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NSSB Auditorium
TA-3
Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87545
United States

Barry Charles

Global Security/Los Alamos National Lab

Barry Charles is the current Program Director for Nuclear Counterproliferation and was previously the Deputy Program Director for the Intelligence, Defense, and Counterterrorism Program Office, at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Barry has worked at Lab since 2000 where he is very active in the nuclear emergency response community and is a deployable member of the Joint Technical Operations Team. Additionally, while here, he has led the development of technologies that are currently fielded for many national security efforts.

Linda Deck

Director, Bradbury Science Museum/Los Alamos National Laboratory

Linda Deck became the Museum Director for the Bradbury Science Museum in 2007. Prior to coming to Los Alamos, she worked at the Idaho Museum of National History and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Although her background is in Geology and Paleontology, Linda loves the breadth of topics and expertise that inform the Bradbury’s exhibits. Her goals at the Bradbury are to enable her staff to do their jobs well and to create exhibits that change visitors in positive ways. Deck is part of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park working group, which is made up of laboratory and Department of Energy Staff. This working group is working to find ways to allow visitors to experience the unique history of the Manhattan Project at locations where historical buildings still stand. “It’s not every day one gets the chance to help stand up a new national park,” she notes.