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Siegfried S. Hecker, PhD
Senior Fellow CISAC, FSI and Professor (Research), Department of Management Science and Engineering; FSI Senior Fellow; CISAC Co-Director EmeritusView Siegfried Hecker's bio, list of research, recent publications and events »
January 30th, 2013
CISAC welcomes microbiologist David Relman as co-director
David Relman, a Stanford microbiologist and professor of infectious diseases, has taken up the mantle as CISAC co-director alongside Stanford law professor Tino Cuéllar, both of whom intend to broaden the center’s research in biosecurity and the life sciences. Read more »
January 29th, 2013
Carnegie awards CISAC $1 million grant for research and training
Carnegie Corporation of New York, the foundation that promotes "real and permanent good," has awarded a $1 million grant to CISAC to fund research and training on international peace and security issues. Read more »
October 3rd, 2012
Hecker: U.S. failure to ratify anti-testing treaty hurts nonproliferation globally
in the news: CTBTO Spectrum Magazine on September 19, 2012Siegfried S. Hecker, CISAC co-director and nonproliferation expert, writes in CTBTO Spectrum that the United States should take the lead in ratifying the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty. Read more »
August 6th, 2012
Contemplating a third nuclear test in North Korea
CISAC, FSI Stanford in the newsCISAC co-director Siegfried Hecker and Frank Pabian, a recent CISAC visiting scholar, believe they've pinpointed the epicenters of the two nuclear tests conducted by North Korea and conclude the North is capable of carrying out a third within weeks. Read more »
July 9th, 2012
Sig Hecker: "It's time to close the door" on nuclear testing
in the newsIn an interview with the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization, CISAC Co-Director and nuclear expert Sig Hecker explains why U.S. ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty would bolster national security. He also discusses stockpile stewardship and how the U.S. nuclear arsenal is secure and reliable without nuclear tests. Read more »