Thomas Mason (physicist)

Thomas "Thom" Mason is a Canadian-American[1] condensed-matter physicist who currently serves as the director of Los Alamos National Laboratory. Prior to this appointment, he had been an executive at Battelle Memorial Institute from 2017–2018, and the director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory from 2007–2017.[2] Mason came to Oak Ridge in 1998 at the start of construction of the Spallation Neutron Source[3] which he led from 2001 until project completion in 2006.

Dr.

Thomas Mason
Born (1964-08-09) August 9, 1964
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materDalhousie University (B.Sc.)
McMaster University (Ph.D.)
Scientific career
FieldsCondensed-matter physics
InstitutionsAT&T Bell Laboratories
Riso National Laboratory
University of Toronto
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Battelle Memorial Institute
Los Alamos National Laboratory
ThesisCritical Behavior of CsMnBr3
Doctoral advisorM.F. Collins
Doctoral studentsJ.W.L. Pang
C.P. Adams
WebsiteLos Alamos National Laboratory website

Mason became director at Los Alamos as part of the new Triad National Security LLC management team. In June, 2018, the National Nuclear Security Administration,[4] headed by Lisa Gordon-Hagerty,[5] announced that it had awarded an agency, called Triad National Security LLC,[6] the $25 billion contract for security of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. (Triad is a consortium made of Battelle Memorial Institute, the University of California System and the Texas A&M University System. Other partners on the Triad team include: Fluor Federal Services, Huntington Ingalls Industries/Stoller Newport News, Longenecker & Associates, TechSource, Strategic Management Solutions and Merrick & Company.)

Triad replaced the former Los Alamos National Security. The announcement of this action occurred on June 8, with notice to proceed on July 5, 2018.[7][8][9] The contract includes a five-year base with five one-year options, for a total of 10 years if all options are exercised. The estimated value of the contract is $2.5 billion annually.

With this contract came the appointment of Thomas Mason on November 1, 2018.[10][11][12][13][14][15]

Personal life

Mason was born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.[1] His father was a geophysicist who worked at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography, and his mother a biochemist, was working at Dalhousie University in Halifax.

References
  1. "Thom Mason Named Director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory". www.ornl.gov.
  2. Cho, Adrian (27 February 2017). "Thom Mason, director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, to step down". Science. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  3. https://neutrons.ornl.gov/sns
  4. National Nuclear Security Administration
  5. Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty
  6. Triad National Security, LLC (Triad)
  7. Triad takes over at Los Alamos on Nov. 1, names Mason director designate
  8. New Senior Managers Named at Los Alamos
  9. Battelle and Triad Team Partners Awarded New Contract to Manage and Operate Los Alamos National Laboratory
  10. LANL Website
  11. LinkedIN
  12. Atomic Heritage Foundation interview
  13. Triad National Security website
  14. Exchange Monitor Interview
  15. Texas A&M Houston Chronicle story
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