[Emeriti-faculty] Lunch and Colloquium tday, Friday, March 12, 2010

[Gayle Grant <gayle grant tufts edu>]

Good morning:

Dr. Lisbeth Gronlund, Union of Concerned Scientists and Program on 
Science, Technology, and Society, MIT, is our speaker at todays Physics 
and Astronomy Colloquium at 3:00 pm. Lunch (pizza) will be served in 
Robinson 251 at 1:30 pm along with with coffee, tea and cookies. See 
details below.

TUFTS UNIVERSITY
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
“The Intersection of Physics, Public Policy and National Security”
Dr. Lisbeth Gronlund
Union of Concerned Scientists and
Program on Science, Technology, & Society MIT

Dr. Lisbeth Gronlund is a senior scientist and co-director of the Global 
Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) in 
Cambridge, Massachusetts and a research affiliate in the Program on 
Science, Technology, and Society at the Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology (MIT). She holds a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Cornell 
University.

Her research has focused on technical issues related to nuclear 
terrorism and fissile material controls, U.S. nuclear weapons policy and 
new nuclear weapons, space weapons, and ballistic missile defenses. She 
has published widely in scientific and policy journals, given numerous 
talks about nuclear arms control and missile defense policy issues to 
both lay and expert audiences, and testified to Congress. She is a 
co-author of a 2005 report entitled "The Physics of Space Security: A 
Reference Manual" and an April 2000 study called "Countermeasures: A 
Technical Analysis of the Operational Effectiveness of the Planned US 
National Missile Defense System."

March 12, 2010
3:00 pm
Nelson Auditorium, Anderson Hall
Lunch and coffee and tea served in Robinson 251 at 1:30 pm