US-Russian Lab-to-Lab Collaboration Story

The lab-to-lab relationship through people's stories

We reached out to people for whom the lab-to-lab realtionship became a memorable part of their professional career, asking them to share their memories and reflections. Their stories are in this section.

Nerses (Krik) Krikorian

How a refugee Armenian achieved a stellar career in Los Alamos and paved the way to lab-to-lab

Olga Martin

A tribute to Nellie Schachowskoj

Lawry and Alice Mann

How the people of Sarov became like family to this Los Alamos couple

Hugh Casey

on having Academician Velikhov as a personal friend and promoting positive feelings through S&T cooperation

Molly Cernicek

On walking the walk of technology commercialization in Russia and with the Russians

Thomas Bowles

on learning about courage and perseverance while chasing neutrinos with Russians

Robert Thomsen

On the still unfinished poem of Sarov and Los Alamos

John Ruminer

How a unique workshop for nuclear weapons engineers opened a door for firefighters

Dennis (Denny) Erickson

Behind the scenes of a visit that set the stage for years of a unique relationship