Dimitri Kusnezov | |
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Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office September 29, 2022 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Reginald Brothers |
Personal details | |
Education | University of California, Berkeley (AB, AB) Princeton University (MA, PhD) |
Dimitri Kusnezov is an American physicist and academic who is the under secretary of homeland security for science and technology.[1] He has published over 160 research papers and articles and has over 4000 citations according to Google Scholar.[2]
Kusnezov earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in physics and pure mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley, a followed by a Master of Arts in physics from Princeton University and a PhD in theoretical and mathematical physics.[3]
From 1990 to 2001, Kusnezov worked as an assistant and associate professor at Yale University. Kusnezov joined the National Nuclear Security Administration in 2001 and later served as a senior advisor to the secretary of the United States Department of Energy. Since February 2019, he has served as deputy under secretary of energy for AI and technology.[4]