2010 Conference Acknowledgments
Dr. Ralph B. James
Co-Chair
Nonproliferation & National Security (NNS) Department
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Dr. Ralph James is the 2010 President of the SPIE, which is world’s largest professional society devoted to lasers, optics, photonics and solar energy. He served as the Associate Laboratory Director for the Energy, Environment and National Security Directorate with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory from 2001-2008. He is currently a Program Manager and Senior Scientist at BNL, where he manages basic and applied research devoted to materials, electronic and imaging devices, and integrated circuits. Dr. James has authored more than 440 scientific publications, served as editor of 17 books, and holds 11 patents. He is a Fellow of the SPIE, IEEE, AAAS, OSA, and APS, and he has received numerous prestigious international honors in recognition of his scientific accomplishments, including Discover Magazine Innovator of the Year, 5 R&D100 awards, IEEE Outstanding Radiation Instrumentation Award, Room-Temperature Semiconductor Scientist Award, Long Island Person of the Year in Science, 50 World’s Best Technologies Award, among others.