Director, Engineering and Applied Sciences Department; Senior Physical Scientist
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Chris Pernin (he/him) is director of the Engineering and Applied Sciences Department and a senior physical scientist at the RAND Corporation. Since joining RAND in 1999, Pernin has been involved with or led a wide range of national security and domestic research projects on decisionmaking, institutional reform, acquisition, technology development, and strategic planning for both national and international clients. He has served on various advisory panels throughout his career, including being an ad hoc member of the Army Science Board and member of the Defense Acquisition Research Journal editorial board. Prior to joining RAND, he spent time at Argonne National Laboratory, working on early development of the Advanced Photon Source facility. Pernin received his Ph.D. and M.S. in chemistry from Northwestern University and his B.S. in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley.
Ph.D. and M.S. in chemistry, Northwestern University; B.S. in chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
