Harriet Kung

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Harriet Kung is an American Physicist and the deputy director for Science Programs for the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy. [1] [2]

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Education and career

Kung received her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Cornell University. She began her scientific career as a research fellow at the University of Michigan, before joining the technical staff at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where she worked for ten years. She has published 100 refereed papers, mostly in the scientific field of nanomaterials and high-temperature superconductivity. She joined the U.S. DOE in 2002 as a program manager in Materials Science and Engineering, before serving as the associate director of Science for Basic Energy Sciences (BES) from June 2008 to April 2020. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Deputy Director Biography, Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy
  2. "DOE Office of Science Shuffles Top-Level Management". www.aip.org. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  3. Appointment of Dr. Harriet Kung as Associate Director of the Office of Science for Basic Energy Sciences, Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy