Brad Wallin is the Deputy Director for Strategic Deterrence (SD) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). He leads the Laboratory’s nuclear weapons program in its responsibilities to ensure the safety, security, and effectiveness of the nation’s nuclear deterrent and to support the transformation of the stockpile and the nuclear weapons enterprise for the future. He is also responsible for stewarding the broad range of science, technology, and engineering capabilities and infrastructure that underpin the Stockpile Stewardship Program (SSP) and lay the foundations for the long-term health and vitality of the Laboratory.

Wallin has more than 25 years of experience in nuclear security, including as Program Director for Weapon Physics and Design, Program Manager for Nuclear Threat Reduction, and as a technical advisor to the Office of Defense Science at the National Nuclear Security Administration. His technical career spans the many disciplines of weapon physics, including design, code development, and management of nuclear and high-energy-density facilities and experiments.