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Vahid Majidi, Ph.D.

Laboratory Director
Savannah River National Laboratory

Bio

Vahid Majidi is the laboratory director for Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), and is president of Battelle Savannah River Alliance, LLC. As laboratory director, Majidi is responsible for the management, operation, and strategic direction of SRNL. As the U.S. Department of Energy’s Environmental Management laboratory, SRNL provides strategic scientific and technological direction and program support for the nation’s legacy waste clean-up program.

Majidi is a former member of the Senior Executive Service, with direct reporting responsibilities to the U.S. Secretary of Defense, U.S. Director of National Intelligence, and the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He has experience in the areas of chemistry, measurement science and technology, national and homeland security, science and technology policy, and nuclear nonproliferation. He previously served as the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for nuclear matters, responsible for nuclear weapon surety and the acquisition and modernization of the nuclear weapons stockpile. Majidi also served as assistant director for the FBI’s Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) directorate, responsible for coordinating and managing its equities, activities, and investigations involving WMD. He was appointed chief science advisor to the Department of Justice (DOJ), where he coordinated science and technology policy among DOJ component agencies and with state and local law enforcement entities. He also served as leader of the Chemistry Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory and was a tenured associate professor of chemistry at the University of Kentucky.

Majidi has received numerous awards including Laboratory Director of the Year from the Small Business Award Program, the Medal for Exceptional Civilian Service from the office of the Secretary of Defense, the Presidential Rank Award, and many others.

Majidi has a Bachelor of Science in chemistry from Eastern Michigan University, and a Doctor of Philosophy in chemistry from Wayne State University.