Stanford Experts
Siegfried Hecker
- Title:
- Professor Emeritus (Research) of Management Science and Engineering; Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
- Email:
- shecker@stanford.edu
- Phone:
- (650) 725-6468
- Website:
- https://profiles.stanford.edu/siegfried-hecker
Description
Professor Hecker has visited North Korea several times and has been granted unusual access to the nation’s nuclear facilities. He is active in nuclear nonproliferation efforts. His research interests include plutonium science, nuclear weapon policy and international security, nuclear security (including nonproliferation and counter terrorism), and cooperative nuclear threat reduction. Over the past 18 years, he has fostered cooperation with the Russian nuclear laboratories to secure and safeguard the vast stockpile of ex-Soviet fissile materials. His current interests include the challenges of nuclear India, Pakistan, North Korea, and the nuclear aspirations of Iran. Hecker works closely with the Russian Academy of Sciences and is actively involved with the U.S. National Academies.
