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]

Dr.

Thomas Mason
Born1964-08-09
Halifax, Nova Scotia
CitizenshipCanadian, American
Alma materDalhousie University (Bachelor's)
McMaster University (Ph.D.)
Home townDartmouth, NS
Scientific career
FieldsCondensed-matter physics
InstitutionsAT&T Bell Laboratories
University of Toronto
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Battelle Memorial Institute
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Mason became director at Los Alamos along with other changes at the laboratory. In June, 2018, the National Nuclear Security Administration,[3] headed by Lisa Gordon-Hagerty,[4] announced that it had awarded an agency, called Triad National Security LLC,[5] 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 notifying on July 5, 2018.[6] 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.[7]

Personal life

Mason was born in the City of Lakes, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, in Halifax, Nova Scotia of Canada.[1] His father was a geophysicist who worked at a Canadian government research lab called the Bedford Institute of Oceanography, and his mother a biochemist, was working at the 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. National Nuclear Security Administration
  4. Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty
  5. Triad National Security, LLC (Triad)
  6. Triad takes over at Los Alamos on Nov. 1, names Mason director designate
  7. Thomas Mason's Interview
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