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Dr. Aaron Miles has researched and written on a wide range of science and security topics, including deterrence policy, nuclear weapons, arms control, nonproliferation, space policy, fusion and fission energy, high energy density and nonequilibrium plasmas, pulsed power, astrophysics, and planetary defense. He currently serves on assignment as the Coordinator for Strategic Capabilities at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. He previously served as Principal Assistant Director for National Security and International Affairs and Assistant Director for Nuclear and Strategic Technologies in that same office. In addition to these assignments, Dr. Miles served as a senior advisor on arms control, deterrence, and stability in the Department of State, and a senior policy advisor on nuclear deterrence in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He holds a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Maryland and a graduate certificate in National Security Studies from Texas A&M University.
