Bio
David Hooper is a Senior R&D Staff Member at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Group Leader of the Incident Modeling and Computational Sciences Group of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Division. His current research focuses on post-detonation nuclear forensics modeling and analysis, nuclear facility accident risk and consequence assessment, and health effects of radiological/nuclear debris. Prior to joining Oak Ridge, David earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wyoming in 2001. He then taught at the Nuclear Power School for the Navy before earning a M.S. and Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering, along with a M.S. in Statistics, from the University of Tennessee. His work experience ranges from fallout modeling, analysis, and forensics, to nuclear safeguards modeling and application.