Bio

Timothy Jacomb-Hood graduated with his Master of Science degree in nuclear engineering from Texas A&M University. He also earned graduate certificates in Nuclear Security and Advanced International Affairs. Upon completion of his coursework, Jacomb-Hood moved to Richland, WA, where he completed his graduate research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. While there, he worked on in-field gamma radiation imaging for triage of high activity nuclear forensic samples collected in a post-detonation environment. Jacomb-Hood was a part of NNSA Graduate Fellowship Program class of 2019 and supported the Office of Material Disposition at the Savannah River Site where he focused on Material Control and Accountability, Safety Basis, and regulatory requirements. His masters research was funded by the South Carolina Research and Education Foundation's Nuclear Forensic Graduate Fellowship. While at Texas A&M, Jacomb-Hood was a teaching assistant for the Radiation Detection and Nuclear Material Measurement class and traveled to England as a part of the International Nuclear Facilities Experience, sponsored by the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration. He was elected to both Secretary and then Vice-President of the Texas A&M student chapter of the Institute for Nuclear Materials Management (INMM). He also served on the organizing and planning committee for the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Safeguards Culture Workshop that Texas A&M hosted in 2016.