Short Bio:
Edward Jenner was a 2020-2021 Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow with the Center for Nuclear Security Science and Policy Initiatives (NSSPI) at Texas A&M University. Jenner’s research interests include nuclear nonproliferation, the nuclear fuel cycle, and climate change with his primary focus on the risk of proliferation via climate change and how nuclear energy can mitigate it. Previous to his postdoctoral fellowship, Jenner was a senior reactor operator at the University of California, Irvine and trained undergraduates to receive their reactor operators’ license, performed regular facility maintenance, surveillance, security items, and conducted irradiations for research purposes. Jenner received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine in chemical engineering, focusing on spectroscopic monitoring of lanthanides for used nuclear fuel recycling safeguards. He received his undergraduate B.S. in both physics and chemical engineering from the University of Arkansas.