Thomas Turner

Thomas Turner is manager of Dynamic Experiments at Los Alamos National Laboratory, overseeing high-rate mechanical testing and detonics experiments. Turner earned his undergraduate degree before completing his Ph.D. in physical chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, where his fellowship began in 1978. His career at Los Alamos has applied physical chemistry expertise to the study of materials under extreme dynamic loading conditions—experiments relevant to understanding the behavior of explosives, propellants, and structural materials under shock.