Edwin S. Lyman - bio  

Edwin S. Lyman became Scientific Director of the Nuclear Control Institute in 1995. His research focuses on security and environmental issues associated with the management of nuclear materials. He has published numerous articles in journals including The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and Science and Global Security. He is active as a member of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management. From 1997-1998, he participated in the Processing Needs Assessment conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy's Nuclear Material Stabilization Task Group. He received a doctorate in theoretical physics from Cornell University in 1992, where he was an A.D. White Scholar.  He was a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University's Center for Energy and Environmental Studies from 1992 to 1995.