Brian Bluhm

Associate Laboratory Director Global Security

Savannah River National Laboratory

Bio

Brian Bluhm has served as the associate laboratory director for the Global Security Directorate since July 2025.

Bluhm joined SRNL in October 2023 after an impressive, 24-year career at Los Alamos National Laboratory. In August 2023, he completed a three-year Change-of-Station assignment as a technical advisor to the Weapons Development Detection portfolio within Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research and Development.

Prior to this assignment, Bluhm was the deputy division leader for Nuclear Engineering and Nonproliferation at LANL, where he led approximately 200 staff members focusing on nuclear safeguards, emergency response, and criticality safety. Bluhm’s extensive career also includes his role as a program manager within the Intelligence and Emerging Threats program office at LANL.

Earlier in his career, Bluhm served as the team leader for powder characterization of actinide materials within LANL’s plutonium facility. Bluhm holds a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Texas A&M University and a B.S. in Chemistry from North Carolina State University.