David Nigg

Dave holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Kansas in Engineering Physics, a master’s degree from Texas A&M University in Nuclear Engineering and a doctorate in Engineering Sciences from the University of Kansas. He is a Registered Professional Engineer by Examination (State of Idaho #5122), he is the author or co-author of approximately 200 refereed scientific publications of various​​ types, and he is a co-author of three US Patents and one international patent. Furthermore, he has co-supervised 15 graduate student theses in connection with various adjunct faculty appointments at Idaho State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Ohio State University, The University of Idaho, The University of Illinois, The University of Buenos Aires (Argentina), The University of Helsinki (Finland), The University of Pavia (Italy) and the University of Missouri Institute for Nano and Molecular Medicine. Finally, it is notable that he was elected as a Fellow of the American Nuclear Society in 2014 and he was the recipient of the 2006 Hatanaka Memorial Award, the highest honor bestowed by the International Society for Neutron Capture Therapy (ISNCT) in recognition of sustained excellence and leadership in NCT research and development.

With a career at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and predecessor organizations spanning more than 40 years including his early student appointments and his currently ongoing Laboratory Fellow Emeritus appointment, Dave has made contributions in several key areas of computational and experimental reactor and radiation physics, research reactor applications, medical applications of nuclear and radiological sciences, radiobiology and biophysics, and technical management. He has served in various mid-level technical line management positions and, simultaneously, in high-level scientific team leadership and independent technical contributor roles during most of his career at the INL. His efforts in these areas have resulted in a variety of scientific research and technology development and deployment successes that have had national and international visibility and positive impact on the reputation of the INL.​