Birdy B. Phathanapirom

Birdy is a nonproliferation data scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the Nuclear Nonproliferation Division. She holds a B.Sc. in Physics (2012), an M.S.E. in Nuclear & Radiation Engineering (2014), and a Ph.D. in Nuclear & Radiation Engineering (2018) from the University of Texas at Austin. Her research aims to establish new capabilities for data interpretation and analysis for nonproliferation missions, emphasizing high-consequence decisions, uncertainty quantification, and sparse data.