Areas of Research

• Security of nuclear and radiological materials and facilities globally against malicious non-State actors
• Emerging and disruptive technologies and their effect on nuclear energy production, safety, security and nonproliferation
• The role of parliamentarians and other non-expert policymakers in nuclear safety, security and nonproliferation
• Role of international organisations and multilateral negotiations in nuclear security
• Interfaces between nuclear safety and nuclear security

Background

Dr. Case Lackner joined the VCDNP as a Senior Fellow in September 2023.  She was previously a Senior Nuclear Security Officer in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s Division of Nuclear Security, where she served as the Scientific Secretary for the Nuclear Security Guidance Committee and the Director General’s Advisory Committee on Nuclear Security.  She was also Co-Scientific Secretary of the 2022 Conference of Parties to the A/CPPNM.

Prior to arriving at the IAEA, Dr. Case Lackner served in the US Department of State as a Physical Scientist in the Office of Nuclear Energy, Safety, and Security, advising primarily on international nuclear security matters, and in the Office of China and Mongolian Affairs. She previously served as Senior Programme Officer on the US National Academy of Sciences’ Board on Nuclear and Radiation Studies, organising panels, meetings, and publications related to nuclear security.

Education

Dr. Case Lackner received her PhD in Physics from the University of Chicago in 2007. Previously, she completed a BA in Physics with honours at Columbia University.