Lori Braase, an Idaho Falls native, is an Industry Engagement Executive at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and an advisor for the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) initiative. Her primary role for both, is to interface with companies in the nuclear industry to understand their commercialization needs and connect them with the expertise at the Department of Energy’s national laboratories. Fostering private-public partnerships with nuclear technology developers provides the strategic and technical support they can only find in the DOE national laboratory system.

Lori has 34 years of experience in systems engineering, project management, technical integration, and strategic planning.  She is a long-standing member of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) and the local Idaho Section of ANS. Lori has a BBA in Business Management (Idaho State University) and a Master’s Certificate in Applied Nuclear Energy.