Dr. Paul Lisowski serves as the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership Deputy Program Manager and as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fuel Cycle Management in the Office of Nuclear Energy.  He manages the day-to-day operations of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership and is responsible for the planning and development of advanced recycling reactors, nuclear fuel recycling facilities, and advanced fuel cycle research in support of the Global Energy Nuclear Partnership.

Dr. Lisowski joined the Department of Energy in August of 2006 following nearly 30 years of experience as a senior manager and professional scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory.  In his last position at Los Alamos, Dr. Lisowski served as Director of the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE), where he was responsible for three national user facilities and for of the accelerator complex and associated isotope production facility.

In the mid 1990’s, he was chosen as National Director of the Accelerator Production of Tritium Project (APT).  APT involved national laboratories, industry and the Savannah River site in work to prove the technology and develop a non-reactor source of tritium for National defense. The project was awarded the 2000 Program and Project Management Major System Project Award by the Department of Energy in recognition of “excellent performance in program and project management.”

Along with his other achievements, Dr. Lisowski held the positions of Project Director for the Advanced Hydrotest Facility, Group Leader of Neutron and Nuclear Science, and Deputy Group Leader of Subatomic Physics and Applications. Prior to his experience at Los Alamos, Dr. Lisowski was a Department of Physics staff member at Duke University, where he taught from 1973-1977.

Dr. Lisowski received a B.S. degree in Physics from the University of Virginia, an M.S. in Physics from the University of Mississippi, and a Ph.D. from Duke University in North Carolina. In addition to past service on advisory committees and on the Editorial Advisory Board of Progress in Nuclear Energy, he is an active member in the American Physics Society, and the American Nuclear Society.

Last Reviewed: 3/8/2007