Dr. Lawrence Scheinman - Distinguished Professor, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute for International Studies

Dr. Scheinman has been involved in nuclear-related matters as an academic and as a government and international organization official for 35 years. Most recently, he was the Assistant Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) for Nonproliferation and Regional Arms Control. Prior government service includes Counselor for Nonproliferation in the Department of Energy, Principal Deputy to the Deputy Under-Secretary of State for Security Assistance (Carter Administration), Head of International Policy Planning, Energy Research and Development Administration (Ford Administration) and Senior Advisor to the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (1986-1988) -- all of the above while on leave from his position as Professor of Government (International Law and Relations) and Associate Director, Peace Studies Program at Cornell University. Dr. Scheinman also has been a tenured member of the faculties of political science at UCLA and of the University of Michigan, from which he earned his M.A. and Ph.D. He also holds a J.D. from New York University School of Law, and is admitted to practice before the Bar of the State of New York. He has published extensively in the fields of nonproliferation, arms control, and international nuclear cooperation.