Craig Gerardi

Dr. Craig Gerardi is the Senior Director of Testing and Development Manufacturing at Kairos Power. He is currently directing teams that are enabling the development of the Kairos Power Fluoride-Salt-Cooled High-Temperature Reactor (KP FHR) through rapid scaled testing and technology demonstration. Development efforts are focused on component fabrication, scaled testing, salt technology development, and supply chain for design, licensing and deployment of the KP FHR.

Previously, Dr. Gerardi led the Engineering Development & Irradiation Services (EDIS) Department at Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, IL. The EDIS Department conducted a wide range of experiments related to nuclear engineering technology including tests for reactor safety, instrumentation development and production of radioisotopes for medical applications.

Dr. Gerardi obtained his Ph.D. and M.S. in Nuclear Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his B.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park.