Full Name
James McCarrick
Job Title
Program Director for High Energy Density and Photon Systems
Company
Lawrence Livermore National Lab (LLNL)
Speaker Bio
Dr. James (Jim) McCarrick is the Program Director for the High Energy Density (HED) and Photon Systems element within the NIF & Photon Science (NIF&PS) Directorate at Lawrence Livermore National Lab (LLNL). He oversees development and deployment of advanced high-energy lasers and the experimental platforms and systems that leverage those lasers, with application to HED science and inertial fusion energy.
Jim has been at LLNL for 26 years and has worked in a variety of science and engineering areas that serve LLNL’s core mission of strategic deterrence. In recent years, his focus has been bringing LLNL’s capabilities to adjacent national needs, primarily for the Department of Defense and Department of Energy.
He holds a B.S. degree in Applied and Engineering Physics from Cornell University, and a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, where he studied magnetic fusion.
Jim has been at LLNL for 26 years and has worked in a variety of science and engineering areas that serve LLNL’s core mission of strategic deterrence. In recent years, his focus has been bringing LLNL’s capabilities to adjacent national needs, primarily for the Department of Defense and Department of Energy.
He holds a B.S. degree in Applied and Engineering Physics from Cornell University, and a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, where he studied magnetic fusion.
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