Siegfried S. Hecker | |
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Born | Tomaszew, Poland | October 2, 1943
Nationality | Austrian-Polish-American |
Alma mater | Case Western Reserve University (B.Sc.), (M.Sc.), (Ph.D.) |
Known for | Nuclear weapons, Nuclear proliferation, Nuclear strategy |
Awards | Enrico Fermi Award, Seaborg Medal USDOE Distinguished Associate Award, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Metallurgical Engineering |
Institutions | Los Alamos National Laboratory Center for International Security and Cooperation Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Stanford University |
Siegfried S. Hecker (born October 2, 1943) is an American metallurgist and nuclear scientist. He served as Director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory[1] from 1986 to 1997 and is now affiliated with Stanford University, where he is research professor emeritus in the Department of Management Science and Engineering in the School of Engineering, and senior fellow emeritus at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.[2] During this time, he was also elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering (1988) for outstanding research on plutonium and the forming of materials, and for leadership in developing energy and weapons systems.