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Herb Nelson, Ph.D.
SERDP and ESTCP
Director and Program Manager for Munitions
Director and Program Manager for Munitions
UPCOMING EVENT
Global Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Symposium & Exhibition : Counter UXO - Addressing Environmental Impacts
Global Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Symposium & Exhibition : Counter UXO - Addressing Environmental Impacts
Bio
Herb Nelson has been the Program Manager for Munitions Response at SERDP and ESTCP since 2008. Prior to that he was a Research Chemist at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC. He has worked on problems associated with the detection and classification of unexploded ordnance for 20 years; focusing most recently on classification using advanced electromagnetic induction sensors. He holds a Ph. D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley.