Los Alamos National Laboratory brings 24,169 jobs, $3.1 billion to New Mexico - 7/18/19
Ground-breaking Los Alamos inventions grab honors - 7/17/19
Two Los Alamos scientists win Presidential Early Career Awards - 7/15/19
UNM and Los Alamos National Labs sign new cooperative joint faculty agreement - 7/9/19
From stars to the Amazon, free lectures explore the story of gold - 5/15/19
Two New Mexico small businesses win national Department of Energy awards - 4/22/19
Two Los Alamos National Lab researchers win Women in Tech awards - 3/28/19
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Northern New Mexico College launch radiation protection course to help fill high-demand jobs - 3/19/19
Los Alamos scientist Bette Korber to discuss her work developing an HIV vaccine - 1/22/19
Los Alamos National Laboratory contributes $3 billion a year to the state’s economy - 1/15/19
Three Los Alamos scientists named Fellows by AAAS - 11/28/18
Eight Los Alamos projects win R&D 100 Awards - 11/19/18
Five Los Alamos scientists honored as 2018 Laboratory Fellows - 10/16/18
Three Los Alamos Medal winners changed the course of science - 10/15/18
New initiative to boost teacher, student success in Pojoaque - 9/27/18
Marc Kippen awarded inaugural Global Security Medal - 9/24/18
Public lectures explore the impact of particle accelerators - 9/11/18
High-impact Los Alamos innovations honored as R&D 100 award finalists - 8/28/18
Two Los Alamos scientists named American Geophysical Union fellows - 8/13/18
22nd Annual Hazmat Challenge to test responders’ skills - 8/8/18
Los Alamos names Andy Erickson new senior fellow - 8/7/18
Los Alamos chemist elected Fellow of the American Chemical Society - 7/24/18
Los Alamos names Brett Kniss new senior fellow - 6/28/18
Unauthorized drone flights prohibited in Laboratory restricted airspace, including additional “No Drone Zone” - 6/13/18
Public lectures explore the power of light - 5/24/18
Los Lunas High School students take top award in 28th Annual Supercomputing Challenge - 4/26/18
Public lectures explore powering space missions on Mars - 3/26/18
Nearly $1.9 million grant benefits students, communities - 1/30/18
Grants spur growth in pueblo businesses - 1/29/18
Los Alamos National Laboratory positively impacts region’s economy in 2017 - 1/12/18
Los Alamos Lab Giving Campaign nets $3 million for nonprofits - 12/20/17
Laboratory teams with Pojoaque to boost teacher prep - 10/31/17
Seven Los Alamos scientists honored as APS Fellows - 10/26/17
Dena Edwards named DOE Outstanding Contractor Security Professional of the Year - 10/11/17
Mentoring Café gives middle-schoolers a taste of science - 10/2/17
Four Los Alamos scientists named as 2017 Laboratory Fellows - 9/28/17
Los Alamos recognized as top diversity employer - 9/19/17
Senator Pete Domenici of New Mexico - 9/13/17
Carlsten, Nguyen and Sheffield win Free-Electron Laser Prize - 9/6/17
Information scientist Herbert Van de Sompel to receive Paul Evan Peters Award - 7/26/17
Spotlight shines on ground-breaking technologies - 7/25/17
Frontiers in Science talk explores space weather - 7/20/17
‘Secret Pass’ opens at Bradbury Science Museum - 7/11/17
James M. Boncella, Los Alamos Actinide Chemist, named Fellow in American Chemical Society - 6/26/17
LGBTQ+ art installation, Post With Pride, supports mission focus on diversity - 6/8/17
Fresquez named DOE Small Business Program Manager of the Year - 6/7/17
Girls in STEM aims to boost interest in science careers - 6/5/17
Six northern New Mexico businesses awarded funds to boost growth - 5/8/17
Roelofs takes director role at Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies - 5/2/17
Santa Fe High School students take first place in the 27th Annual Supercomputing Challenge - 4/26/17
Jaqueline L. Kiplinger to receive award for pioneering contributions to chemistry - 4/25/17
Students showcase projects at 27th Supercomputing Challenge - 4/20/17
Los Alamos named tops in diversity by four magazines - 4/18/17
Jaqueline L. Kiplinger receives the IUPAC 2017 Distinguished Women in Chemistry award - 3/9/17
Frontiers in Science talk explores ‘The Mystery of Detonation’ - 3/8/17
Rusty Gray elected to National Academy of Engineering - 2/16/17
Two regional businesses receive Native American Venture Acceleration Fund awards - 2/2/17
LANS board approves $2.5 million for Community Commitment Plan - 1/18/17
