Summary
Alexander Hagen is a Team Lead and data scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory with 11 years of experience applying AI to nonproliferation, contraband interdiction, and advanced radiation detection. Trained as a nuclear engineer (PhD, Purdue), he blends deep domain expertise in detector design and validation with practical data-science solutions for homeland security and counterproliferation. He has led development and commercialization of novel neutron detectors and transitioned multidisciplinary research from concept to fielded systems. A hands-on mentor and special graduate faculty at Purdue, he bridges academic research and operational deployment while recently exploring applications in high-energy physics. Colleagues rely on him for turning complex multiphysics problems into deployable, data-driven detection systems.
11 years of coding experience