Prof. Sara Pozzi

Professor Sara Pozzi is a University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor, Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, and Professor of Physics at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on radiation detection, including nuclear fission and radiation imaging for the detection, identification, and characterization of nuclear materials. 

Professor Pozzi is the founding Director of the Consortium for Verification Technology (CVT) 2014-2019 and the Consortium for Monitoring, Technology, and Verification (MTV) 2019-2025, both of which involve multiple universities and national laboratories working together to develop technologies needed for nuclear treaty verification. 

From 2018 to 2024, Professor Pozzi served as the inaugural Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) for the UM College of Engineering. In this capacity, she spearheaded initiatives to ensure that the students, faculty, and staff are increasingly diverse, everyone is treated equitably, and everyone is included.

In 2024, she was elected President of the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society for the 2025 - 2026 term. In this capacity, she leads an international community of scientists and engineers dedicated to advancing nuclear and plasma sciences.

Her publication record includes over 175 journal papers and over 350 international conference proceedings, with over 6500 citations. She has given over 120 invited lectures, both nationally and internationally, and has graduated over 30 Ph. D. students who have built successful careers at the national laboratories, academia, industry, and government. 

Professor Pozzi received many awards, including the 2006 Oak Ridge National Laboratory Early Career Award, 2006 Department of Energy, Office of Science, Outstanding Mentor Award, 2012 INMM Edway R. Johnson Meritorious Service Award, 2017 IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, 2018 Rackham Distinguished Graduate Mentoring Award, and 2021 American Nuclear Society Gail De Planque Award. She is an International Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and is a Fellow of the American Nuclear Society, the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, and the IEEE.