Visiting Research Scholars Program Participants

Arrived 2008
	Firmi Paul Banzi (Africa): April 11, 2007 – Nov. 30, 2007 Firmi woked for one month in the IPB to develop an Africa regional cooperative program on the security of nuclear and radioactive materials. The program attempts to establish greater cooperation between the United States and other African nations on the security of nuclear and radioactive materials which could be used for malicious purposes against the U.S. and its interests.
Arrived 2007
	Marc Durufle (Versailles, France): April 11, 2007 – Nov. 30, 2007 Marc is an Engineer Applied Mathematics with Institut National De Recherche En Informatique Et Automatique from Versailles, France.  Marc is in residence for one year. He is performing post-doctorate research in the area of advanced computational techniques for elctromagnetics and plasma physics. He will implement and test general numerical techniques in Sandia’s ITAR controlled Quicksilver version 3.1 software. We hope to gain valuable new capabilities for eventual use in NNSA Electromagnetics and Plasma Physics codes.
	Eungil Lee (South Korea): July 23, 2007 – August 10, 2007                       Mr. Lee works in the Radiation Safety Department for his home company Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. Korea;  joins five other  participant in a Work for Other Fund-IN agreement for training Korea Hydro Nuclear Power (KHNP) company employees on the development of low and intermediate/High level Nuclear Waste repository.  Studies in clued training at SNL-New Mexico and at Carlsbad, New Mexico within the Performance Assessment and Decision Analysis department.
	Dong Hyeun Hwang (South Korea): July 23, 2007 – August 10, 2007                       Mr. Hwang is the Assistant Manager of Quality Assurance  for his home company Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. Korea;  joins five other  participant in a Work for Other Fund-IN agreement for training Korea Hydro Nuclear Power (KHNP) company employees on the development of low and intermediate/High level Nuclear Waste repository.  Studies in clued training at SNL-New Mexico and at Carlsbad, New Mexico within the Performance Assessment and Decision Analysis department.
	Sang Gyoo Joo (South Korea): July 23, 2007 – August 10, 2007                       Mr. Joo is the Assistant Manager for Project Planning and Management  for his home company Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. Korea;  joins five other  participant in a Work for Other Fund-IN agreement for training Korea Hydro Nuclear Power (KHNP) company employees on the development of low and intermediate/High level Nuclear Waste repository.  Studies in clued training at SNL-New Mexico and at Carlsbad, New Mexico within the Performance Assessment and Decision Analysis department.
	Byeoung Jik Kim (South Korea): July 23, 2007 – August 10, 2007 Mr. Kim is the Manager of the Oversees Project Department for his home company Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. Korea;  joins five other  participant in a Work for Other Fund-IN agreement for training Korea Hydro Nuclear Power (KHNP) company employees on the development of low and intermediate/High level Nuclear Waste repository.  Studies in clued training at SNL-New Mexico and at Carlsbad, New Mexico within the Performance Assessment and Decision Analysis department.
	Jingoo Huh (South Korea): July 23, 2007 – August 10, 2007                                                                      Mr. Huh is the Assistant Manager of Operation Management Office - Power Generation Department for his home company Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. Korea;  joins five other  participant in a Work for Other Fund-IN agreement for training Korea Hydro Nuclear Power (KHNP) company employees on the development of low and intermediate/High level Nuclear Waste repository.  Studies in clued training at SNL-New Mexico and at Carlsbad, New Mexico within the Performance Assessment and Decision Analysis department.
	Gang Su Sung (South Korea): July 23, 2007 – August 10, 2007 Mr. Sung is the Manager of the Media and Public Communications Team for his home company Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. Korea;  joins five other  participant in a Work for Other Fund-IN agreement for training Korea Hydro Nuclear Power (KHNP) company employees on the development of low and intermediate/High level Nuclear Waste repository.  Studies in clued training at SNL-New Mexico and at Carlsbad, New Mexico within the Performance Assessment and Decision Analysis department.
	Wu Fuzuo (China): January – March 2007 Ms. Wu is a Ph.D candidate in the School of International Relations and Public Affairs at Fudan University in Shanghai, China. Her current research focuses on energy security in Asia and the mechanisms by which states cooperate or compete to secure access to energy resources. During her time at Sandia National Laboratories, Ms. Wu developed a game theoretical approach to assessing cooperation motives and strategies. Ms. Wu holds a B.A. from Chengdu Normal College and an M.A. in history from Sichuan University. Prior to beginning her Ph.D., she was an Assistant Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies at Sichuan University where she studies U.S. relations with India and Pakistan. Ms. Wu expects to receive her Ph.D. in June 2007 after which she will take a research position at Fudan University.
Arrived 2006
	Dr. Mohammed Abdel Halim Abdel Aziz (Egypt): June- July, 2006 Dr. Abdel Aziz is an Associate Professor of Environmental Geophysics, Egypt Atomic Energy Atomic and participant for site selection for the Greater Confinement Disposal for Egypt. Dr. Abdel Aziz holds a Bachelors of Science Degree in Geology in 1983 from Ain Shams University, Cairo Egypt; Masters of Science in Geophysics in 1992 from Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt and a Ph.D in Geophysics in 1992 from Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt While at Sandia, Dr. Abdel Aziz particpated in eight weeks of one-on-one training in the fundamentals of the use of the GoldSim modeling platform. He achieved competency in conducting simple modeling of the long-term movement of radionuclides in the environment. His fellowship resulted in knowledge on the process for conducting safety performance modeling on waste disposal sites. The training has potential impact on nuclear site-selection and site-characterization in Egypt for the near future. The GoldSim modeling software is used to conduct preliminary safety performance for site-proposals of the borehole disposal system. The model has immediate applicability for disused sealed sources in Egypt.
	Marco Ottavi (Italy): June 19 – September 30, 2006 Dr. Ottavi received the Laurea degree in electronic engineering from the University of Rome “La Sapienza” in 1999 and the PhD degree in microelectronics and telecommunications from the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” in 2004. He was a postdoctoral research associate in the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department of Northeastern University in Boston from 2004 to 2006. In 2000, Dr. Ottavi was with the ULISSE Consortium, Rome, as a designer of digital systems for space applications. In 2003, he was with the ECE Department of Northeastern University as a visiting research assistant. Dr. Ottavi’s research interests include yield and reliability modeling, fault-tolerant architectures, online testing, and design of nano scale circuits and systems. While at Sandia National Laboratories, Dr. Ottavi is working in the Scalable Computing Systems Department and will be exploring a technology that could extend Moore’s Law, for computers speed up, beyond the transistor era.
	Jun Jin (China): February 13, 2006 – February 2007 Mr. Jin is working on his PhD in Chemical Engineering at the University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom. His current research is Inorganic Nano-particulates Doped Polymers for Proton and Ion Conducting Membranes.While at Sandia National Laboratories, Mr. Jin is working in the Chemical and Biological Technologies Department and will conduct research in hybrid organic-inorganic membranes for fuel cell applications. Mr. Jin is participating in a United States/United Kingdom Hydrogen Technologies Scholarships exchange in the area of hydrogen technologies. This is a joint project with the US/UK Hydrogen Research Scholarship administrated by Sandia National Laboratories and the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
	Igor Vladimirovich Lomonosov (Russia): February 17 – April 14, 2006 Professor Lomonosov is the Laboratory Leader for the Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics RAS in Moscow, Russia. He is worldwide known for works in Equation of State at extreme conditions. Professor Lomonosov is also a member of the Special Scientific Committee for Ph. D. and Doctor Dissertations at the United Institute for High Temperatures, RAS. During his time here at Sandia National Laboratories, Professor Lomonosov is working with Dr. John Aidun’s group, Multiscale Computational Materials Methods, and will collaborate with Sandia staff on assessing Methodology and approaches for developing Equations of State. Professor Lomonosov will also collaborate with Sandia staff on applying Equations of State to designing and analyzing exploding wire type experiments.
	Howard Brian James Stone (United Kingdom): February 4, 2006 through March 30, 2007 Mr. Stone is a Research Engineer from The University of Southampton, United Kingdom. He completed his Level 3 Modern Apprenticeship with Business and Technology Education Council, Ordinary National Certificate (Distinction) in 1999, and was awarded his bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering (2:1) from The University of Southampton in 2002.  Mr. Stone also obtained Chartered Engineer status (CEng) through the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 2005. Mr. Stone started in engineering as a Toolroom Apprentice in 1994 and through a series of scholarships, including a Whitworth Scholarship, is now reading for an Engineering Doctorate in engineering systems.  His research areas include underground hydrogen storage, hydrogen infrastructure economics and a liquid hydrogen fuelled container ship entitled H2 Ocean Jet 600.  As a BOC Group sponsored Engineering Doctorate student, he has worked closely with BOC Hydrogen Energy Team on their global hydrogen strategy, novel storage technologies and new business opportunities.  Mr. Stone is an elected member of the Whitworth Society committee and an honorary member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Education Awards Committee. While at Sandia National Laboratories, Mr. Stone is working in the Advanced Nuclear Concepts department on thermo-chemical hydrogen production – a Department of Energy funded project.  The focus of this placement is the material selection and the design of components for current laboratory thermo-chemical equipment and a thermo-chemical pilot plant to be built in the future.  This is a joint project with the US/UK Hydrogen Research Scholarship administrated by Sandia National Laboratories and the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). For more information on Howard's research and background, visit www.soton.ac.uk/~howard.
Arrived 2005
	Marina Kostrykina (Russia): June 28 – September 8, 2005 Ms. Kostrykina is a fourth-year student in the Department of Robotics and All-round Automation at Moscow State Technical University, where she specializes in applied mechanics.  In order to obtain a Double Diploma, she is also studying at Ecole Centrale de Lille, a top engineering college in France.  While at Sandia National Laboratories, Ms. Kostrykina will be working with Organization 6927, International Science and Technology, assisting with system analysis, database operations, and software programming of the Russian Research Institute of Automatics’ Automated Monitoring and Inventory System installed at a simulated storage facility at the Sandia National Laboratories test bunkers.  She will also help with the coordination and facilitation of Science and Technology and Former Soviet Union Cooperation Initiatives projects.
	Sherif Algohary (Egypt): June 16 – November 15, 2005 Sherif Algohary is a lecturer of architectural engineering of the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA). He obtained his Ph.D. from the department of architectural engineering, faculty of engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt in 2003. Dr. Algohary has experience and research, in Egypt as well as internationally, on the fields of sustainable desert development, environmental architecture, energy efficiency in buildings, solar passive architecture, and application of renewable energy systems. He has articles written in several publications in these fields and helped author the book “A Handbook of Architecture and Energy”. He has developed new software for the Evaluation of the Environmental Aspects of Buildings (EEEAB). He has also been presented with various awards, in Egypt and internationally, for his work in the fields of design of sustainable and environmental architecture and urban planning. Dr. Algohary was a project Co-coordinator of the Inshas Science City Project (ISCP), Egypt (1990-2002), which was an international bilateral co-operation project between the Egyptian and the German governments in the field of Desert and Sustainable Development. The ISCP aims to apply sustainable development for desert areas in Egypt, use of natural resources, energy savings, appropriate building technologies and renewable energy systems. While at Sandia National Laboratories, Dr. Algohary will develop a procedure for the energy efficiency of buildings in Egypt. During his research he will study the US experience and national programs in the field of energy efficiency of buildings like ENERGY STAR and BUILDING AMERICA programs. He will also conduct an awareness energy efficiency survey and post occupancy evaluation of some buildings in Sandia National Laboratories and New Mexico Tech University.
	Raja Menon (India): June 9 – August 25, 2005 Admiral (Retired) Menon was a pioneer in submarines in the Indian Navy and retired as the Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Operation) in 1994. A former senior Fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, Admiral Menon has authored several books including Maritime Strategy and Continental Wars (this book is now a standard text in the Indian Navy), A Nuclear Strategy for India, and The Indian Navy: A Photo Essay (produced for the Navy and is now the official gift). His book Weapons of Mass Destruction: Options for India was published in 2004. Admiral Menon is engaged in a number of track II missions with Pakistan and was on the Arun Singh Committee for restructuring the management of defence. He was on the committee to establish a National Defence University in India. He is also a consultant to the Indian Navy on strategic studies and the refurbishment of the National Maritime Museum. He is a member of the Indo-US Net Assessment Group and l conducted the country’s first course on Nuclear Operations Management for service officers. While at Sandia National Laboratories, Admiral Menon will be exploring what India and the US could do to implement the agreement signed by President Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on bridging the Nuclear Divide.
	Asad Hakeem (Pakistan): July 5 – October 1, 2005 Brigadier (Retired) Hakeem served the Pakistan Army in various command and staff assignments for over thirty two years. In his long and distinguished career in the field, he got several opportunities of service and travel in Pakistani administered Kashmir and Northern Areas. In his two tenures of service with the combat units in Northern Areas, he had the honor of commanding a light infantry battalion in war zone (Siachen). He is one of the very few senior officers, who have practically footed and flown over most of the Northern Areas and was awarded the Mountaineering Insignia for having scaled heights over 18,000 feet. As a Lieutenant Colonel he served as a Grade -1 Staff Officer Operations of a strike formation of Pakistan Army and commanded an infantry brigade in the same outfit. Later as a brigadier, he served as Director Research and Evaluation Cell and Director Doctrine and Evaluation Directorate at the General Headquarters. He is a Distinguished Allied Graduate of the Infantry Officers Advance Course at Fort Benning, Georgia, and a graduate of Command and Staff College, Quetta, Pakistan, and the Officers School in Tokyo, Japan. He is also a graduate of the National Defense College and holds a Masters Degree in Defense and Strategic Studies. While at Sandia National Laboratories, Brigadier Hakeem will build on previous Cooperative Monitoring Center research projects with the goal of defining the first step in military disengagement on Siachen. The study will account for current political and military conditions and include operational steps (including cooperative monitoring) to implement disengagement.
	Gurmeet Kanwal (India): May 18 – August 19, 2005 Brigadier Kanwal commanded an infantry brigade in the high-altitude Gurez Sector on the Line of Control with Pakistan (Operation Parakaram, 2001-2003) and an artillery regiment in counter-insurgency operations in Kashmir Valley (Operation Rakshak, 1993-1994). He has served as Deputy Assistant Chief of Integrated Defence Staff at HQ Integrated Defence Staff, New Delhi, as Director MO-5 in the Directorate General of Military Operations at Army Headquarters (dealing with threat, strategy and force structure); United Nations Military Observer in United Nations Transition Assistance Group, Namibia; Brigade Major of an infantry brigade and, as an Instructor-in-Gunnery at the School of Artillery, Devlali. A former Senior Fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, Brigadier Kanwal has authored several books including Nuclear Defence: Shaping the Arsenal; Pakistan’s Proxy War; Heroes of Kargil; Kargil “99: Blood, Guts and Firepower and Artillery: Honour and Glory and has contributed extensively to Strategic Analysis, Indian Defence Review and other military journals of repute as well as leading national newspapers. While at Sandia National Laboratories, Brigadier Kanwal will build on previous Cooperative Monitoring Center research projects with the goal of defining the first step in military disengagement on Siachen. The study will account for current political and military conditions and include operational steps (including cooperative monitoring) to implement disengagement.
	Lianjun Jiang (China): May 31 – August 12, 2005 Mr. Jiang is a PhD candidate in Computer Science from the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado where he also obtained his Master of Science Degree in Computer Science. His research interest is numerical algorithms for large scale unconstrained optimization. His current project in Colorado is to predict the 3-dimensional structure of a protein when given only its sequence of amino acids. The approach is to find the global minimum of the potential energy function by a global optimization algorithm. While at Sandia National Laboratories, Mr. Jiang is supporting Mr. David Gay’s group, Optimization and Uncertainty Estimation. Mr. Jiang will conduct research connected with Computational Science Research Foundations on rigorous global optimization.
	Pradeep K. Polisetty (India): May 25 – August 6, 2005 Mr. Polisetty is a PhD candidate in Chemical Engineering from the University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. His research interests include algorithmic development and implementation of global optimization techniques for solution of nonconvex Nonlinear Programming and Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming problems. Parallel implementation of the existing and new global optimization techniques is of particular interest. Application areas include Metabolic Engineering and numerical algorithms for large scale constrained optimization. While at Sandia National Laboratories, Mr. Polisetty is supporting Dr. William E. Hart and Dr. David M. Gay in Discrete Algorithms and Math Department to develop and implement mathematical methods for rigorous global optimization. Mr. Polisetty will develop object-oriented software for global optimization methods that can be applied to a wide range of scientific and Department of Energy applications. This work is basic research, and the algorithms and software developed on this project will be distributed to the academic community.
	Tae Shik (Dave) Yoon (Canada): May 9 – August 26, 2005 Mr. Yoon has finished the first year of his Masters of Applied Science in Industrial Engineering at University of Toronto in Canada. As part of his ongoing thesis research, he will be studying various search techniques for satisfiability problems. In particular, he has been working with local search algorithms and the associated search space. He has worked in engineering as a mechanical designer where he researched and assembled different parts and mechanisms. He has also been involved with the modeling and investigating of various aircraft equipment. While at Sandia National Laboratories, Mr. Yoon is supporting Dr. Jean-Paul Watson’s group, Computer Science Research Institute. Mr. Yoon hopes to get more exposure for application and possible projects include spare-parts logistics and optimal sensor-placement in water systems as defense mechanisms.
	Marisa Rozalen (Spain): May 1 – July 31, 2005 Ms. Rozalen is working on her doctoral thesis about dissolution kinetics of smectite at the Zaidin Experimental Research Station at the Superior Board of Scientific Research in Granada, Spain. She is also participating in several European and Spanish contracts concerning the study of bentonite as a material for engineering barriers to be use in the Spanish concept of nuclear waste repositories. The study concerns Full-scale Engineered Barrier Experiments for a deep geological repository for high-level radioactive waste in crystalline host rock - Phase II and Effect of Cement on Clay Barrier performance – Phase II. During her time at Sandia National Laboratories she will be working on smectite surface spetiation under the supervision of Dr. Patrick V. Brady. Ms. Rozlen has her degree in Chemistry from the University of Granada.
	Cecilia Lam (Canada): April 18 – September 21, 2005 Ms. Lam is a graduate student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, where she currently holds a prestigious Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Canada Graduate Scholarship to pursue a PhD degree in the area of Fire Safety. Her research involves characterization of the thermal environment and heat flux levels developed in and around large, wind-blown fire plumes with and without adjacent objects. As a CMC scholar, she will be assisting in the commissioning of the Cross Flow Fire Test Facility at SNL.
	Richard Wilson (USA): February 22 - March 31, 2005 Dr. Wilson has been on the Harvard University Faculty since 1955. He has studied nucleon-nucleon scattering, nucleon form factors and electron-positron colliding beams. He has written "Risk-Benefit Analysis" and has the Distinguished Achievement Award of the Society for Risk Analysis. He helped convert the Harvard cyclotron to medical uses making it preeminent in proton therapy as described in "A Short History of the Harvard Cyclotrons". An expert on effects of nuclear accidents, including Chernobyl, he was awarded the Forum Award of the American Physical Society. He is Chairman of the Permanent Energy Monitoring Panel of the World Federation of Scientists, and a member of the Permanent Monitoring Panel on Terrorism. He has served on a dozen government advisory committees in many different agencies and countries. His website is: http://phys4.harvard.edu/~wilson
	Pavel V. Sasorov (Russia): January 15 - April 15, 2005 Professor Sasorov is the Head of the Laboratory, Astrophysics and Plasma Physics, for the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics in Moscow, Russia, and Associate Professor at the Institute of Physics and Technology. Dr. Sasorov has contributed extensively to various professional journals and publications. During his time at the CMC, Professor Sasorov will be working with SNL staff and holding discussion on the theory application for the Multiwire Array Design Project. Professor Sasorov received his Doctor of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics from Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, and his Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT).
Arrived 2004
	Joo-Ho Whang (South Korea): April 21 - July 16, 2004 Dr. Whang is a Professor on the Department of Nuclear Engineering, Kyung Hee University. He has also held the positions of Senior Researcher with the Korea Atomic Energy Institute, Visiting Scholar at the Karlsruhe Nuclear Research Institute in Germany, Lecturer with the Korea Advance Institute of Science and Technology, and Nuclear Program Coordinator at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Evaluation and Planning. Professor Whang will be working with the CMC and SNL staff to conduct research on issues of dismantling North Korean facilities, including the waste management problem associated with the disposition of their nuclear materials. He received his Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia.
	Yuichiro Ouchi (Japan): March 24, 2004 - April 2005 Mr. Ouchi is an Assistant Senior Engineer for the Japan Nuclear Cycle  Development Institute  (JNC) in Ibaraski, Japan, where he is a Project Leader for nuclear material cask development. Mr. Ouchi is also the Project Leader for  JNC's DOE / SNL / JNC joint research program on plutonium transportation  technology. While he is at the CMC, he will be working to assist on the SNL / JNC study for physical protection of nuclear material transportation in Japan. Mr. Ouchi  received his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Kogakuin University in 1987.
Arrived 2003
	Nour A. Nasser (Palestine): July - August 2003 Ms. Nasser is a researcher at Ql-Quds Nutrition and Health Research Institute and a licensed Pharmacist in Palestine. She holds a B.S. from the University of Amman, Jordan. During her time at the CMC, Ms. Nasser contributed to the creation of a website for the Middle East Consortium on Infectious Disease Surveillance project.
	Sahar B. Jreisat (Jordan): July - August 2003 Ms. Jreisat is the Senior Statistician at the National Jordan Cancer Registry, and was previously employed by the Jordanian Ministry of Health. She holds a B.A. in statistics from Yarmouk University in Jordan. Additionally, Ms. Jreisat has received training on cancer registration from Emory University and on the development of national information systems from the World Health Organization. During her time at the CMC, Ms. Jreisat contributed to the creation of a database for the Middle East Consortium on Infectious Disease Surveillance project.
	Eli Gordon (Israel): July - August 2003 Mr. Gordon holds a Masters Degree in Food Technology from the former USSR and is currently a senior Food Engineer in the Israeli Ministry of Health, in the Food and Nutritional Services. He is in charge of Milk and Dairy products. Eli is working on a project involved in computerizing the entire food import process to Israel. Eli is also a member of various committees including the committee of food standards in the Israeli institute of standards and also a member of the board of directors of the Israeli Dairy Board. During his time at the CMC, Eli contributed to the creation of a database for the Middle East Consortium on Infectious Disease Surveillance project.
	Abdalla A. Alnajjar (United Arab Emirates): July - August 2003 Mr. Alnajjar is the president of the Arab Science and Technology Foundation, the director of the Research Center at the University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates and an assistant professor of Physics at the University of Sharjah. During his time at the CMC, Dr. Alnajjar developed proposals for several cooperative projects in the Gulf. Dr. Alnajjar has numerous international journal and conference publications. He holds a PhD in Applied Physics from the University of Durham, UK.
	Moon Duk Ho (Republic of Korea): July 2003 - 30 September 2003 Consul Moon Duk Ho has served in various positions with the Republic of Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, including time with the Korean Embassies to Vietnam and France, service as Deputy Director of the Policy Planning and International Organizations Bureau's Disarmament and Nuclear Affairs Division. He has most recently served as Consul with the Korean Consulate General in New York.
	Hasan M. Ansari (Pakistan): May 2003 to September 2003 Rear Admiral Hasan M. Ansari (ret’d) has had broad-based experience in Command, Staff, Administrative, & Industrial assignments, and attained top rank & jobs open to Engineering Duties Officers, including Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (Material. & Logistics) at Naval Headquarters and his final position as Commander Logistics. He helped found the Pakistan Institute of Maritime Affairs in 1991 and retired from the Pakistan Navy in 1995 after 30 years of service. He currently serves as a member of the Sindh Public Service Commission
	Ravi B. Vohra (India): May 2003 to September 2003 Rear Admiral Ravi B. Vohra (ret’d) served in several capacities with the Indian Navy including command at sea, Flag Officer of the Offshore Defence Advisory Group, and Assistant Controller of Warship Production & Acquisition. Following retirement from the Navy he was Chairman and Managing Director for Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, a leading Shipyard on the east coast of India until 2000. He currently works with the Strategic Studies & Security
	Feroz Hassan Khan (Pakistan): 16 January through 1 August 2003 Brigadier - General  Khan (ret’d) from the Pakistan Army with 31 years of distinguished service. During his career, he commanded combat units in Kashmir and the Siachen Glacier and served on the Army general staff. In his staff role, he made key contributions to formulating Pakistan's security policy on nuclear and conventional arms control and has been a member of Pakistani delegations in official security-related negotiations. He has participated in numerous arms control conferences in the United States, Europe, and Asia and has published articles on strategic stability and restraint in South Asia.
Arrived 2002
	Wan Ki Yoon (South Korea)   Dr. Yoon is a Principal Researcher for the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute's Technology Center for Nuclear Control (TCNC), and is responsible for remote monitoring for enhanced cooperation with IAEA. He has previously served as department manager for the TCNC, and as head of the Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety. Dr. Yoon earned his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Missouri, and has published numerous articles on remote monitoring systems and their policy implications
	Rongrong Le (China): May 20 through 27 November 2002 Le Rongrong is a staff member of the China Institute of International Studies (CIIS) and has been Director of the Secretariat for CSCAP-China (Council of Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific). Previously she worked for financial institutions both in China and in New York. Before receiving an MBA from Long Island University, she worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was assigned to the Chinese Embassy in Zaire and the Chinese Mission to the United Nations in New York.
	Arvind Kumar (India): June 16 through 15 October 2002 Mr. Kumar is a Research Associate at the NIAS conducting policy-oriented research on nuclear, missile, Indian foreign policy and international security issues. Prior to joining NIAS, Mr. Kumar was a researcher at the Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses (IDSA) in New Dehli. In addition, he was a visiting fellow at the Stimson Center assessing the impact of US ballistic missile deployment on China and South Asia. His publications include analysis of the draft Indian Nuclear Doctrine, “The Revolution in Military Affairs and the Indian Air Force,” “US Nuclear Policy,” and “The Hank Brown Amendment and its Implications.” He regularly contributes columns to Southern Asia Internet Forum, Stratfor.com, and several newspapers. Mr. Kumar holds a M.Phil in American studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi (thesis: “Reagan’s Military Strategy and Force Structure”) and is conducting Ph.D. studies at JNU.
	Dr. Hasan A. Rizvi (Pakistan): May 28 through 12 September 2002 Dr Rizvi is an independent political and defense analyst based in Pakistan. He obtained M.A. and Ph. D. in International Relations / Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania and an M Phil in Politics from the University of Leeds in the UK. He has taught at Columbia University, Heidelberg University, and the University of the Punjab in Lahore, Pakistan. His books include Military, State and Society in Pakistan and Pakistan and the Geo-strategic Environment. He is a frequent contributor to Pakistan's national dailies and has published a number of journal articles.
	Dr. Rajesh Basrur (India): May 28 through 27 September 2002 Dr. Basrur has BA, MA, and M Phil degrees in History from Delhi University, and MA and Ph. D. in Politics from Mumbai University. He has had fellowships at Simon Fraser University in Canada, the University of Illinois, and the Henry Stimson Center and Brookings Institution in Washington. He has specialized in international security relations, especially the politics of nuclear weapons, and in international relations theory. He has published three books, and a number of articles on nuclear issues.
	Wen Chung Chai (Taiwan): May 6 through 22 September 2002 Commander CHAI Wen-Chung is a staff member of the Strategic Planning Department of the Ministry of National Defense in Taiwan. He received his MA in International Affairs and Strategic Studies at the University of Tamkang and BA from the Chinese Naval Academy. Cdr. Chai has served on many naval vessels and in several shore positions for the Taiwan Navy. He is the author and co-author of numerous publications, including Taiwan Survival and Seapower Development, PRC Military Capabilities Assessment 2010, Revolution in Military Affairs, and Asia-Pacific Security: Theory and Practice. He is the author of several articles related to naval strategy, naval policy, military strategy, and military balance across the Taiwan Strait.
	Dr. C. S. Karim (Bangladesh): February 19 through 19 April 2002 Dr. C. S. Karim is project director for Nuclear Power Development in Bangladesh. As one of four members of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission he manages all physical science research and development, and serves as a focal point for Bangladesh with the CTBTO and as a delegate to the IAEA General Conference. He became Chief Scientific Officer in 1993, Director of the Nuclear Power and Energy Division in 1997, and has been the BAEC Member managing Physical Science since 2000.
	Chyungly Lee (Taiwan): January 20 through 30 March  2002 Chyungly Lee is an Associate Research Follow at Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University, Taiwan. She obtained her Ph.D. from Department of Politics and Government at the University of Maryland, College Park in 1995. Her current research foci are Asia-Pacific security cooperation, economic security, Asian regionalism and human security. She is also the Co-Executive Director for Taiwan’s participation in the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific (CSCAP).
Arrived 2001
	K.C. Cariappa (India): July 1 through 16 November 2001 Air Marshal K.C. Cariappa (Retd) commanded a helicopter unit and a fighter squadron, and has served in various other command and staff appointments, retiring as Air Officer Commanding in Chief of Southwestern Air Command in January 1996. As a CMC visiting research scholar he explored the possibility of establishing an understanding between India and Pakistan through "cooperative aerial monitoring" (CAM) published as CMC Occasional Paper "How Cooperative Aerial Monitoring Can Contribute to Reducing Tensions Between India and Pakistan," December 2001. How Cooperative Aerial Monitoring Can Contribute to Reducing Tensions Between India and Pakistan  Authors: Air Marshal Mohammed Arshad Chaudhry PAF (Retd) Islamabad, Pakistan and Air Marshal K.C. Cariappa IAF (Retd) Madikeri, India (SAND98-0505/22)
	Mohammed Arshad Chaudhry (Pakistan): July 1 through 31 October 2001 Air Marshal Chaudhry (Retd) held a variety of fighter command and staff appointments, retiring as Vice Chief of Air Staff in 1997. During his career as a fighter pilot, he flew in all the fighter aircraft in the PAF inventory. As a CMC visiting research scholar he explored the possibility of establishing an understanding between India and Pakistan through "cooperative aerial monitoring" (CAM) published as CMC Occasional Paper "How Cooperative Aerial Monitoring Can Contribute to Reducing Tensions Between India and Pakistan," December 2001. How Cooperative Aerial Monitoring Can Contribute to Reducing Tensions Between India and Pakistan  Authors: Air Marshal Mohammed Arshad Chaudhry PAF (Retd) Islamabad, Pakistan and Air Marshal K.C. Cariappa IAF (Retd) Madikeri, India (SAND98-0505/22)
	Adel Ali (Egypt): July 6 through 29 September, 2001 Mr. Ali is a specialist in international relations for the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority. As a CMC scholar, Mr. Ali analyzed regional security and arms control issues working with the CMC and other scholars to develop potential technology-based solutions, also investigating the feasibility of establishing a similar center for cooperative monitoring in Cairo.
	Ali Ajlouni (Jordan): July 6 through 29 September, 2001 Mr. Ajlouni is Head of Metallurgical Engineering and Measurement Division for Jordan's Royal Scientific Society. As a scholar with the CMC, Mr. Ajlouni analyzed regional security and arms control issues working with the CMC and other scholars to develop potential technology-based solutions, also investigating the feasibility of establishing a similar center for cooperative monitoring in Amman.
	Naoko Nakashima (Japan): January 17, 2001 through July 14, 2002 Ms. Nakashima is a Senior Assistant Engineer with the Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute (JNC-OEC). She has worked with the CMC to integrate data from the JNC safety web-site into the CMC's nuclear transparency web-site.
Arrived 2000
No Photo Available	Ayesha Siddiqa-Agha, Ph.D. (Pakistan): June 1 through 31 October, 2000 Dr. Siddiqa-Agha has served as Director of Naval Research for the Pakistani Navy. As a CMC  scholar Dr. Siddiqa-Agha authored CMC Occasional Paper 18: “Maritime Cooperation Between India and Pakistan: Building Confidence at Sea,” published November 2000. Maritime Cooperation Between India and Pakistan: Building Confidence at Sea Author: Ayesha Siddiqa-Agha (SAND98-0505/18)
No Photo Available	Sumit Ganguly, Ph.D. (USA): July 3 through 24 August, 2000 Dr. Ganguly is a Professor of Asian Studies and Government at the University of Texas at Austin. As a CMC scholar Dr. Ganguly authored CMC Occasional Paper 19: "Potential Indian Nuclear Forces Postures," published January 2001. Potential Indian Nuclear Force Postures Author: Sumit Ganguly (SAND98-0505/19)
	Kathleen M. Vogel, Ph.D. (USA): September 15 through 15 November, 2000 Dr. Vogel is a Post-doctoral associate of the Peace Studies Program at Cornell University, affiliated with the Einaudi Center for International Studies. As a CMC scholar, Dr. Vogel organized an exploratory workshop on bio-security for dangerous pathogens.
	Major General Mahmud Ali Durrani (Retd) (Pakistan): September 15, 2000 - May 1, 2001 Major General Mahmud Ali Durrani (Retd) was commissioned in the Pakistan Army in 1961 and retired in 1998. He held a variety of command and staff assignments, including the command of an armored division. While serving in an armored regiment, he fought in the 1965 Indo-Pakistan war and again saw action on the western front in the 1971 war. He served as Pakistan’s Defense and Military Attaché in Washington, DC, from 1977 to 1982, and as President Zia ul Haq’s Military Secretary from 1982 to 1986. He also served as chairman and chief executive of the Pakistan Ordnance Factories Board, the largest defense industrial complex of Pakistan, during 1992 to 1998. Presently, as part of a group of Indians and Pakistanis, he is working toward peace in South Asia. He is also involved with a UN-sponsored initiative to develop a peaceful solution of the Afghanistan conflict. He specializes in military strategy, defense production and international security issues. He is the author of the book India and Pakistan-The Cost of Conflict and the Benefits of Peace, 2000, Johns Hopkins University and reprinted by the Oxford University Press in 2001. In 2000, he undertook a study for the Pakistan Army titled “Pakistan’s Security Imperatives Year 2000 and Beyond.” He has spoken in a variety of international forums on defense, security, and foreign policy. From November 1999 to January 2000, General Durrani was concurrently a visiting scholar at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIC), Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC and a visiting fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was educated at Burn Hall School, Government College Abbottabad, and the Pakistan Military Academy in Kakul.
Arrived 1999
	Dr. Jing-Dong Yuan (Canada): January 6 through July 6, 1999 Dr. Jing-Dong Yuan is a Research Associate at the Institute of International Relations, University of British Columbia (UBC). Prior to his stint at the CMC as a Visiting Research Scholar, he was a Killam Postdoctoral Fellow at UBC and a Department of National Defence (Canada) Postdoctoral Fellow at York University, working in the areas of Asia Pacific security, arms control and nonproliferation, and Chinese defense and foreign policy. Dr. Yuan’s recent publications have appeared in Contemporary Security Policy and the Journal of East Asian Affairs, among others. He has a Master’s degree in international affairs from Carleton University and a Ph.D. in political science from Queen’s University. He is working currently at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, the Monterey Institute of International Studies.
	Waheguru-Pal-Singh Sidhu, Ph.D. (India): January 4, 1999 through July 4, 1999 Dr. Sidhu was previously a Warren Weaver Fellow for International Security at the Rockefeller Foundation, in New York. As a CMC scholar, Dr. Sidhu conducted joint research with Dr. Yuan Jing-dong (China/Canada) on Indian and Chinese cooperation. Together, they co-authored a forthcoming paper titled “Cooperative Monitoring for Confidence Building: A Case Study of the Sino-Indian Border Areas.” Cooperative Monitoring for Confidence Building: A Case Study of the Sino-Indian Border Areas Authors: Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu and Jing-Dong Yuan (SAND98-0505/13)
	Walter Dorn, Ph.D. (Canada): January 11, 1999 through  March 11, 1999 Dr. Dorn is a fellow with the Ignatieff Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Toronto and senior research officer of Science for Peace, a Canadian nongovernmental organization. While a CMC scholar, Dr. Dorn analyzed potential applications of cooperative monitoring technologies in support of United Nations peacekeeping operations. His paper, “Blue Sensors: Cooperative Monitoring in UN Peacekeeping” is currently under review.
Arrived 1998
	Pravin Sawhney, MS (India): January 21, 1998 through July 19, 1998 Mr. Sawhney is Senior Journalist, Janes International Defense Review, New Delhi, India. During his stay as a CMC scholar he co-authored a joint analysis with Dr. Nazir Kamal (Pakistan) on missile transparency in South Asia. Results of their cooperative research were issued as CMC Occasional Paper/4: “Missile Control in South Asia and the Role of Cooperative Monitoring Technology,” October 1998. Missile Control in South Asia and the Role of Cooperative Monitoring Technology Authors: Nazir Kamal and Pravin Sawhney (SAND98-0505/4)
	Nazir Kamal, Ph.D. (Pakistan): April 1, 1998 through December 24, 1998 Dr. Kamal is the former Director, Office of the Adviser to the Pakistani  Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security. He is currently a security analyst and journalist. Dr. Kamal completed three projects as a CMC scholar. With Pravin Sawhney (India), Dr. Kamal co-authored CMC Occasional Paper/4: “Missile Control in South Asia and the Role of Cooperative Monitoring Technology,” October 1998. With Professor Amit Gupta (India), Dr. Kamal co-authored CMC Occasional Paper/5: “Prospects of Conventional Arms Control in South Asia,” November 1998. Dr. Kamal also authored CMC Occasional Paper/6: “Pakistani Perceptions and Prospects of Reducing the Nuclear Danger in South Asia.” Pakistani Perceptions and Prospects of Reducing the Nuclear Danger in South Asia Author: Nazir Kamal (SAND98-0505/6) Prospects of Conventional Arms Control in South Asia Authors: Nazir Kamal and Amit Gupta (SAND98-0505/5) Missile Control in South Asia and the Role of Cooperative Monitoring Technology Authors: Nazir Kamal and Pravin Sawhney (SAND98-0505/4)
	Amit Gupta, Ph.D. (India): June 1, 1998 through August 31,1998 Professor Gupta is Associate Professor, Stonehill College, Easton, MA. During his stay as a CMC scholar, Professor Gupta co-authored a study of conventional arms control issues in South Asia with Dr. Nazir Kamal (Pakistan). Their joint analysis was issued as CMC Occasional Paper/5: “Prospects of Conventional Arms Control in South Asia,” November 1998 Prospects of Conventional Arms Control in South Asia Authors: Nazir Kamal and Amit Gupta (SAND98-0505/5)
	Mazen Qojas (Jordan): July 6, 1998 through December 14, 1998 Colonel Qojas is a Brigadier General select in the Jordan Armed Forces, Amman, Jordan. As a CMC scholar, Colonel Qojas worked with Colonel (Res) Gidion Netzer (Israel) on a joint analysis of border security in the Middle East. Colonel Qojas authored CMC Occasional Paper /8: “Cooperative Border Security for Jordan: Assessment and Options,” March 1999. Cooperative Border Security for Jordan: Assessment and Options Author: Mazen Qojas (SAND98-0505/8)
	Seongwhun Cheon, Ph.D. (Republic of Korea): August 1, 1998 through January 20, 1999 Dr. Cheon is a Research Fellow with the Korea Institute for National Unification. During his stay as a CMC scholar, Dr. Cheon analyzed transparency issues on the Korean Peninsula and authored CMC Occasional Paper/10: “Cooperatively Enhancing Military Transparency on the Korean Peninsula: A Comprehensive Approach,” April 1999. Cooperatively Enhancing Military Transparency on the Korean Peninsula: A Comprehensive Approach Author: Seongwhun Cheon (SAND98-0505/10)
	Gidion Netzer (Israel): August 19, 1998 through February 16, 1999 Colonel Netzer is a reserve officer in the Israeli Defense Forces. While a CMC  Scholar, Colonel Netzer worked with Colonel (Brig Gen select) Mazen Qojas (Jordan) to cooperatively analyze border security issues in the Middle East. Colonel Netzer authored CMC Occasional Paper/7: “A Generic Model for Cooperative Border Security,” March 1999. A Generic Model for Cooperative Border Security Author: Gideon Netzer (SAND98-0505/7)
	Guarav Rajen, Ph.D. (India): September 15, 1998 through September 30, 2000 Dr. Rajen is President, Gaia Research, Incorporated, Albuquerque, New Mexico and Mumbai, India. As a CMC scholar, Dr. Rajen is studying opportunities for environmental cooperation in areas of the Indian Ocean. He authored CMC Occasional Paper/11: “Cooperative Environmental Monitoring in the Coastal Regions of India and Pakistan,” June 1999. Dr. Rajen is engaged in continuing research related to environmental issues in South Asia. The South Asia Cooperative Environmental Monitoring Project: An Effort to Promote Regional Cooperation and Water Quality Data Sharing in South Asia Authors: Gaurav Rajen, Kent Biringer, and David Betsill (SAND2001-0722) South Asia Water Resources Workshop: An Effort to Promote Water Quality Data Sharing in South Asia Authors: Gaurav Rajen, Kent Biringer and David Betsill (SAND2000-0809) A Survey of Nuclear-related Agreements and Possibilities for Nuclear Cooperation in South Asia Author: Gaurav Rajen (SAND98-0505/15) Cooperative Environmental Monitoring in the Coastal Regions of India and Pakistan Author: Gaurav Rajen (SAND98-0505/11) Nuclear Related Agreements and Cooperation in South Asia Author: Gaurav Rajen and Kent Biringer
Arrived 1997
	Varun Sahni, Ph.D. (India): May 5, 1997 through August 31, 1997 Professor Sahni is Associate Professor, Center for International Politics, School of International Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India. During his tenure as a CMC scholar, Professor Sahni worked cooperatively with Dr. Samina Ahmed (Pakistan) to co-author an analysis proposing initiatives for reducing Indian/Pakistani conflict on the Siachen Glacier. The joint research product was issued as CMC Occasional Paper/1, “Freezing the Fighting: Military Disengagement on the Siachen Glacier,”  March 1998. Freezing the Fighting: Military Disengagement on the Siachen Glacier Authors: Samina Ahmed and Varun Sahni (SAND98-0505/1)
	Samina Ahmed, Ph.D. (Pakistan): July 1, 1997 through December 31, 1997 Dr. Ahmed is an international relations consultant with the Asia Foundation and a research associate with the Regional Center For Strategic Studies in Colombo, Sri Lanka. During her stay as a CMC scholar, Dr. Ahmed participated in two joint studies. She co-authored with Professor Varun Sahni (India) CMC Occasional Paper/1, “Freezing the Fighting: Military Disengagement on the Siachen Glacier,” March 1998. And with Professor Suranjan Das (India), she co-authored CMC Occasional Paper/3, “Movements of People, Ideas, Trade and Technology: Toward a Peaceful Coexistence of India and Pakistan,” March 1998. Movements of People, Ideas, Trade and Technology:Toward a Peaceful Coexistence of India and Pakistan Authors: Samina Ahmed and Suranjan Das (SAND98-0505/3) Freezing the Fighting: Military Disengagement on the Siachen Glacier Authors: Samina Ahmed and Varun Sahni (SAND98-0505/1)
No Photo Available	Victor Mizin, Ph.D. (Russia): July 16, 1997 through November 15, 1997 Dr. Mizin is Head of Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moscow, Russia. During his tenure as a CMC scholar, Dr. Mizin authored a paper on missile technology proliferation titled “Russian Military Industry and US Nonproliferation Options” that was published in Volume 5, Issue 3 (Spring/Summer 1998) of The Nonproliferation Review
	Juergen Altmann, Ph.D. (Germany): August 3, 1997 through November 2, 1997 Dr. Altmann is a research scientist at the University of Dortmund, Essen, Germany. As a CMC scholar, Dr. Altmann created an acoustic sensor display for the CMC and authored an analysis of the potential for acoustic signals in cooperative monitoring applications. His paper was titled “Cooperative Monitoring of Limits on Tanks and Heavy Trucks using Acoustic and Seismic Signals: Experiments and Analysis.” The paper and its ongoing basic research are not sufficiently validated for publication at the present time. The Potential of Technology for the Control of Small Weapons: Applications in Developing Countries Author: Jürgen Altmann (SAND98-0505/16)
	Suranjan Das, Ph.D. (India): October 8, 1997 through December 18, 1997 Professor Das is Chairman, Department of History, University of Calcutta, Calcutta, India. As a CMC scholar, Professor Das co-authored with Dr. Samina Ahmed (Pakistan) an analysis of initiatives for enhancing interchanges between India and Pakistan that was issued as CMC Occasional Paper/3: “Movements of People, Ideas, Trade and Technology: Toward a Peaceful Coexistence of India and Pakistan,” March 1998. Movements of People, Ideas, Trade and Technology:Toward a Peaceful Coexistence of India and Pakistan Authors: Samina Ahmed and Suranjan Das (SAND98-0505/3)
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