Dr. Rob Prins is the Chief of the Nuclear Detection Division within the Research and Development Directorate for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. He is responsible for the research, development, and transition of advanced radiation detection and sensor capabilities in support of Department of Defense objectives aligned with the use of nuclear capabilities and post-detonation operational environments.

Prior to assuming his current position, he served as the Chief of the Survivability and Effects Analysis Division at the United States Army Nuclear and Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Agency (USANCA). Among his many responsibilities, he had oversight of the Army Reactor Office, Army CBRN Survivability Program, CWMD Advisor Course, and nuclear environment modelers. Dr. Prins retired from the Army in 2017 after more than 24 years of service as a Nuclear Medical Science Officer. He served in a variety of assignments involving program management, teaching, planning and operations, and radiological health advisement. His assignments include positions of  responsibility at Army Materiel Command, United States Military Academy, and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. He previously worked as a Lead Technical Physicist with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City and as a Principal Scientist with Applied Research Associates, Inc.

Dr. Prins graduated from the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York with a B.S. in Engineering Physics. He has a Ph.D. in Environmental Health Sciences (Medical Health Physics) from Columbia University in New York City, New York, and an M.S. in Medical Physics (Therapy) from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.