Dr. Anastasio has been the Director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) since July 1, 2002. The Laboratory is a principal contributor to the Department of Energy?s programs to maintain the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile and to reduce the international dangers posed by weapons of mass destruction.
Dr. Anastasio has received numerous commendations and is widely recognized for his leadership and safe stewardship of nuclear weapons. He is the recipient of the 1990 DOE Weapons Recognition of Excellence Award for technical leadership in nuclear design. The award acknowledged Anastasio's outstanding theoretical and experimental contributions to understanding boost physics.
He began his career at LLNL as a physicist in the B-Division that deals with nuclear weapons design physics. Dr. Anastasio was appointed the Associate Director for Defense and Nuclear Technologies and it was during this tenure that he was instrumental in the development and execution of the national Stockpile Stewardship Program (SSP). His emphasis focused on the design, evaluation, and understanding of nuclear systems and this allowed him to become a respected leader in SSP which is designed to sustain the safety, security and reliability on America?s nuclear weapons stockpile.
Prior to his appointment as Director, Dr. Anastasio served as the Deputy Director for Strategic Operation with the portfolio of the responsibility for all national laboratory and national security operations. He has served in the capacity of scientific adviser at the Department of Energy and has provided scientific advice to senior members of the department on various SSP issues.
Dr. Anastasio has taught at Brooklyn College of CUNY and performed research in Theoretical Nuclear Physics at the Center for Nuclear Studies in Saclay, France and at the Nuclear Research Center in Julich, West Germany. He has also served on various committees, including the following: Navy Steering Task Group; LANSCE Division Review Committee; National Academy of Sciences Committee on S & T for Countering Terrorism; the United States Strategic Command, Strategic Advisory Group; California Council on Science and Technology; Blue Ribbon Task Force on Nanotechnology; Defense Science Board ? Task Force on Nuclear Capabilities.
He received his B.A in Physics, with Honors, from The Johns Hopkins University and earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in Theoretical Nuclear Physics from the State University of New York, Stony Brook.
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