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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

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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

Reactor Operators

Technicians

Young Scholars

Will Blackmore
Nathan Carstens
Vee Edwards
Aysha Lang
Jared Milfred

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