In 1997 Dr. Ward co-founded TechSource with Pierre Grand. He currently serves as the company’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Scientist. In addition to his corporate duties, he also serves as a senior scientific and technical advisor to the DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy, Advanced Fuel Cycle Technologies.
Dr. Ward has authored/co-authored over 150 refereed scientific journal publications and the book: A Monograph on the Radiochemistry of Astatine, published by the National Academy of Science.
Dr. Ward has over 20 years of experience in Washington, D.C. providing independent scientific and technical advice to the Department of Energy (DOE) on accelerators, nuclear physics, special nuclear materials, radiation safety, space radiation effects, and related nuclear technology issues. He also possesses over 50 years of experimental and theoretical experience in nuclear physics and chemistry and extensive expertise in radiation monitoring and diagnostics, including radiation safety and environmental issues at nuclear facilities.
Dr. Ward has served as Senior Scientific Advisor to DOE’s Defense Programs Office of Reconfiguration, focusing on accelerator and nuclear physics issues relating to tritium production. In addition, while at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). Dr. Ward conducted numerous studies and reviews for the U.S. Government, including the U.S. Nuclear and Space Facilities Review and the Independent Assessment and Review of Russian Space Radiation Facilities. He has also chaired multiple interagency groups, most notably chairing the Interagency (DOE/NASA/DOD/DOC) working group assessing accelerator needs and requirements for U.S. space radiation research.
Dr. Ward’s postdoctoral work at BNL focused on the study of neutron-rich isotope production at intermediate energies, high-spin nuclear yrast states, and medium energy neutron induced reactions using the Chemistry Linac Irradiation Facility which he helped to design and build. Dr. Ward was a Staff Scientist in Physics and an Adjunct Professor of Chemistry at Indiana University where he helped construct the 200 MeV isochronous cyclotron. Upon returning to BNL as a physicist he worked within the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars) program as group leader of the neutron physics effort and manager of the radiation effects facility.
Dr. Ward grew up in Los Angeles, California and finished high school in Cameron, Oklahoma. He received his B.S. degree from Northeastern State College in Oklahoma majoring in Chemistry. He later received a Master’s degree and a Ph.D. in Nuclear Chemistry from the University of Arkansas.
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