R. Scott Kemp
rskemp
princeton.edu
Program on Science and Global Security
Princeton University
221 Nassau Street, 2nd Floor
Princeton, NJ 08542 (USA)
Tel: (609) 258-4684 / Fax: (609) 258-3661
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Candidate
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Princeton University
Dissertation title: Nuclear Proliferation in the Centrifuge Age
B.A. Physics, June 2000
University of California at Santa Barbara
With two years research experience in experimental astrophysics
WORK
Since June 2004, PhD student and member of the research staff at the Program on Science and Global Security, Princeton University.
Since 2007, Research Affiliate for the International Panel on Fissile Materials.
Science & Technology Consultant for Proliferation Pathways project directed by Robert Einhorn
Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington D.C. (2008)
Fulbright Scholar
International Policy Institute, King's College, London
London, England (09/2003 - 06/2004)
Research Assistant to Richard L. Garwin (primary) and to Richard K. Betts (secondary)
Associate for Science & National Security Studies
Rapporteur for the John J. McCloy Roundtable on National Security
Council on Foreign Relations, New York (04/2002 - 09/2003)
Executive Director
Journal of Young Investigators (jyi.org) (08/1999 - 03/2002)
Currently appointed to the Board of Directors, since March 2002; Trustee of the JYI Foundation since 2007.
TEACHING
Graduate level course, Topics in International Relations: Protection Against Weapons of Mass Destruction (WWS-556d), with F. von Hippel, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Spring 2007.
Graduate level course, Policy Workshop: Proliferation Chain Reactions (WWS-591f), with F. von Hippel and R. Einhorn, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Fall 2007.
PUBLICATIONS
(with Alexander Glaser)
Gas Centrifuge Theory and Development: A Review of U.S. Programs
Science and Global Security, Vol 17, No 1. (2009).
Initial analysis of the detectability of UO2F2 aerosols produced by UF6 released from uranium conversion plants
Science and Global Security, Vol 16, No 3. (2008).
The Gas Centrifuge and Nuclear-Weapon Proliferation
(with Houston Wood and Alexander Glaser)
Physics Today, Vol 61, No 9. (Sept. 2008).
A Performance Estimate for the Detection of
Undeclared Nuclear-Fuel Reprocessing by Atmospheric 85Kr
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, Vol 99, No 8. (Aug. 2008).
Detection of Clandestine Fissile Material Production
(with Martin Kalinowski)
Chapter 9 in H. Feiveson, A. Glaser, Z. Mian, and F. von Hippel (eds.),
Global Fissile Materials Report 2007 (International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM)), September 2007.
A Performance Estimate for the Remote Detection of Nuclear-Fuel Reprocessing by Atmospheric 85Kr
Proceedings of the 48th Annual Meeting
of the Institute for Nuclear Material Management (INMM), July 8-12, 2007, Tucson, AZ.
The Gas Centrifuge and the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons
(with Alexander Glaser)
Shi Zeng (ed.), Proceedings of the
Ninth International Workshop on Separation Phenomena in Liquids and Gases (SPLG), September 18-21, 2006, Beijing, China, Tshinghua University Press, 2007, pp. 88-95.
Stemming the Spread of Enrichment Plants
(with Barbur Habib, et al.)
Report of a WWS Policy Workshop (January 2006).
On the Feasibility of Safeguarding Uranium Mines
The Nonproliferation Review, Vol 13, No 2. (July 2006).
Nuclear Proliferation with Particle Accelerators
Science & Global Security, Vol 13, No 3. (Fall 2005).
Star Crossed
(with Bruce DeBlois, Richard Garwin, and Jeremy Marwell)
IEEE Spectrum, Spring 2005.
Space Weapons: Crossing the U.S. Rubicon
(with Bruce DeBlois, Richard Garwin, and Jeremy Marwell)
International Security, Vol 29, No 2. (Fall 2004).
INVITED TALKS
The Iranian Nuclear Issue: Technical assessments and implications for political engagement
A roundtable convened by the Italian Foreign Ministry, Policy Planning Unit (June 19, 2009).
Detection of Covert Centrifuge Programs
American Physical Society Panel on Verification Technologies for a Disarming World (April 22, 2009).
Detection of Covert Reprocessing and Enrichment
AAAS Science, Technology and Security Policy lecture series, House Rayburn Office Building (May 12, 2009).
MEDIA APPEARANCES
Iran Dramatically Expanding Centrifuge Installation
Uranium Intelligence Weekly, (June 8, 2009).
IRAN: Good news and bad news in U.N. report on nuclear program
The Los Angeles Times, Babylon & Beyond Blog (June 6, 2009).
Does the spread of nuclear power mean the spread of nuclear weapons?
Voice of America Korea, pre-recorded radio (May 13, 2009).
Allies' Clocks Tick Differently on Iran
The New York Times, Week in Review section p. 1 (March 14/15, 2009).
News and Views: Iran's Centrifuge Program
Voice of America Persian News Network, live television broadcast (May 9, 2008).
Inside an Enigma: A Tantalizing Look at Iran’s Nuclear Program
The New York Times, Science Times section p. 1 (Apr. 29, 2008).
The World Today: Commentary on U.S.-Russian Relations
BBC World Service, live radio broadcast (Sept. 26, 2003).
FELLOWSHIPS AND HONORS
J. William Fulbright Fellow
London, England (2003-2004)
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow
California Institute of Technology (1997)
JPLUS Scholar
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA (1997)
Honorary Member
American Astronomical Society (1997)
Last updated: May 2009
