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in the late 1970s, and worked there for over 30 years. She became head of the Physics Division in 2001, was Associate Laboratory Director for Weapons Physics beginning in 2004, and was Associate Laboratory Director for Experimental Physical Sciences beginning in 2006, holding both positions until
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in 1994, after a nomination from the Division of Nuclear Physics, "for experimental studies of the nuclear isospin response in inelastic pion scattering, and for her contributions to our understanding of parity violation in compound nucleus neutron resonance". She was elected as a Fellow of the
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in 2020, "for her pathbreaking work in nuclear physics, especially using ultracold neutrons, and her leadership, both in her community and at national laboratories".
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2013 when she moved to Sandia. At Sandia, she became Associate Laboratories Director for Advanced Science and Technology and Chief Research Officer in 2017.
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Seestrom was one of four children of an electrical contractor in Minnesota, and was part of the first generation of her family to attend college, at the
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before switching to physics. She remained at the University of Minnesota for graduate study, completing a Ph.D. in nuclear physics in 1981.
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in 2006–2007, and chaired the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee from 2009 to 2012.
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Feder, Toni (February 2001), "Seestrom is first woman to lead Los Alamos physics",
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Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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While still a graduate student, she became a researcher at the
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and physics administrator, the Chief Research Officer at
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She also chaired the Division of Nuclear Physics of the
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Susan Joyce Seestrom

nuclear physicist
Sandia National Laboratories
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Department of Energy
National Science Foundation
neutrons
ultracold neutrons
University of Minnesota
geology
Los Alamos National Laboratory
American Physical Society
Fellow of the American Physical Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science




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