Dr. Kathryn D. Huff is Professor and Chair in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as well as an Amazon Scholar supporting energy strategy for Amazon Web Services. Her expertise spans advanced reactor design, computational nuclear engineering, reactor physics, nuclear fuel cycles, multiphysics simulation, scientific computing, nuclear energy systems, and nuclear energy policy. Before joining the University of Wisconsin–Madison, she served as the U.S. Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy, where she led the Office of Nuclear Energy and its programs supporting advanced reactor demonstration, fuel cycle technologies, research infrastructure, and the commercialization and deployment of advanced nuclear energy systems. Earlier appointments include faculty positions at the University of Illinois Urbana– Champaign, a postdoctoral appointment at the University of California, Berkeley, and research positions at Argonne National Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory. Dr. Huff’s research integrates advanced reactor technology, nuclear fuel cycle analysis, reactor physics, multiphysics simulation, artificial intelligence, and open-source scientific software. She has led or contributed to projects supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Nuclear Security Administration, the National Science Foundation, ARPA-E, industry, and international collaborators. Her group develops open-source software for advanced reactor analysis and fuel cycle simulation, including Cyclus, Moltres, PyRK, and Osier, to enable high-fidelity modeling, reproducible research, and technology development for next-generation nuclear energy systems. Dr. Huff has received numerous professional honors, including the American Nuclear Society Distinguished Public Service Award, the American Nuclear Society Presidential Citation, the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements Warren K. Sinclair Medal, the United States Nuclear Industry Council Meritorious Service Award, and recognition in Nuclear News’s inaugural 40 Under 40 list. Dr. Huff’s scholarly and public writing includes a book, book chapters, peer-reviewed journal articles, conference proceedings, technical reports, national editorials, and testimony before Congress. She brings experience from academia, the federal government, national laboratories, and industry to help organizations advance nuclear technologies from research and development through demonstration, commercialization, and deployment.
– Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_Huff
– LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katyhuff/
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– ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7075-6802
– Professional CV: https://katyhuff.github.io/papers/cv.pdf