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Appendix A
Committee Biographies
J. Jerome Holton, Chair, is a senior systems engineer with the Tauri Group, where he supports
the BioWatch Systems Program Office within the Office of Health Affairs, Department of
Homeland Security (DHS). He provides analysis, advice, and counsel to senior government
decision makers on policy, technology, and operations issues related to weapons of mass
destruction and their effects on civilian infrastructure, first responders, military forces, and
tactical operations. Prior to this, he served in a variety of leadership positions for private-sector
companies, spanning the gamut from scientific research start-up to large management consulting
firm. Past clients include the Office of the Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for
Counterproliferation and Chemical/Biological Defense, the Chemical Biological Defense
Directorate of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, the Chemical Biological National Security
Program of the Department of Energy, and the DHS Science and Technology Directorate. His
work extends broadly across the chemical/biological/radiological/nuclear/conventional explosives
detection and countermeasures arena. For several years, he focused on the counterproliferation of,
counterterrorism/domestic preparedness issues for, and the detection, identification, and
decontamination of chemical and biological weapons. Recent accomplishments include fielding
information operations tools and enhancing the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
capabilities to detect and defeat improvised explosive devices as well as the development of
applique armor solutions to counter explosively formed penetrators. Holton previously served on
the NRC’s Standing Committee on Defense Intelligence Agency Technology Forecasts and
Reviews (TIGER), the Committee for the Symposium on Avoiding Technology Surprise for
Tomorrow’s Warfighter, and the Committee on Alternative Technologies to Replace
Antipersonnel Landmines. He earned his B.S. in physics from Mississippi State University and
holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in experimental physics from Duke University.
Edward M. Greitzer (NAE), Vice Chair, is the H.N. Slater Professor, Department of
Aeronautics and Astronautics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received his A.B.,
S.M., and Ph.D. from Harvard University. Prior to joining MIT in 1977, he was with United
Technologies Corporation, and, more recently, he was on leave at United Technologies Research
Center as director, Aeromechanical, Chemical, and Fluid Systems. From 1984 to 1996 he was the
director of MIT’s Gas Turbine Laboratory, and from 1996 to 2002 was associate head, and from
2006 to 2008 deputy head, of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. His research
interests have spanned a range of topics in gas turbines, internal flow, turbomachinery, active
control of fluid systems, university-industry collaboration, and robust gas turbine engine design;
he was the MIT lead for the Cambridge-MIT Institute Silent Aircraft Initiative. He teaches
graduate and undergraduate courses in the fields of propulsion, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics,
and energy conversion, as well as the department’s undergraduate project course. Greitzer is a
three-time recipient of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Gas Turbine Award for
outstanding gas turbine paper of the year; in addition, he received the ASME Freeman Scholar
Award in Fluids Engineering, the International Gas Turbine Institute Scholar Award, and
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publication awards from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the
Institution of Mechanical Engineers. He has also received the Aircraft Engine Technology Award
from the ASME International Gas Turbine Institute, the U.S. Air Force Exceptional Civilian
Service Award, and the ASME R. Tom Sawyer Award. He has been a member of the U.S. Air
Force Scientific Advisory Board and the NASA Aeronautics Advisory Committee, and he is an
Honorary Professor at Beihang University (Beijing). Greitzer has published more than 70 papers
and is lead author of the book Internal Flow: Concepts and Applications, published by
Cambridge University Press. He is a fellow of AIAA and ASME, a member of the National
Academy of Engineering, and an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Brian Ballard founded and currently serves as the CEO of APX Labs, a software company
focused on leading development into wearable augmented reality products at the nexus of
computer vision, user experience, and see-through displays. Previously he served as the director
of product development and vice president at Battlefield Telecommunication Systems (BTS),
where he led the development of defense-oriented augmented reality and biometric data fusion
applications. As part of his portfolio, he was also heavily engaged in developing mobile 3G and
4G networks, devices, and applications for tactical military employments. Prior to joining BTS,
Ballard served as the CTO at Mav6, where he was involved in the development of emerging
networking and embedded systems technologies for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
(ISR) systems and applications in government and military. He is a highly experienced
professional in the field of national intelligence systems and computer engineering. Employed for
more than 10 years with the National Security Agency, he has dealt with all forms of data
collection, dissemination, processing, and visualization. Ballard holds an M.S. and a B.S. in
electrical and computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, and a master’s of
technology management from the University of Maryland. He is currently working on an MBA at
the University of Maryland.
Kenneth I. Berns (NAS/IOM) is director of the University of Florida Genetics Institute and
Distinguished Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Medicine. He has served as a
member of the Composite Committee of the United States Medical Licensing Examination,
chairman of the Association of American Medical Colleges, president of the Association of
Medical School Microbiology and Immunology Chairs, president of the American Society for
Virology, president of the American Society for Microbiology, and vice-president of the
International Union of Microbiological Societies. He is a member of the National Academy of
Sciences and the Institute of Medicine. Berns’s research examines the molecular basis of
replication of the human parvovirus, adeno-associated virus, and the ability of an adeno-
associated virus to establish latent infections and be reactivated. His work has helped provide the
basis for use of this virus as a vector for gene therapy. Berns’s M.D. and his Ph.D. in
biochemistry are from the Johns Hopkins University.
Ann N. Campbell is director, Information Solutions and Services, at Sandia National
Laboratories. Her organization develops and stewards a broad range of software applications and
information systems for both internal (enterprise) and external customers to facilitate the delivery
of effective national security technologies. At Sandia, she previously served as senior manager
and deputy to the chief technology officer for cybersecurity science and technology (S&T). In
that role she was responsible for developing and implementing an institutional strategy for cyber
S&T. She was recently acting director for Sandia’s Cyber Security Strategic Thrust, leading the
lab’s activities to expand Sandia’s cyber workforce and infrastructure, and strategies to provide
increased support for Sandia’s national security sponsors’ cyber missions. Campbell has also
served as deputy for technical programs for the Defense Systems and Assessments Strategic
Management Unit (DSA SMU). In that role she advised the DSA vice president regarding the
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unit’s national security programs, was responsible for strategic planning and the investment
strategy for the DSA, and assisted with implementation of the laboratory’s cyber strategy. From
2003 to 2007, Campbell led the Assessment Technologies Group in Sandia’s Information
Systems Analysis Center. She was responsible for development, coordination, and oversight of
programs focusing on vulnerability assessments and development of national security solutions in
information technologies for multiple government sponsors. From 1999 to 2003 she was manager
of the Microsystems Partnerships Department, which assessed and addressed microelectronics
vulnerabilities for a variety of government sponsors. In that role Campbell led Sandia’s program
to support the DoD Anti-Tamper Initiative. She joined the technical staff at Sandia in 1985 and
had assignments in the Materials and Process Center and the Microsystems Science, Technology,
and Components Center. She conducted research on the microstructure and physical properties of
advanced materials, the physics of microelectronics failures, and the development of advanced
microelectronics failure analysis techniques. Campbell serves on the National Academies’
Standing Committee on Technology Insight–Gauge, Evaluate and Review (TIGER). She is a
senior member of IEEE and served as vice president of membership for the IEEE Reliability
Society and on the Management Committee and board of directors for the IEEE International
Reliability Physics Symposium. She has more than 20 publications and several patents. She holds
a B.S. degree in materials engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and M.S. and Ph.D.
degrees in applied physics (materials science concentration) from Harvard University.
Dean R. Collins recently retired as a deputy director of DARPA’s Microsystems Technology
Office (MTO); as a chief scientist he was responsible for the monitoring, analysis, and evaluation
of research projects directed by MTO program managers and also participated in the concept
planning for leading MTO into new programs beyond the current state of the art in electronics,
photonics, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), component architectures, and algorithms.
He managed the MTO program on integrated circuit cybersecurity. Prior to joining DARPA,
Collins was director for the Advanced Research and Development Activity (ARDA) in
information technology. ARDA functioned as a joint activity of the intelligence community and
the Department of Defense, addressing high-risk/high-payoff information technology problems
that had broad impact across both supporting communities. Collins initiated ARDA’s key cyber
security effort. He was also a member of the intelligence community Advanced Research and
Development Committee and managed the ARDA quantum information science effort. Prior to
joining ARDA, Collins was with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
where he was chief of the High Performance Systems and Services Division, the largest division
at NIST. This position focused on information technology with a strong commercial bias, and the
topics investigated ranged from biometrics to electronic books. Previously, Collins was with
Texas Instruments, as director of the System Components Lab, which was responsible for all
research on III-V devices, nanoelectronics, photonics, and neural networks. Prior to that, he was
director of the Interface Technology Lab, which was responsible for all sensor and display
research, including LCDs, DLPs, and CCDs. Collins is a fellow of the IEEE, a member of the
American Physical Society, and a registered professional engineer. He has published more than
40 refereed articles and has 10 issued U.S. patents.
Sharon C. Glotzer is the Stuart W. Churchill Collegiate Professor of Chemical Engineering and
a professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Michigan (UM), Ann Arbor,
and is director of research computing in the UM College of Engineering. She also holds faculty
appointments in physics, applied physics, and macromolecular science and engineering. She
received a B.S. in physics from UCLA and a Ph.D. in physics from Boston University. Prior to
joining UM, she worked at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Her research
focuses on computational nanoscience and simulation of soft matter, self-assembly and materials
design, and computational science and engineering and is sponsored by the DoD, DoE, NSF, and
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the J.S. McDonnell Foundation. Glotzer is a fellow of the American Physical Society and of the
National Security Science and Engineering Faculty, and she was elected to the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2011. She has served on the National Academies’ Solid State
Sciences Committee; Technology Warning and Surprise study committee; Biomolecular
Materials and Processes study committee; Modeling, Simulation, and Games study committee;
and Technology Insight–Gauge, Evaluate, and Review (TIGER) Committee. She is involved in
roadmapping activities for computational science and engineering, including chairing or co-
chairing several workshops, steering committees and pan-agency initiatives, and she serves on the
advisory committees for the DOE Office of Advanced Scientific Computing and NSF Directorate
for Mathematical and Physical Sciences. Glotzer is also co-founding director of the Virtual
School for Computational Science and Engineering under the auspices of the NSF-funded Blue
Waters Petascale Computing Project at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications.
J.C. Herz is chief executive officer at Batchtags, LLC. She is also a technologist with a
background in biological systems and computer game design. Her specialty is massively
multiplayer systems that leverage social network effects, whether on the web, mobile devices, or
more exotic high-end or grubby low-end hardware. She currently serves as a White House
Special Consultant to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (Networks and Information
Integration). Defense projects range from aerospace systems to a computer-game-derived
interface for next-generation unmanned air systems. Hertz is one of the three co-authors of OSD’s
Open Technology Development roadmap. She serves on the Federal Advisory Committee for the
National Science Foundation’s education directorate. In that capacity, she is helping NSF harness
emerging technologies to drive U.S. competitiveness in math and science. Hertz was a member of
the National Research Council’s Committee on IT and Creative Practice and is currently a fellow
of Columbia University’s American Assembly, where she is on the leadership team of the
Assembly’s Next Generation Project. In 2002, she was designated a Global Leader for Tomorrow
by the World Economic Forum. She is a member of the Global Business Network; a founding
member of the IEEE Task Force on Game Technologies; a term member of the Council on
Foreign Relations; and a member of the advisory board of Carnegie Mellon’s ETC Press. Hertz
graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in biology and environmental studies, magna cum
laude. She is the author of two books, Surfing on the Internet (Little Brown, 1994), an
ethnography of cyberspace before the web, and Joystick Nation: How Videogames Ate Our
Quarters, Won Our Hearts, and Rewired Our Minds (Little Brown, 1997), a history of
videogames which traces the cultural and technological evolution of the first medium that was
born digital and how it shaped the minds of a generation weaned on Nintendo. Her books have
been translated into seven languages. As a New York Times columnist, Hertz published 100
essays on the grammar and syntax of game design between 1998 and 2000. She has also
contributed to Esther Dyson’s Release 1.0, Rolling Stone, Wired, GQ, and the Calgary Philatelist.
Kenneth A. Kress is a senior scientist for KBK Consulting, Inc., an affilate of Montana State
University’s Department of Physics, and a consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton, where he
specializes in quantum information science and other technical evaluations and strategic planning
for intelligence and defense applications. Some of his past clients include DARPA’s Microsytems
Technology Office, Noblis, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Mitretek Systems Inc., and
Lockheed Martin’s Special Programs Division. From 1971 to 1999 he worked in a series of
positions at the Central Intelligence Agency’s Directorate of Operations, Office of Development
and Engineering, and finally, Office of Research and Development (ORD); first as a research and
development manager, later as a program manager, and finally as an ORD Office senior scientist
responsible for management support, the development of technical and strategic plans, and DOD
inter-agency coordination for advanced technology. He is the inventor of the solid-state neutron
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detector, for which he won an award in 1981. He holds a Ph.D. in physics from Montana State
University.
Darrell D.E. Long is the Kumar Malavalli Professor of Computer Science at the University of
California, Santa Cruz. He holds the Kumar Malavalli Endowed Chair of Storage Systems
Research and is director of the Storage Systems Research Center. He received his B.S. in
computer science from San Diego State University and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of
California, San Diego. His dissertation advisor was Jehan-François Pâris. He is a fellow of the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science. He is a member of the IEEE Computer Society, the Association for
Computing Machinery, the American Society for Engineering Education, the Usenix Association,
Upsilon Pi Epsilon, and Sigma Xi. He has broad research interests in many areas of mathematics
and science, and in the area of computer science including data storage systems, operating
systems, distributed computing, reliability and fault tolerance, and computer security. His
research has been supported by the National Science Foundation; the Department of Energy
(Office of Science and National Nuclear Security Administration); Lawrence Livermore, Los
Alamos, and Sandia National Laboratories; the Office of Naval Research; and a number of
industrial sponsors that include IBM, Microsoft, NetApp, Symantec, LSI Logic, Samsung,
Hewlett-Packard, and Data Domain. He served as the vice chair and then chair of the University
of California Committee on Research Policy. He has served on the University of California
President’s Council on the National Laboratories, and on the Science and Technology, National
Security, and Intelligence committees. He currently serves on the Science and Technology
committee for both Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories. He previously
served on the National Research Council Standing Committee for Technology Insight–Gauge,
Evaluate and Review. He continues to serve on numerous committees and advisory panels for
various federal government agencies.
Julie J.C.H. Ryan is an associate professor and chair of Engineering Management and Systems
Engineering at George Washington University. She holds a B.S. degree in humanities from the
U.S. Air Force Academy, an M.L.S. in technology from Eastern Michigan University, and a
D.Sc. in engineering management from the George Washington University. Ryan began her
career as an intelligence officer, serving the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Defense Intelligence
Agency. After leaving government service, she continued to serve U.S. national security interests
through positions in industry. Her areas of interest are in information security and information
warfare research. She was a member of the National Research Council’s Naval Studies Board
from 1995 to 1998. She has conducted several research projects and has written several articles
and book chapters in her focus area.
Janet A. Therianos, a consultant, has 30 years of military experience. She is a U.S. Air Force
Academy graduate with an undergraduate degree in aeronautical engineering; an MBA from
Harvard Business School; and a masters of arts in air and space power strategy. She was a
National Defense fellow and has executive education from Harvard’s Kennedy School of
government, the Center for Creative Leadership, and the Intelligence Community Senior Leader
Program. Therianos has flown several military aircraft and has served as a command pilot, flight
examiner, flight instructor, and functional check pilot. She also holds an FAA Airline Transport
Pilot rating. Her military career was grounded in operations, but she also had extensive higher-
headquarters staff duties, including serving as senior military assistant to the Secretary of the Air
Force. Her leadership experiences were threaded throughout her career, including several
Commands. Her final military assignment was leading the Air Mobility Command’s Directorate
of Intelligence, where she was responsible for organizing, training, and equipping the Air Force’s
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global mobility intelligence units. Operationally she led the Command’s daily Threat Working
Group, which assessed threat levels for all global mobility flight operations.
Elias Towe is currently a professor of electrical and computer engineering and the Albert and
Ethel Grobstein Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.
He was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he received B.S,
M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Towe was a Vinton Hayes Fellow at MIT. After leaving MIT he became a professor of electrical
and computer engineering, and engineering physics at the University of Virginia. He also served
as a program manager in the Microsystems Technology Office at the Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency (DARPA) while he was a professor at the University of Virginia. In 2001, he
joined the faculty at Carnegie Mellon University. Towe is a recipient of several awards and
honors that include the National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award, the Young
Faculty Teaching Award, and an Outstanding Achievement Award from the Office of the
Secretary of Defense. He is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE), the Optical Society of America (OSA), the American Physical Society (APS), and the
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Alfonso Velosa III is research director for Gartner with a focus on sustainability, business
ecosystems, and smart cities. He is also agenda manager for electronic equipment research at
Gartner, concentrating on electronics and semiconductor supply chain research, with a particular
focus on global trends for manufacturing, consumption, financing, and the key vendors in the
market. Velosa has also written extensively about electronics, outsourcing of electronics
manufacturing, electronic manufacturing services (EMS), original design manufacturing (ODM),
and semiconductor consumption. He previously worked at or consulted for Intel Corporation,
NASA Lewis Research Center and NASA Headquarters, Mars & Co., and IBM Research. Velosa
graduated from Columbia University with a B.S. in materials science engineering; from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with an M.S. in materials science engineering; and from
Thunderbird, the Garvin School of International Management, with an M.I.M. in international
management.
Eli Yablonovitch (NAS/NAE) is an adjunct professor of electrical engineering at UCLA after
having served as a full faculty member until 2007. He is currently a professor of electrical and
computer engineering at University of California, Berkeley. He graduated with a Ph.D. in applied
physics from Harvard University, worked for 2 years at Bell Telephone Laboratories, and then
became a professor of applied physics at Harvard. In 1979 he joined Exxon to do research on
photovoltaic solar energy; in 1984, joined Bell Communications Research, where he was a
Distinguished Member of Staff and also director of Solid-State Physics Research; and in 1992,
joined the University of California, Los Angeles, where he became the Northrop Grumman Opto-
Electronics Chair and a professor of electrical engineering. Yablonovitch’s work has covered a
broad variety of topics: nonlinear optics, laser-plasma interaction, infrared laser chemistry,
photovoltaic energy conversion, strained-quantum-well lasers, and chemical modification of
semiconductor surfaces. Yablonovitch’s research focuses on optoelectronics, high-speed optical
communications, high-efficiency light-emitting diodes and nanocavity lasers, photonic crystals at
optical and microwave frequencies, and quantum computing and communication.