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Jere Jenkins

Jere Jenkins is the director of radiation laboratories in the School of Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University and is the facility director for Purdue’s research reactor. He teaches three classes in radiation physics, detection, and measurement. He was the chairman of the National Organization of Test, Research and Training Reactors from 2009 to 2010.