Marvin L. Adams

Marvin L. Adams is a nuclear engineer and computational physicist. Since April 2022, he has served as Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) in the Biden administration.

Education Adams received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees from the University of Michigan in nuclear engineering and his B.S. degree from Mississippi State University.

Career From 1986 until 1992, Adams worked at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) as a physicist. From 1992 until 2022, he was a professor of Nuclear Engineering at the Texas A&M University.

In September 2021, President Joe Biden appointed Adams to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). Two months later, President Biden announced the nomination of Adams to become deputy administrator for defense programs at the National Nuclear Security Administration. and Adams was sworn in on April 11, 2022.