RAND Expert Biography
Brian G. Chow
Senior Physical Scientist
Office
Santa Monica
Expertise
Weapons of mass destruction, nonproliferation, force modernization and employment, defense strategy and planning, homeland security and terrorism, prediction markets
Recent Work
Air Force biodefense; evaluation of R&D investments; prediction markets
Previous Positions
Consultant to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1989-1990; to the President's Science Advisor, 1988-1989; and to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, 1987-1988
Education
Ph.D. in physics, Case Western Reserve University; Ph.D. in finance, University of Michigan
Publications of Interest
Distribution of Losses from Large Terrorist Attacks Under the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, Stephen J. Carroll et al., RAND Corporation, 2005
The Peacetime Tempo of Air Mobility Operations: Meeting Demand and Maintaining Readiness, RAND Corporation, 2003
Nonproliferation Sanctions, Richard H. Speier et al., RAND Corporation, 2001
Limiting the Spread of Weapon-Usable Fissile Materials, Brian G. Chow and Kenneth A. Solomon, 1993
Recent RAND Publications are listed here.
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