Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration
Laurel, MD
Dr. Cheri Hautala-Bateman serves as the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Human Subjects Protection Program Manager. She also serves as the program manager for the Strategic Partnership Projects at the Department of Energy/NNSA. This position is responsible for overseeing interagency work and non-government sponsored work across the NNSA complex. She also assists the Director for Strategic Partnerships and Engagements. Prior to assuming this role, she served as a senior test scientist at the Department of Homeland Security’s Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (now known as Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office). This work involved participating in the development and revision of consensus standards for and leading developmental and operation testing of radiological and nuclear (RN) detection equipment and providing technical expertise on nuclear materials, nuclear weapons, and related technologies as part of analysis of architectures as associated to the Global Nuclear Detection Architecture. She has also served as a senior scientist at the NNSA's Remote Sensing Laboratory, Andrews AFB location, with a responsibility of supporting nuclear and radiological emergency response efforts, as well as managing a support program with three remote offices.
Dr. Hautala-Bateman graduated from the University of MN, Morris with a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics and physics. She earned her Ph.D in nuclear physics from the Ohio University.
C07 - [IN-PERSON ONLY] A Dialogue With the Department of Energy (DOE)
Monday, December 4, 2023
3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET