Biography:Dimitri Kusnezov

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Dimitri Kusnezov
Dimitri Kusnezov, Under Secretary of Homeland Security.jpg
Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology
Incumbent
Assumed office
September 29, 2022
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byReginald Brothers
Personal details
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley (AB, AB)
Princeton University (MA, PhD)

Dimitri Kusnezov is an American physicist and academic who is the under secretary of homeland security for science and technology.[1] He has published over 160 research papers and articles and has over 3600 citations according to Google Scholar.[2]

Education

Kusnezov earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in physics and pure mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley, a followed by a Master of Arts in physics from Princeton University and a PhD in theoretical and mathematical physics.[3]

Career

From 1991 to 2001, Kusnezov worked as an assistant and associate professor at Yale University. Kusnezov joined the National Nuclear Security Administration in 2001 and later served as a senior advisor to the secretary of the United States Department of Energy. Since February 2019, he has served as deputy under secretary of energy for AI and technology.[4]

Selected publications

  • 1999, D Kusnezov, A Bulgac, G Do Dang, Quantum levy processes and fractional kinetics, Physical review letters 82 (6), 1136[5]
  • 1996, VP Antropov, MI Katsnelson, BN Harmon, M Van Schilfgaarde, Spin dynamics in magnets: Equation of motion and finite temperature effects, Physical Review B 54 (2), 1019[6]
  • 1990, D Kusnezov, A Bulgac, W Bauer, Canonical ensembles from chaos, Annals of Physics 204 (1), 155-185[7]

References

  1. Biesecker, Cal (2021-11-17). "Biden Nominates DoE Artificial Intelligence Official To Run DHS S&T" (in en-US). https://www.defensedaily.com/biden-nominates-doe-artificial-intelligence-official-to-run-dhs-st/homeland-security/. 
  2. "Dimitri Kusnezov". https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EirzljcAAAAJ&hl=en. 
  3. "President Biden Announces Additional Nominees" (in en-US). 2021-11-17. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/11/17/president-biden-announces-additional-nominees-3/. 
  4. "Dimitri Kusnezov" (in en). https://www.energy.gov/contributors/dimitri-kusnezov. 
  5. Kusnezov, Dimitri; Bulgac, Aurel; Dang, Giu Do (1999-02-08). "Quantum L\'evy Processes and Fractional Kinetics". Physical Review Letters 82 (6): 1136–1139. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.1136. Bibcode1999PhRvL..82.1136K. https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.1136. 
  6. Antropov, V. P.; Katsnelson, M. I.; Harmon, B. N.; van Schilfgaarde, M.; Kusnezov, D. (1996-07-01). "Spin dynamics in magnets: Equation of motion and finite temperature effects". Physical Review B 54 (2): 1019–1035. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.54.1019. PMID 9985370. Bibcode1996PhRvB..54.1019A. https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.54.1019. 
  7. Kusnezov, Dimitri; Bulgac, Aurel; Bauer, Wolfgang (1990-11-15). "Canonical ensembles from chaos" (in en). Annals of Physics 204 (1): 155–185. doi:10.1016/0003-4916(90)90124-7. ISSN 0003-4916. Bibcode1990AnPhy.204..155K. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0003-4916%2890%2990124-7.