2023 ANS Student Conference Speaker

Dr. Alicia Swift

Director of the Nonproliferation and Arms Control research group

Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC (CNS)

Dr. Alicia Swift is Director of the Nonproliferation and Arms Control research group at Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC (CNS), which manages Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas. Based at Y-12, Alicia manages and contributes to research projects at Y-12 and Pantex on international nuclear safeguards, nuclear export controls, nonproliferation policy, and arms control / treaty verification. Alicia received her MS and PhD in nuclear engineering from the University of Tennessee, with research conducted at Los Alamos National Laboratory on fast neutron radiography. From 2012 to 2013, Alicia served as a Nonproliferation Graduate Fellow within the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA’s) former Office of Global Threat Reduction. Alicia is Past Chair of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy Division of the American Nuclear Society and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Nuclear Materials Management. Alicia is also a board member of the American Museum of Science and Energy, and recipient of the 2023 University of Tennessee’s “40 under 40” award. Alicia has also received two NNSA Awards of Excellence from the Office of Defense Programs. Alicia received her BS in nuclear engineering from the University of Florida.