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Charles D. Ferguson

Charles D. Ferguson is senior director of the Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board and the Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. From 2010-2017, he served as the president of the Federation of American Scientists.