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michael r. anastasio in 2008 robert w. kuckuck charles f. mcmillan theoretical nuclear physics los alamos national laboratory 1948 9th director of the june 1 , 2006 ann anastasio michael r. anastasio.jpg michael r. anastasio
 may 31 , 2011 michael r. anastasio johns hopkins university , stony brook
michael r. anastasio

michael anastasio -lrb- born 1948 -rrb- led two national science laboratories during a time of transition .
he was the director of the los alamos national laboratory and president of the los alamos national security llc , the company that operates the laboratory .
he is the former director of lawrence livermore national laboratory -lrb- llnl -rrb- .
the university of california board of regents appointed michael r. anastasio the director of llnl on june 4 , 2002 .
he started on july 1 , 2002 .
in 2005 he became the president of the los alamos national security llc , and became the director of the los alamos national laboratory on june 1 , 2006 .
during his directorship at lawrence livermore , the laboratory won 25 r&d 100 awards and maintained its world-class leadership position in high-performance computing and its application to global climate modeling .
he has a bachelor 's degree in physics from johns hopkins university and earned m.s. and ph.d. degrees in theoretical nuclear physics from the state university of new york at stony brook .
his career at llnl began in 1980 as a physicist in b-division , one of the two nuclear weapons design divisions .
he participated in the development of the w87 , w84 , and b83 warheads and 10 nuclear tests ; he was project physicist on four of these tests .
in 1991 , he was made b-division leader and program manager responsible for primary weapons design .
from 1996 to 2001 , he served as associate director for defense and nuclear technologies , responsible for all activities in the laboratory 's nuclear weapons program .
in that capacity , he was instrumental in the development and execution of the national stockpile stewardship program .
from 2001 to 2002 , anastasio served as llnl 's deputy director for strategic operations .
he has 18 publications in intermediate energy theoretical nuclear physics and 800 citations .
he received the department of energy weapons recognition of excellence award in 1990 and is a member of sigma pi sigma , the national physics honor society ; u.s. strategic command , strategic advisory group ; and the defense science board task force on nuclear capabilities .
he retired from his position as laboratory director at los alamos national laboratory on june 1st 2011 .
