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Biographies of the National Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of Sciences Joint Committee Members

U.S. National Academy of Sciences Committee

Linton F. Brooks (Chair) is an independent consultant on national security issues, a senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a distinguished research fellow at the National Defense University, an advisor to six U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratories, and a member of the U.S. State Department’s International Security Advisory Board (ISAB). From 2002 to January 2007, he served as administrator of the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security. Immediately prior to his appointment, he served as Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation at NNSA, a post he assumed in October 2001. Ambassador Brooks has more than five decades of experience in national security, much of it associated with nuclear weapons. As a career U.S. Navy officer, he deployed on four nuclear-equipped ships, serving as weapons, executive, and commanding officer. In Washington, DC, he had assignments in the Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Atomic Energy, where he was responsible for all U.S. Navy nuclear programs and for international nuclear weapons cooperation; as director of the Navy’s Strategic and Theater Nuclear Warfare Division; and as Director of Defense Programs and Arms Control on the staff of the National Security Council. In addition to his security and weapons background, Ambassador Brooks has extensive arms control experience. During the George H.W. Bush administration, he served as Assistant Director for Strategic and Nuclear Affairs at the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, and in the State Department as head of the U.S. Delegation on Nuclear and Space Talks and Chief Strategic Arms Reductions (START) Negotiator. In this latter capacity, he was responsible for final preparation of the START I Treaty, signed by Presidents H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow on July 31, 1991. In December 1992, he performed a similar function during the final preparation of the January 3, 1993, START II Treaty. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Committee on International Security and Arms Control (CISAC) and has served on several National Research Council (NRC) committees. Ambassador Brooks holds a B.S. in physics from Duke University and an M.A. in government and politics from the University of Maryland and is a Distinguished Graduate of the U.S. Navy War College. He is the author of numerous articles on national and nuclear strategy.

Roger W. Falcone is a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley. He served as chair of the Berkeley Physics Department from 1995 to 2000. His research is concerned with measuring and controlling dynamics on the length and time scales of atomic and molecular motion (nanometers and femtoseconds, and shorter). Dr. Falcone served on the 2004 American Physical

Society (APS) Study Group on Boost-Phase Intercept Systems for National Missile Defense. He serves on various advisory committees at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, and other institutions, is a participating scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), and is the co-author of more than 100 publications in lasers, atomic physics, and condensed matter physics. He is an APS fellow and a fellow of the Optical Society of America. Dr. Falcone received the Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation from 1984 to 1989, was a Distinguished Traveling Lecturer of the APS Laser Science Topical Group (1992 to 1993), and received the Halbach Prize for Instrumentation at the Advanced Light Source, LBNL, in 2000. He has served on NRC committees. He holds an A.B. in physics from Princeton University and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University.

Raymond Jeanloz, NAS, is a professor of earth and planetary science and astronomy, and a senior fellow at the Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science at the University of California, Berkeley. In addition to his scientific research on the evolution of planetary interiors and properties of materials at high pressures, he works at the interface between science and policy in areas related to national and international security, resources and the environment, and education. Dr. Jeanloz is chair of the NAS CISAC, and a member of the ISAB; he is past chair of the NRC’s Board on Earth Sciences and Resources. Recent NRC studies in which he has participated include Monitoring Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Explosive Materials (2005), Effects of Nuclear Earth-Penetrators and Other Weapons (2005), English-Chinese, Chinese-English Nuclear Security Glossary (2008), Managing for High-Quality Science and Engineering at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s National Security Laboratories (2012), and The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: Technical Issues for the United States (2012). Dr. Jeanloz’s scientific research has been recognized by election to NAS in 2004, a MacArthur Fellowship, the American Geophysical Union Macelwane Award, the Mineralogical Society of America Award, and the NAS’s Cozzarelli Prize. He was recognized for his policy-related work by the APS Leo Szilard Prize and the Federation of American Scientists Hans Bethe Award. He has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the American Geophysical Union, APS, and the Mineralogical Society of America. Dr. Jeanloz holds a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology and was on the faculty at Harvard University before moving to Berkeley.

Robert H. Latiff is a private consultant, providing advice on advanced technology matters to corporate and government clients and universities. He retired from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) as a Major General in 2006. General Latiff is an adjunct faculty member with the John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values at the University of Notre Dame and a research professor at George Mason University. Immediately after his retirement from the Air Force, General Latiff was chief technology officer for Science Applications International Corporation’s space and geospatial intelligence business. His last active duty assignment was at the National Reconnaissance Office, where he was director for advanced systems and technology and deputy director for systems engineering. General Latiff has also served as the vice commander of the USAF Electronic Systems Center; commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center; and program director for the E-8 JSTARS surveillance aircraft. While in the U.S. Army, he served in both the infantry branch and the ordnance corps, where he commanded a tactical nuclear weapons unit, and he was also an assistant professor of engineering at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. General Latiff received his

commission from the U.S. Army Reserved Officers’ Training Corps program at the University of Notre Dame and later transferred to the USAF. He received his Ph.D. and his M.S. in materials science and his B.S. in physics from the University of Notre Dame and is a graduate of the National Security Fellows Program at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. General Latiff is a recipient of the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal and the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal. He is a member and former chair of the NRC National Materials and Manufacturing Board and is a member of the NRC Air Force Studies Board.

NAS Staff

Rita S. Guenther (study director) currently serves as a senior program officer in the Policy and Global Affairs division. She leads the NAS CISAC Russia Security Dialogue. She has supported successful National Academy of Sciences–RAS CISAC work for several years. Dr. Guenther is a Russia scholar who is fluent in Russian and has extensive knowledge of Russian history and culture and of the Russian Academy of Sciences in particular. She has edited several publications produced by NAS, including collaborative, bilingual reports produced in cooperation with international partners. Dr. Guenther holds a B.A. from St. Olaf College and an M.A. and a Ph.D. from Georgetown University.

Micah Lowenthal is the director of NAS CISAC. He has worked at NAS since 2001, directing or supporting Academy studies on topics ranging from safety of nuclear fuel storage to nuclear forensics and cargo screening to U.S.-Russian cooperation on nuclear nonproliferation. Previously, Dr. Lowenthal was a lecturer and researcher in nuclear engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He served as vice chair of the APS Forum on Physics and Society. He was an AAAS Environmental Science and Engineering fellow in 1996. Dr. Lowenthal holds degrees in physics and nuclear engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

Nicole Cervenka is a research associate at the National Academies where she contributes to research and programs for the Committee on International Security and Arms Control. Previously, she worked as a consultant through her Oslo-based firm in the areas of disarmament and human rights for various organizations. She has held various intern and assistant positions at the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, The Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights (U.S. Foundation), the University of Minnesota Law School Clinics, and Oregon State University. Ms. Cervenka holds a M.Sc. from the University of Edinburgh and a B.A. from St. Olaf College.

Hope R. Hare is an administrative assistant for CISAC, in the Policy and Global Affairs division of the National Academies. Her job includes meeting organization and related travel, bill paying, proposals and contracts, Academy paperwork, sponsor reports, and many other necessary processes. She has worked at the Academy since 2001, and has taken part in many projects. She has a BA from George Washington University and an MFA from Cornell University.

Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Committee

Major General Vladimir Dvorkin (retired) (Chair) is chief research fellow at the Institute of World Economics and International Relations (IMEMO), RAS in the section of Military and Political Analysis and Research Projects and chairman of the International Luxembourg Forum’s Organizing Committee. He was granted the title of distinguished scholar of Russian science and technology in 1993. General Dvorkin previously served as the director of the Russian Defense Ministry’s Fourth Central Research Institute, where he began working as a junior researcher in 1962. Prior to that, he participated in testing the Soviet Union’s first nuclear missile–carrying submarines and the first launches of ballistic missiles from underwater as a test engineer at the Central State Naval Test Ground. He holds a Ph.D. in technical sciences. General Dvorkin was one of the main authors of program documents on Russia’s strategic nuclear forces and strategic missile forces. Over many years he was involved as an expert in preparing the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty II, the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, and the START I and START II treaties, during which time he helped shape the Soviet Union’s and Russia’s positions at strategic offensive arms control talks.

Alexei Arbatov is a member of the Directorate at IMEMO. Formerly, he was a member of the State Duma, vice chairman of the Russian United Democratic Party (Yabloko), and deputy chairman of the Duma Defense Committee. Dr. Arbatov is a member of the RAS. He is a member of numerous boards and councils, including the research council of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the governing board of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute, and the Russian Council for Foreign and Defense Policy. Dr. Arbatov is the author of several books and numerous articles and papers on issues of global security, strategic stability, disarmament, Russian military reform, and various current domestic and foreign political issues.

Anatoli Diakov is a professor of physics and director of the Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. Dr. Diakov is a renowned expert on nuclear arms control and disarmament, and has written papers on nuclear arms reductions, the history of Russia’s plutonium production, disposition options for excess plutonium, and the feasibility of converting Russia’s icebreaker reactors from highly-enriched to low-enriched uranium, among other topics.

Colonel General Viktor Esin (retired) is former chief of staff of the Russian Strategic Rocket Forces. He has been a leading researcher at the Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies of the RAS since July 2002. In 1961, General Esin graduated from Dzerzhinsky Artillery Academy as mechanic engineer, and in 1983, he received a degree in command and staff and operational strategic activity at Marshal Voroshilov Military Academy of the Army’s General Staff. From August 1959 to December 1996, he served in the Strategic Rocket Forces as former Chief of Staff and Vice Commander-in-Chief. Between December 1996 and February 2002, General Esin worked at the Presidential Administration of Russia, first in the administration of the Defence Board, and later in the administration of the Security Council. Since March 2002, he has served as a consultant of the Commander of Strategic Rocket Forces. General Esin has also worked at the Institute of the United States and Canada of the RAS as a leading researcher since July 2002. He holds a Ph.D. and is a professor of military science at the Russian Academy of Military Science, and his research interests include international security, disarmament, and arms control.

General Vladimir Yakovlev has served as an engineer, senior engineer, and team leader in the Russian Army. He was appointed Chief of Staff of the missile regiment in 1981, and in 1983, Yakovlev enrolled in the command school of the Dzerzhinsky Military Academy. While there, he earned a gold medal and then became the post commander of the 6th Guards Missile Regiment of Riga (Pervomais’k-on-Bug). In 1989, he became Deputy Commander of a missile division. In 1991, General Yakovlev was appointed Guard Division Commander of the 60th Missile Division in the city Tatishevo-5 in the Tatischevskogo district of Saratov region where he made special efforts to improve the living conditions of resident military families. In 1993, Yakovlev was appointed Chief of Staff of the 60th Missile Division, and in 1994 was appointed as commander of the 27th Guards Rocket Army in Vladimir Oblast. In December 1996, Yakovlev was appointed Chief of Staff of the Strategic Rocket Forces. In 1998, he received the Laureate of the President of the Russian Federation in the field of education. His next promotion, to General, was awarded by Presidential Decree of Vladimir Putin on June 27, 2000. In April 2001, Yakovlev retired from his post as Commander in conjunction with the conversion of the Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Armed Forces. He was appointed Chief of Staff for Coordination of Military Cooperation for the Commonwealth of Independent States and remained in that position until 2004. Yakovlev served as an advisor to the Chief Executive Officer of Rosoboronexport from 2006 to 2009. From December 2009 to May 2012, Yakovlev was chief of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces. As of 2014, he remained a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Missile and Artillery Sciences, academician of the Russian Academy of Engineering, professor of the Academy of Military Sciences of the Russian Federation and Candidate of Military Sciences.

RAS Staff

Yuri Shiyan is the director of RAS CISAC and the head of the Office for Coordination of International Scientific Programs and Projects at the Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy and Biochemistry of the RAS. He has worked in this capacity for more than 25 years, facilitating collaborative efforts and exchanges between international partners and Soviet/Russian scientists, engineers, and medical professionals. From 2004 through 2005, he served as an expert to the International Atomic Energy Agency Nuclear Fuel Subcommittee. For the past several years, Mr. Shiyan has served as coordinator of the RAS-NAS committees on counterterrorism and nonproliferation. Further, he has assisted several joint U.S.-Russian projects focusing on various aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle, including the storage of nuclear spent fuel. His knowledge of English and professional experience gained through assignments at several international posts have contributed to his success as an international scientific liaison. In September 2008, Mr. Shiyan was designated by then NAS President R. Cicerone as a lifetime National Associate of the National Research Council of the U.S. National Academies.

Consultant to Joint Committees

Jaganath Sankaran is a research associate at the National Security Education Center at Los Alamos National Laboratory and a research scholar at the Center for International and Security Studies at the University of Maryland. He was previously a fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University and a Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at the RAND Corporation. Dr. Sankaran received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy in 2012, investigating the vulnerabilities and the possibilities for international

cooperation concerning space security and missile defense. He has since published in International Security, Strategic Studies Quarterly, Arms Control Today, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, and other outlets. Dr. Sankaran’s research interests include various areas of study combining science and global security. He also studies security issues in the South-Asian context. Before arriving at the University of Maryland for his joint master’s degree in engineering and public policy, Dr. Sankaran worked for 3 years with the Indian missile research and development establishment in the areas of missile astrodynamics and modeling. He was also involved in the development of a ballistic missile defense system architecture. It was during this time that his interest in space weapons and arms control developed.