George Hept

George Hept is a Joint Combat Development and Experimentation (JCDE) Planner at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), a U.S. Department of Defense agency responsible for countering weapons of mass destruction. Hept earned his undergraduate degree from the United States Air Force Academy before completing his Ph.D. in laser physics at MIT in 1980. He subsequently pursued a career in national security, applying scientific expertise to the analysis and reduction of threats from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons.