Dr. Howard Hall is a Professor in the UT Department of Nuclear Engineering and on the faculty of the UTK Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary and Graduate Education (CIRE). Prof. Hall directs the UT Institute for Nuclear Security.Professor Hall is also a Senior Fellow in Global Security Policy at the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy at the University of Tennessee (Knoxville). He holds a joint appointment with the Y-12 National Security Complex. Professor Hall received his Ph.D. in Nuclear and Radiochemistry from the University of California in 1989. His BS in Chemistry was granted by the College of Charleston in 1985.Prior to joining UT, Dr. Hall spent 20 years at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Northern California, where he led major scientific and operational missions in nuclear and homeland security. In 2005, Dr. Hall was part of the team awarded the Department of Homeland Security/Science and Technology Directorate Undersecretary’s Award for Science.His research interests include nuclear security applications, including proliferation detection, counter-proliferation, detection of and response to radiological or nuclear threats, radiochemistry, nuclear forensics, and applications of nuclear-based methods to other security needs. His work with the Baker Center focuses on the intersection of science, security, and pubic policy.Professor Hall is a member of the American Nuclear Society, the American Physical Society, the American Chemical Society, and the American Society for Engineering Education. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemists and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.Specialties: Applications in nuclear security and the use of nuclear methods for ancillary security concerns (e.g., detection of explosives).Testing and evaluation of protective systems.
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