Ralph James

Associate Laboratory Director for
Energy, Environment & National Security

Ralph James

Responsibilities

Environmental Sciences Department
Energy Sciences and Technology Department
Nonproliferation and National Security Department
Center for Data Intensive Computing

Biographical Information

  • BS in Engineering Physics, University of Tennessee (1976)
  • MS in Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology (1977)
  • MS in Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology (1978) 
  • Ph.D. in Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology (1980) 
  • Eugene P. Wigner Fellow at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (1981-1984) 
  • Distinguished Researcher and Manager, Sandia National Laboratories - California (1984-2000) 
  • Discover Magazine's "Innovator of the Year" Award (1997) for developing radiation detection devices
  • Three-time winner of R&D Magazine's R&D100 Award (1998, 2000, 2001) for developing a new method to grow semiconductor crystals and various compact sensors to detect and image radiation
  • Fellow, American Physical Society
  • Fellow, International Society for Optical Engineering
  • Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
  • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

 

Top of Page

Last Modified: January 31, 2008