PNNL

Dr. April Carman, PhD, is a scientist and project manager within the National Security Directorate at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). She joined PNNL in 2002 as a postdoctoral researcher in nuclear explosion monitoring. She has worked on several projects funded through the Defense and Nuclear Nonproliferation program within the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), as well as projects funded by other government and private entities, such as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Her work has focused on trace detection and analysis, gas systems, instrument design, and post-detonation nuclear forensics, as well as more broadly on technology transfer and research and development (R&D) integration with end users. She is the program area manager for the NNSA University Consortia activities at PNNL.

In addition, Dr. Carman has managed multiple projects, and her work managing a program with the U.S. Department of Defense earned a 2012 Federal Laboratory Consortium Interagency Partnership Award. It was a joint award with the U.S. Navy, a private industrial company (Steward Advanced Materials), and PNNL for the Advanced Carbon Dioxide Removal Unit. This work also received a 2012 R&D 100 Award and the 2013 American Chemical Society Award for Team Innovation.

• Analytical and physical chemistry
• Gas detection and processing
• Mass spectrometry
• Nuclear nonproliferation

• PhD in chemistry, University of Nevada - Reno
• BS in chemistry, University of Colorado at Boulder

• University of Nevada, Reno; College of Science Advisory Committee
• University of Central Florida; Graduate Faculty Scholar

• Professional Achievement Award, College of Science at the University of Nevada, Reno, 2021
• American Chemical Society Award for Team Innovation, 2013
• R&D 100 Award, 2012
• Federal Laboratory Consortium Interagency Partnership Award, 2012