Current Staff
The Reed Research Reactor is the only research reactor owned and operated by an entirely undergraduate institution. Our staff comprises of undergraduate trainees, technicians, operators, senior operators, and supervisors under the supervision of two members of the college staff, the Director and Reactor Operations Manager. We employ forty to fifty student staff members at any given time.
The Director, Jerry Newhouse, sitting at the reactor's console. Credit: Toria Ellis '19
Staff members standing in the Control Room, viewed from the Reactor Bay. Credit: Elijah Whitlam-Sandler '25
“The reactor is my community, my family, and my home. It has given me a chance to grow and push myself to do things I never thought I could do. It has sparked a newfound love for learning in me, and created a sense of purpose in research” - Auden (they/them), Reactor Operator, Chemistry ‘25
Two operators at the reactor's console. Credit: Elijah Whitlam-Sandler '25
Supervisory Staff
Director
Reactor Operations Manager
Operations Supervisor
Vivian Chen
Training Supervisors
Hope Palmer
Laura Smith
Requal Supervisor
Miles McCall
Projects Supervisors
Olive Ross
Elijah Whitlam-Sandler
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Senior Reactor Operators
- Conor Bekaert
- Leandra Bruggink
- Vivian Chen
- Daniel Collier
- Holden Doherty
- Toria Ellis
- Henry Jacques
- Miles McCall
- Jerry Newhouse
- Auden Oliveri
- Hope Palmer
- Olive Ross
- Laura Smith
- Sydney Stitt
- Elijah Whitlam-Sandler
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Reactor Operators
- Amelie Andreas
- Vee Bartko
- Michael Dunn
- Sarah Ellis
- Joaquin Fernandez Odell
- Victor Kirchmeier
- Clementine McTaggart
- Heath Nevis
- Finlay Norton-Lindsay
- Johnny Protiva
- Oscar Pulliam
- Ella Roundy
- Hades Schwarzwald
- Acteon Tong
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Reactor Technicians
- Claire Ferrance
- Rukayah Khediri
- Malori Graves
- Solís McClain
- Javier River Romeu
- Mia Ulloa Estrada
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Reactor Operations Committee
- Kathy Oleson (Dean of the Faculty)
- Jerry Newhouse (Reactor Director)
- Toria Ellis (Reactor Operations Manager)
- April Sams (Radiation Safety Officer)
- Kori Lay (EHS)
- Amelia Schaeffer (Operations Supervisor)
- Lucas Illing (ROC Chair)
- Jerry Shurman
- Steve Reese
- Wayne Lei
- Norm Dyer
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Previous Staff
NOTE: This list is correct to the best of our knowledge, but may contain errors or omissions. Please send any corrections to reactor@reed.edu
Directors
- Arthur F. Scott (June 1968 - Sept 1973)
- Larry Church (Sept 1973 - Sept 1980)
- Michael Kay (Sept 1980 - Sept 1986)
- J. Michael Pollock (Sept 1986 - Sept 1987)
- Larry Ruby (Sept 1987 - April 1990)
- J. Michael Pollock (April 1990 - April 1994)
- Stephen Frantz (April 1994 - June 2011)
- Melinda Krahenbuhl (June 2011 - June 2020)
- Stephen Frantz (March 2020 - October 2020)
- Jerry Newhouse (October 2020 - )
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Associate Directors/Reactor Operations Manager
- Curtis Keedy (June 1968 - 1972)
- Michael Pollock (1972 - 1974)
- Michael Pollock (Sept 1987 - April 1990)
- Paul Terdal (March 1992 - Sept 1993)
- Juliet Brosing (Oct 1993 - May 1994)
- Joshua Filner (June 1994 - June 1997)
- Christopher Melhus (June 1997 - June 1999)
- Ryan Gaffney (Aug 1999 - May 2000)
- Juliet Brosing (Jan 2001 - June 2001)
- Eric Weis (June 2001 - May 2003)
- Rachel Barnett (May 2003 - June 2006)
- Susan Beaver (July 2006 - May 2007)
- Vanessa Holfeltz (May 2007 - July 2009)
- Robin Bjorkquist (July 2009 - June 2011)
- Reuven Lazarus (June 2011 - June 2013)
- Brian Fairchild (July 2013 - December 2014)
- Christina Barrett (June 2015 - Sept 2017)
- Ilana Novakoski (Sept 2017 - May 2019)
- Toria Ellis (May 2019 -
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Previous Staff
Senior Reactor Operators
- Susan Abe
- Hannah Allen
- Carl Anderson
- Eric Anderson
- Wendy Anderson
- Ernest Argetsinger
- Juliana Arrighi
- Drew Atwater
- Andre Bach
- Granger Banks
- Jack Barnett
- Rachel Barnett
- Beatrice Barrar
- Christina Barrett
- Zachary Beadle
- Susan Beaver
- Michael Begel
- Lily Ben-Avi
- Sophie Bender (Requal Supervisor)
- Montreal Benesch (Training Supervisor)
- Kees Benkendorfer (Operations Supervisor)
- Patricia Bennett
- Sophie Berkman
- Robin Bjorkquist
- Sarah Black
- Jay Bodzin
- Tobias Boes
- Alana Boland
- Janet Bonar
- Rachel Bond
- Brandan Borgias
- Jeffrey Bradford
- Mathieu Brener
- Sarah Brodesser (Training and Operations Supervisor)
- Reid Burkland
- Quincy Cardinale
- Matthew Carlson
- Steven Case
- Tara Cass
- Timothy Cassidy
- Michael Chaffin
- Nicholas Chaimov
- Thomas Chartrand
- Hanna Choi
- Larry Church
- Kathleen Conahan
- Miguel Conner
- Michael Connor
- Silas Cook
- Lily Cool
- Rose Cottingham
- Audrey Dannar
- Daniel Dashevsky
- Richard Davis
- David de Regt
- Craig Deforest
- Bri Dobson (Requal Supervisor)
- Tamar Enoch
- Ann Erickson
- Wesley Erickson
- Yuka Esashi
- Brian Fairchild
- Joshua Filner
- Benjamin Fischer
- Ian Flower
- Nicole Ford
- Stephen Frantz
- Trent Freeman (Requal Supervisor)
- Angela Frey
- Kevin Freymiller
- Andrew Funk
- Ryan Gaffney
- Thomas George
- Christopher Ghormley
- Rudy Gilmore
- Christopher Grant
- Elisabeth Green
- Evan Green
- Benjamin Greenspan
- Vincent Griffith
- Addison Guynn (Projects Supervisor)
- Brian Halbert
- Katherine Hamer
- Deborah Hankins
- Quentin Hanley
- Joshua Hepworth
- Sarah Herbelin
- Kathryn Higley
- Traci Hilton
- Brian Hoefler
- Vanessa Holfeltz
- Davdin Holinstat
- Wilson Horner
- Lucas Howard
- Audrey Humphrey
- Mark Hybertsen
- Douglas Jensen
- Cindy Joe
- Claire Jouseau
- Gray Karpel
- Stephen Katz
- Michael Kay
- Curtis Keedy
- Sarah Kemp
- Isaac Khader
- Ariah Kidder
- Molly King
- David Kleiner
- Joewie Koh
- Melinda Krahenbuh
- Alina Krolenbrock
- Gil Kwak
- Beverly Lau
- Kristen Lavavej
- Reuven Lazarus
- Orion Lee
- Noah Lerner
- Anna LeRoux
- Jonathan Li (Training Supervisor)
- Kaitlyn Li (Requal Supervisor)
- Valen Lim (Operations Supervisor)
- Kathryn Linthicium
- Yilian Liu (Training Supervisor)
- Trevor Lohrey
- Anthony Loya (Projects Supervisor)
- Jacob Luten
- John Lyngdal
- Aaron Mackey
- Aya Maguire
- Simran Mahtani
- Thomas Malthouse (Requal Supervisor)
- Alexandra Mariani
- Malcolm McCarthy (Projects Supervisor)
- Char McIntyre (Training Supevisor)
- Ali McKnight (Training Supervisor)
- Ellen McManis
- Grant Meadors
- Tracy Mehoke
- Christopher Melhus
- Timothy Mitts
- Ross Mercer
- Claire Milander-Mashlan
- James Mohan
- Benjamin Morrison
- Marianna Mullens
- Kater Murch
- Elliot Naidus
- Maileen Nakashima (Training Superisor)
- Andrea Neuhoff
- Huy Nguyen
- Ilana Novakoski
- Mary Jo Ondrechen
- Derek Oldridge
- Emilia Olson
- Mary Ondrechen
- Celia Oney
- Jessica Ordaz
- Megan Othus
- Rachael Otto
- Shawn Owens
- Marjorie Oxley (Training Supervisor)
- Patrick Park
- Amaria Parker
- Jeffrey Parker
- Joseph Parmalee
- Matthew Parson
- Evan Peairs
- Tiffany Pearsall
- Edgar Perez
- Gray Perez
- Eric Pesetsky
- James Michael Pollock
- James Quinn
- Alexander Ragus
- Neha Rao
- Katherine Reeves
- Michael Reichert
- Neal Reynolds
- Douglas Richardson
- Ryan Richter
- Carl Rodriguez
- David Rosoff
- David Rubin
- Lawrence Ruby
- Laura Sard
- Alton Sartor
- Amelia Schaeffer (Operations Supervisor)
- Rebecca Schoenberg-Jones
- Julia Schornack
- Zacharay Schultz
- Arthur F. Scott
- Jason Seifter
- Ahmad Shabbar
- Paul Shaffer
- Erin Sheffels
- Nemo Shen (Training Supervisor)
- Nathan Showell
- Jeremy Silver
- Erin Smith
- Mary Solbrig
- Kayce Spear
- Mace Spiegel
- Maureen Steckler
- Veronica Stewart
- Natalie Stone
- Matyas Szabo
- Paul Terdal
- Griffen Thoma
- Erik Thomas
- Moriah Tobin
- Gretchen Vanderbeek
- Zoe VanHoover
- Michael Vignal
- Reilly Villanueva
- Christopher Vittal
- Stephen von Kugelen
- Craig Wagner
- Andrew Warren
- Eric Weis
- Erin Weisenhorn
- Aubin Whitley
- Colin Whitmore (Operations Supervisor)
- Petra Wijngaard
- Philip Wilk
- Florence Williams
- Cilicia Wong-Lopez
- Gillian Woodruff
- ZiQi Xie
- Nicole Xu
- Gabriel Yeung
- Anna Zaytsev
- Helen Zhang
Reactor Operators
- Alex Abrahams
- Kaileigh Ahlquist
- Abdur-Rauf Ahmed
- Robert Anholt
- Hima Aramona
- Caleb Arata
- Amanda Asato
- Alexander Austin
- Constance Bailey
- Prakher Bajbai
- Sol Bixby
- Matthew Blackwell
- Jeanette Blaine
- Nicolas Blanchard-Wright
- Andrew Blount
- Justina Bolz
- Adriane Borgias
- T. Bracken
- Alexander Bram
- Madeline Brandt
- Kathryn Bray
- Juliet Brosing
- Jesse Brown
- Ryen Burris
- Lawrence Butcher
- Patrick Call
- Dorothy Cheng
- Ashlee Cook
- Asher Davidson
- Gray Davidson
- Francis Dieterle
- Ismayn Ditter
- Riyaz Ditter
- William Draper
- Gavin Dury
- Allison Edgar
- Sheng-Ming Egan
- Oren Elrad
- Victoria Eskinazi
- Charles Fairfax
- Kelly Falkner
- Marie Faulkner
- Michael Flashman
- Rachel Fordyce
- Erin Freed
- Tyler Freeman
- Yu Fu
- Byron Gaddis
- Derek Galligan
- Segovia Garcia
- Todd Garon
- Stephanie Gee
- Ryan Gersovitz
- Hunter Gill
- Emanuel Gordis
- Elizabeth Grace
- Gianmarco Greci
- Edward Griffith
- Alexander Gurfinkel
- Jesse Hallett
- Jeremy Harper
- Alexander Harris
- Kimberly Hartfield
- Natalie Hawkins
- Sean Hawley
- Jesse Helm
- Megan Hilton
- Kristin Hirata
- Ellen Hochheisner
- Kelsey Houston-Edwards
- Jimmy Huang
- Casey Hurstell
- Matthew Hwang
- Noah Iliinsky
- Palak Jain
- Jillian James
- Matthew Jemielita
- Jed Johnson
- Steven Jones
- David Jordan
- Pratik Kafle
- Emmett Kahn
- William Kallman
- Rhody Kaner
- Ron Kathren
- Lydia Kerns
- Judy Kim
- Matthew King
- Jordan Kohn
- Toms Kreicbergs
- John Kullberg
- Benjamin Larson
- Charles LeFevre
- Kristina Lestik
- Judith Levine
- Chloe Lewis
- Christine Lewis
- May-Ling li
- Daniel Lidral-Porter
- Eric Lindsey
- Morning Dove Renee McCreary
- Anna McGee
- Christopher Meacham
- Sandra Moffet
- Hart Monyatovsky
- David Moriwaki
- Natalie Murphy
- Lien Ngo
- Ted Oakberg
- Stephan Okar
- Jossef Osborn
- Alexander Pan
- Christian Panda
- Victoria Parker
- Perry Patton
- Helena Pedrotti
- Ronald Pepitone Jr.
- Michael Perry
- Kyle Petersen
- Tuan Pham
- Evan Pikulski
- Grace Poetzinger
- Maggie Post
- Giorlando Ramirez
- Joaquin Ramsey
- Zoe Rem
- Patrick Reuther
- Valerie Risk
- Patrick Roberts
- Marcus Robinson
- William Rosenbaum
- Peter Rovegno
- Michael Rutenberg
- Brandy Ryan
- Arun Sagar
- Nicholas Salter
- Seth Samuel
- Tenzin Sangpo
- Eric Saunders
- Henry Scheffer
- Nicole Scherm
- Jacob Schwartzman
- Emma Seward
- Juliet Shafto
- Gregory Shaver
- Matthew Shaw
- Ethan Shek
- Kaiyan Shi
- Jason Shohet
- Inga Sidor
- Andrew Simler
- Jonah Simpson
- Marin Sklan
- Daniel Spoth
- Jackson Thornton
- Benjamin Tombaugh
- George Toombs
- Harry Traulsen
- Timothy Tyree
- Geoffrey Tyson
- Nancy Van Prooyen
- Maxwell VanLandschoot
- A. Vivek
- Katherine Voorhees
- Daniel Wall
- Joy Wattawa
- Katherine Widdowson
- David Williams
- Samuel Williams
- Rebecca Xie
- Gabriel Ycas
- Laura Yoshida
- Jonathan Young
- Trevor Young
- Jon Youngberg
- Mitzi Zitler
Technicians
- Evan Abramson
- David Adelman
- Peter Agron
- Forest Atkinson
- Greg Barnes
- Jeana Barquet
- Matt Block
- Cassidy Bowen-Weaver
- Gabriel Brandt
- Diane Braun
- Loren Bruns
- John Burridge
- Lexi Carlson
- Lucas Carlson
- James Carter
- Hunter Chen
- Justin Chun
- Mark Connell
- Jeff Cruse
- Kassi Dallivas
- Christine Deyo
- Eric Engstrom
- Jennifer Falco
- George Feldman
- Michael Ferrante
- Marian Furst
- Norman Goetz
- Nikolas Goevelinger
- Heinrich Gompf
- Gordon Gooch
- Eliah Hecth
- Randall Henner
- Laura Hill
- Russell Hood
- Samantha Hordyk
- Justin Humphreys
- Quill Hyde
- Allen Johnson
- Rudolph Jones
- Shareen Joshi
- Joon-Tae Kim
- Karim Lakhani
- Randy Lanthrop
- Rick Lathrop
- Eric Leber
- Lex Lei
- Michael Lerner
- Blaise Levesque
- Eric Lonsbury
- Charles Loyd
- Carmina Lu
- Sky Malcolm
- Stephan Maley
- Gianmatteo Martinez
- Michael McGovern
- Brandon McPhail
- Alvin Meyer
- Hannah Muszkiewicz
- Alice Neels
- Anika Nicolas
- Tristan Noguerra
- Benjamin O'Donnell
- Caroline Padula
- Jessica Palmer
- Mirna Peric
- Rachel Perry
- John Sandstrom
- Bruce Savage
- Robin Scher
- Rod Schmidt
- Park Shaffer
- Erica Stephan
- Teddie Stewart
- Jessica Sweeney
- Isabel Udo
- Chloe Valencia
- Catlin Walen
- Vania Wang
- Andrew West
- Richard Wilson
- Thomas Wimberly
- Kim Wong
Young Scholars
- Will Blackmore
- Nathan Carstens
- Vee Edwards
- Aysha Lang
- Jared Milfred