September
Los Alamos researcher nets Presidential Early Career Award
Evgenya Simakov has been named by President Barack Obama as a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. - 9/28/11
LANL announces Venture Acceleration Fund recipients
Ideum and OnQueue are the latest recipients of the awards from the Los Alamos National Security, LLC Venture Acceleration Fund. - 9/26/11
LANL completes CRADA with Biomagnetics, Inc.
The CRADA was created to continue work on developing a commercial product that could detect a specific biomarker in urine that could aid in the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection. - 9/23/11
Science museum opens two exhibits, hosts talk Sept. 27-29
The museum opens its "Fireset" and "A New Look at Trinitite" exhibits. - 9/22/11
LANL completes excavation of 1940s waste disposal site
The excavation removed about 43,000 cubic yards of contaminated debris and soil from the six-acre site. - 9/22/11
Museum Day at Bradbury Science Museum Sept. 24
Participating museums and cultural institutions across the nation open their doors free of charge to anyone presenting a Smithsonian magazine Museum Day ticket. - 9/19/11
Lab to host annual LDRD Day September 13
Some of LANL’s most innovative scientists will explain and present their cutting-edge work to the public. - 9/6/11
LANL attracts 1,350 students this summer
The Lab attracted students from some 280 colleges and universities from across the nation and around the world. - 9/1/11
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Total employees,
10,402
Los Alamos National Security, LLC, 6,929
SOC Los Alamos (Guard Force), 396
Contractors, 349
Students, 889
Post doctoral researchers, 427
Place
Located 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, on 36 square miles of DOE-owned property.
More than 2,000 individual facilities, including 47 technical areas with 8 million square feet under roof.
Replacement value of $9.8 billion
Budget
FY 2012: Approx. $2.2 billion
—57% Weapons programs
—9% Nonproliferation programs
—7% Safeguards and Security
—8% Environmental Management
—4% DOE Office of Science
—4% Energy and other programs
—11% Work for Others
Workforce Demographics
(LANS and students only)
34% of employees live in Los Alamos, the remainder commute from Santa Fe, Española, Taos, and Albuquerque.
Average Age: 46
—67%
male, 33% female
—44% minorities
—67% university degrees
—26% hold undergraduate degrees
—18% hold master’s degrees
—23% have earned a PhD
Major Awards
124 R&D100 awards since 1978
31 E.O. Lawrence Awards
The Seaborg Medal
The Edward Teller Medal
The Nobel Prize in Physics, Frederick Reines
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