People
NERSC staff work in teams (groups) designed to serve users’ varied needs and to maintain the highest-quality supercomputing infrastructure possible.
For an overview, please consult our organizational chart.
Division director

Sudip Dosanjh
Scientific Division Director
National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)
Division leadership team

Deborah Bard
NERSC Science Engagement and Workflows Department Head
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Wahid Bhimji
Division Deputy for AI and Science and Group Leader
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Data & AI Services Group

Lisa Gerhardt
Deputy Of Operations (Acting)
National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)
Data & AI Services Group

Hai Ah Nam
HPC Technology Department Head and NERSC-10 Project Director
National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)

Charles Schwartz
Data Center Department Head
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Nicholas Wright
NERSC Chief Architect and Advanced Technologies Group Lead
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Advanced Technologies Group
Group leaders

Wahid Bhimji
Division Deputy for AI and Science and Group Leader
National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)
Data & AI Services Group

Norm Bourassa
NERSC Building Infrastructure Group Lead (Acting)
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Building Infrastructure Group

Richard Canon
Group Leader
National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)
Data Science Engagement Group

Ravi Cheema
Storage Group Lead (Acting)
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Storage Systems Group

Tiffany Connors
Cybersecurity Group Lead (Acting)
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Cyber Security Group

Brandon Cook
Programming Environment & Models Group Lead
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Programming Environments & Models Group

Jack Deslippe
Application Performance Group Lead
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Application Performance Group

Brian Friesen
System Management & Software Group Lead
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System Management & Software Group

Rebecca Hartman-Baker
User Engagement Group Lead
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User Engagement Group

Eric Roman
Computational Systems Group Lead
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Computational Systems Group

Cory Snavely
Lead, Infrastructure Services Group
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Infrastructure Services Group

Tavia Stone Gibbins
Networking Group Lead
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Networking Group

Becci Totzke
Project Manager and Business Operations & Services Group Lead
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Business Operations & Services Group

Cary Whitney
Computer Systems Engineer 3
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Operations Technology Group

Nicholas Wright
NERSC Chief Architect and Advanced Technologies Group Lead
National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)
Advanced Technologies Group