Bethany L. Goldblum

Dr. Bethany L. Goldblum is an Associate Research Engineer in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley and Executive Director of the Nuclear Science and Security Consortium, a multi-institution initiative established by the National Nuclear Security Administration to train the next generation of nuclear security experts. Her research explores fundamental and applied nuclear physics, proliferation detection, and nuclear weapons policy. Goldblum leads the Bay Area Neutron Group, a research team focused on neutron detection for nuclear security applications, and founded and directs the Nuclear Policy Working Group, an interdisciplinary team of scholars developing policy solutions to strengthen global nuclear security. She has been involved with the Public Policy and Nuclear Threats Boot Camp nearly since its inception, and acted as director of the program since 2014. Goldblum maintains active collaborations with the US DOE National Laboratories, and is an affiliate at Lawrence Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore, and Sandia National Laboratories. She is the author of more than 70 publications on nuclear science and policy issues. Goldblum received a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

• James Corones Award in Leadership, Community Building and Communication (2020)
• Project on Nuclear Issues Mid-Career Cadre (2016)
• American Physical Society Woman Physicist of the Month Award (2014)
• Clare Boothe Luce Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, UC Berkeley (2008)

• B.H. Daub, D.L. Bleuel, M. Wiedeking, L.A. Bernstein, N.M. Brickner, J.A. Brown, B.L. Goldblum, K.S. Holliday, J. Lundgren, and K. Moody, “Neutron transfer in the ¹³C + ¹⁹⁷Au reaction from gold isotope residuals,” Phys. Rev. C 95, 024602 (2017).
• B.V. Kheswa, M. Wiedeking, J.A. Brown, A.C. Larsen, S. Goriely, M. Guttormsen, F.L. Bello Garrote, L.A. Bernstein, D.L. Bleuel, T.K. Eriksen, F. Giacoppo, A. Gorgen, B.L. Goldblum, T.W. Hagen, P.E. Koehler, M. Klintefjord, K.L Malatji, J.E. Mitbo, H.T. Nyhus, P. Papka, T. Renstrom, S.J. Rose, E. Sahin, S. Siem, and T.G. Tornyi, “^137,138,139La(n,γ) cross sections constrained with statistical decay properties of ^138,139,140La nuclei,” Phys. Rev. C 95, 045805 (2017).
• C.L. Stork, C.C. Ummel, D.S. Stuart, S. Bodily, and B.L. Goldblum, “Dynamic Analysis Environment for Nuclear Forensic Analyses,” Computer Physics Communications 210, 60 (2016).
• A. Ratkiewicz, L. Berzak Hopkins, D.L. Bleuel, L.A. Bernstein, K. van Bibber, W.S. Cassata, B.L. Goldblum, S. Siem, C.A. Velsko, M. Wiedeking, and C.B. Yeamans, “A recoverable gas-cell diagnostic for the National Ignition Facility,” Rev. Sci. Instrum. 87, 11D825 (2016).
• D.L Bleuel, L.A. Bernstein, C.A. Brand, W.S. Cassata, B.H. Daub, L.S. Dauffy, B.L. Goldblum, J.M. Hall, C.A. Hagmann, L.B. Hopkins, H.Y. Khater, A.L. Kritcher, D.H.G. Schneider, S. Siem, C.A. Velsko and M. Wiedeking, “Method for Detection of Nuclear-Plasma Interactions in a ¹³⁴Xe-Doped Exploding Pusher at the National Ignition Facility,” J. Plasma Fusion Res. 11, 3401075 (2016).
• M. Wiedeking, M. Krtička, L. A. Bernstein, J. M. Allmond, M. S. Basunia, D. L. Bleuel, J. T. Burke, B. H. Daub, P. Fallon, R. B. Firestone, B. L. Goldblum, R. Hatarik, P. T. Lake, A. C. Larsen, I-Y. Lee, S. R. Lesher, S. Paschalis, M. Petri, L. Phair, N. D. Scielzo, and A. Volya, “Gamma-ray decay from neutron-bound and unbound states in ⁹⁵Mo and a novel technique for spin determination,” Phys. Rev. C 93, 024303 (2016).
• T.A. Laplace, F. Zeiser, M. Guttormsen, A.C. Larsen, D.L. Bleuel, L.A. Bernstein, B.L. Goldblum, S. Siem, F.L. Bello Garotte, J.A. Brown, L. Crespo Campo, T.K. Eriksen, F. Giacoppo, A. Görgen, K. Hadyńska-Kleęk, R.A. Henderson, M. Klintefjord, M. Lebois, T. Renstrøm, S.J. Rose, E. Sahin, T.G. Tornyi, G.M. Tveten, A. Voinov, M. Wiedeking, J.N. Wilson, and W. Younes, “Statistical properties of ²⁴³Pu and ²⁴²Pu(n,γ) cross section calculation,” Phys. Rev. C 93, 014323 (2016).
• N. Egel, B.L. Goldblum, and E. Suzuki, A Novel Framework for Safeguarding Naval Nuclear Material,” The Nonproliferation Review 22, 239 (2015).