Siegfried S. Hecker

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Siegfried S. Hecker
Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Stanford University

Siegfried S. Hecker (born October 2, 1943) is an American

Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.[2] During this time, he was also elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering
(1988) for outstanding research on plutonium and the forming of materials, and for leadership in developing energy and weapons systems.

Biography

Early life

Hecker's parents came from

Bosnia and were moved during World War II to Tomaszew, Poland, where Hecker was born.[3] When his father had not returned from the war at the Eastern Front, his mother remarried and settled in Rottenmann, Austria.[3] The family emigrated from Styria
to the US in 1956.

Education

Hecker completed his

Metallurgical Engineering in 1968, all from Case Western Reserve University.[4] He then spent two years as a postdoctoral appointee at the Los Alamos National Laboratory
.

Professional career

Hecker began his professional career as a senior research metallurgist with the General Motors Research Laboratories in 1970.

Los Alamos

Hecker while director of Los Alamos National Laboratory

After Hecker's return to the Los Alamos National Laboratory, he led the laboratory's Materials Science and Technology Division and Center for Materials Science.[2] He then served as the fifth Director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1986 till 1997 and was a Los Alamos Senior Fellow until 2005.[2]

Stanford University

He first came to

Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and held this post until 2012.[5][6]

Other activities

Nuclear Threat Initiative

Hecker also acts as advisor to the Nuclear Threat Initiative board of directors and belongs to the advisory council of CRDF Global, an independent nonprofit organization that promotes international scientific and technical collaboration.

Visits to North Korea

Hecker visiting the disabled Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center, North Korea, in 2008

He has visited

Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center (once every year since 2004).[7][8] In November 2010, Hecker visited the Yongbyon nuclear facility and reported on its advanced state.[9] In February 2019 Hecker along with Robert L. Carlin and Elliot A. Serbin published an update to North Koreas nuclear history study saying that in 2018 North Korea "took significant steps to halt and roll back key parts of its nuclear program" and Kim Jong Un "took the extraordinary step of ending nuclear tests and missile tests, not just declaring a moratorium." in the study it also suggests the North Korea, South Korea, and the US explore cooperative efforts to demilitarize North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs and convert them to civillian nuclear and space programs.[10]

Memberships in organizations

In addition to his National Academy of Engineering (NAE) membership, Dr. Hecker is a foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and India Institute of Metals; fellow of the Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials Society (TMS), American Society for Metals, American Physical Society (APS), American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and American Academy of Arts and Sciences; and honorary member of the American Ceramics Society.[4]

Awards

His achievements have been recognized with the

AAAS Award for Science Diplomacy, the Leo Szilard Lectureship (APS), the Department of Energy's E.O. Lawrence Award, the LANL Medal, and the Case Western Reserve University Alumni Association Gold Medal and Undergraduate Distinguished Alumni Award.[4]

The Secretary of Energy named Hecker, co-recipient of the 2009

John Bannister Goodenough, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin
.

Publications

References

  1. ^ "The American scientist who's seen North Korea's nuclear secrets". Retrieved 2018-01-28.
  2. ^ a b c "FSI | CISAC - Siegfried S. Hecker". cisac.fsi.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-28.
  3. ^ a b LA National Laboratory (August–September 1997). "Reflections (Issue about S. Hecker)" (PDF). p. 16. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  4. ^ a b c "Siegfried S. Hecker Biography". NAE Website. Retrieved 2018-01-28.
  5. ^ Mahncy Mehrotra (February 16, 2007). "Hecker will co-direct CISAC". The Stanford Daily. Archived from the original on February 18, 2007. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
  6. ^ Beth Duff-Brown (27 February 2013). "Hecker steps down as co-director, but not away from CISAC". FSI Stanford News. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  7. ^ Siegfried S. Hecker (21 January 2004). "Visit to the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center in North Korea" (PDF). LA-UR-04-0340. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
  8. S2CID 144259915. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 2013-01-02. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
  9. ^ Siegfried Hecker (November 20, 2010). "North Korea's Yongbyon Nuclear Complex, a Report by Siegfried Hecker". Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  10. ^ "Key Takeaways from 2018 update of North Korea nuclear history study" (PDF). February 11, 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
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  12. OCLC 43836433.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link
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  13. OCLC 953599272.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link
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