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 Bude
Acting Principal Associate Director, Deputy Principal Associate Director for Science & Technology
Lydia Camara
Deputy Principal Associate Director for Operations
Zhi Liao
Principal Associate Directorate Workforce Manager
Jeff Horner
Principal Associate Directorate Chief Engineer
Thomas Lynch
Principal Associate Directorate Communications Director
Staci Riggs
Principal Associate Directorate Business Manager
Benita Bass
Principal Associate Directorate Resource Manager
Jeff Bude
Co-Program Director, Laser S&T and Systems Engineering
Dan Kalantar
Chief Systems Engineer for Experimental Systems
Jean-Michel Di Nicola
Chief Systems Engineer for Laser Systems
Acting Co-Program Director, Laser S&T and Systems Engineering
DoD Technologies
Dan Mason
Deputy Program Director for Engineering
High Energy Density and Photon Systems
Jim McCarrick
Program Director, High Energy Density and Photon Systems
Tammy Ma
Lead for the Inertial Fusion Energy Institutional Initiative
Tom Spinka
Program Element Leader for Laser Development
