John Sarrao

John Sarrao serves as the Deputy Director of Science, Technology, and Engineering at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). John is currently the Principal Associate Director for Science, Technology, and Engineering (PADSTE) at LANL, leading the Laboratory’s STE capabilities in supporting the laboratory’s national security mission. Previously, he served as the Associate Director for Theory, Simulation, and Computation for five years. John has also held a number of leadership positions within LANL’s materials community. His primary research interest is in the synthesis and characterization of correlated electron systems, especially actinide materials. John was the 2013 winner of the Department of Energy’s E.O. Lawrence Award and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the American Physical Society (APS), and Los Alamos National Laboratory. John’s personal research and technical leadership career have emphasized national security science from plutonium physics research to advanced materials design and discovery to stewarding LANL’s high-performance computing resources and simulation capabilities. John received a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, Los Angeles based on thesis work performed at LANL. He also has an M.S. in physics from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a B.S. in physics from Stanford University.