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Bethany L. Goldblum is an Associate Professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Executive Director of the Nuclear Science and Security Consortium (NSSC). She has a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from UC Berkeley, received in 2007. Goldblum's research focuses on neutron detection, applied nuclear physics, and nuclear weapons policy. She leads the Bay Area Neutron Group, which specializes in neutron detection for national security applications, and founded the Nuclear Policy Working Group, an interdisciplinary team of scholars developing policy solutions to strengthen global nuclear security. Her work has been published in prestigious journals such as Science, Reviews of Modern Physics, and the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. She has received several accolades, including the 2020 James Corones Award for Leadership, Community Building, and Communication, and is a faculty fellow at the Berkeley Risk Security Laboratory, where she contributes to research on nuclear security.
Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley • Berkeley, CA
Teaching and conducting research in nuclear engineering, with a focus on nuclear security and applied physics.
Nuclear Science and Security Consortium • Berkeley, CA
Leading a multi-institution initiative to train the next generation of nuclear security experts.
Bay Area Neutron Group • Berkeley, CA
Overseeing research projects focused on neutron detection for national security applications.
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