Scott Hsu

Tim Harris is a Senior Program Manager in NRC's Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response (NSIR). Working in the Division of Physical and Cyber Security Policy, he has extensive experience in the protection of special nuclear material including HALEU at advance reactor, fuel cycle, research and test reactor, and medical isotope production facilities. As part of NSIR's international team, Mr. Harris provides input to security reviews of import/export licensing, Part 810 request, and 123-agreements. In addition to participating in numerous IAEA meetings on physical protection, Mr. Harris participates in an interagency team that evaluates the protection of U.S.-obligated material at international partners using INFCIRC-225, Revision 5 as a baseline. Since joining the NRC in 1994, Mr. Harris acquired broad regulatory and licensing experience in a number NRC regulated areas.  Mr. Harris has a Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland and a Master's Degree in Environmental Engineering from the Georgia InstiDr. Scott C. Hsu is a Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for Science and Innovation at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and Lead Fusion Coordinator for DOE's efforts to accelerate fusion energy research, development, demonstration, and commercialization in partnership with the private sector. Previously (2018-2022), Scott was a Program Director at ARPA-E, where he formulated and led its fusion-energy R&D portfolio.

Prior to ARPA-E, Scott was a research scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory (2002-2019), where he conducted and led experimental research in fundamental plasma and fusion sciences, and fusion concept exploration spanning magnetic, magneto-inertial, and inertial confinement fusion. Scott is author or co-author of 85+ peer-reviewed publications, a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), and a co-recipient of the 2002 APS Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research. Scott earned a Ph.D. in Astrophysical Sciences (Program in Plasma Physics) from Princeton University and a B.S summa cum laude in Electrical Engineering from UCLA.tute of Technology.