NIF & Photon Science 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.

Directorate
Programs

Jeff Wisoff

Principal Associate Director

Vincent Tang

Principal Deputy Principal Associate Director

Deputy Principal Associate Director for Science & Technology

Lydia Camara

Deputy Principal Associate Director for Operations

Principal Associate Directorate Workforce Manager

Jeff Horner

Principal Associate Directorate Chief Engineer

Paul Wegner

Principal Associate Directorate Senior Technical Advisor

Staci Riggs

Principal Associate Directorate Business Manager

Benita Bass

Principal Associate Directorate Resource Manager

Thomas Lynch

Principal Associate Directorate Communications Director

Krista Ladner

Principal Associate Directorate Administrator

NIF

Gordon Brunton

NIF Director

Bruno Van Wonterghem

NIF Operations Manager

Michael Stadermann

Program Manager,
Target Fabrication

Kevin Fournier

Director, NIF User Office

Joe Kilkenny

Chief Systems Engineer for Measurement Systems

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

Dan Kalantar

Chief Systems Engineer for Experimental Systems

Abbas Nikroo

NIF Deputy Director for Physics Integration

Tayyab Suratwala

Program Director, Optics and Materials Science & Technology

Jean-Michel Di Nicola

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

Andrew MacKinnon

National Diagnostics Program Leader

DoD Technologies

Program Director for DOD Technologies

Christopher Marshall

Deputy Program Director for DOD Technologies

Jeff Horner

Deputy Program Director
for Engineering

High Energy Density and Photon Systems

Jim McCarrick

Program Director, High Energy Density and Photon Systems

Program Element Leader for High-Intensity Laser HED Science

Program Element Leader for Laser Development

Andrew MacKinnon

Leader, High Energy Density Science and Technology