Dr. David Horvath is a research scientist at Idaho National Laboratory's Pyrochemical & Molten Salt Systems Department, where he started as a postdoctoral research associate before joining the staff. He holds a doctorate in metallurgical engineering (specializing in nuclear pyrometallurgy) from the University of Utah, where he also received his bachelor's. His research specialties include oxide reduction and electrorefining operation optimization, uranium and transuranic elemental drawdown in electrorefiners, and uranium growth morphology as it relates to maximizing extraction.

He has collaborated with the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute and Seoul National University on experimental reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel. He is a member of American Nuclear Society, the Electrochemical Society, American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management. He has authored or co-authored articles in the Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, the Journal of the Electrochemical Society, and Transactions of the American Nuclear Society.