Management

The management team for the NIF & Photon Science Principal Directorate supports the directorate’s key mission areas: Stockpile Stewardship, national security applications, NIF Discovery Science, laser-based directed energy and related laser and optical technologies, and advanced photon technologies.

Jeff Wisoff
Jeff Wisoff

Principal Deputy Principal Associate Director

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Jeff Bude

Acting Principal Deputy Principal Associate Director, Deputy Principal Associate Director for Science & Technology

Lydia Camara
Lydia Camara

Deputy Principal Associate Director for Operations

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Zhi Liao

Principal Associate Directorate Workforce Manager

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Jeff Horner

Principal Associate Directorate Chief Engineer

Thomas Lynch
Thomas Lynch

Principal Associate Directorate Communications Director

Staci Riggs
Staci Riggs

Principal Associate Directorate Business Manager

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Benita Bass

Principal Associate Directorate Resource Manager

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Krista Ladner

Principal Associate Directorate Administrator

NIF


Gordon Brunton
Gordon Brunton

NIF Director

Bruno Van Wonterghem
Bruno Van Wonterghem

NIF Operations Manager

Michael Stadermann
Michael Stadermann

Program Manager, Target Fabrication

Kevin Fournier
Kevin Fournier

Director, NIF User Office

Joe Kilkenny
Joe Kilkenny

Chief Systems Engineer for Measurement Systems

Jeff Bude
Jeff Bude

Co-Program Director, Laser S&T and Systems Engineering

Dan Kalantar
Dan Kalantar

Chief Systems Engineer for Experimental Systems

Abbas Nikroo
Abbas Nikroo

NIF Deputy Director for Physics Integration

Tayyab Suratwala
Tayyab Suratwala

Program Director, Optics and Materials Science & Technology

Jean-Michel Di Nicola
Jean-Michel Di Nicola

Chief Systems Engineer for Laser Systems
Acting Co-Program Director, Laser S&T and Systems Engineering

Andrew MacKinnon
Andrew MacKinnon

National Diagnostics Program Leader

DoD Technologies


Jay Dawson
Jay Dawson

Program Director for DOD Technologies

Christopher Marshall
Christopher Marshall

Deputy Program Director for DOD Technologies

Dan Mason
Dan Mason

Deputy Program Director for Engineering

High Energy Density and Photon Systems


Jim McCarrick
Jim McCarrick

Program Director, High Energy Density and Photon Systems

Tammy Ma
Tammy Ma

Lead for the Inertial Fusion Energy Institutional Initiative

Tom Spinka
Tom Spinka

Program Element Leader for Laser Development

Andrew MacKinnon
Andrew MacKinnon

Leader, High Energy Density Science and Technology