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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Kathryn D. Huff, a professor of nuclear, plasma and radiological engineering in the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has accepted an appointment to a senior leadership position in the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy.
As principal deputy assistant secretary for nuclear energy, Huff will oversee the five deputy assistant secretaries and the agency’s activities in areas such as nuclear facility operations, science and technology innovation, and international nuclear energy policy.
In her new position, Huff will report to Chief Operating Officer Dennis M. Miotla, who had been serving as acting assistant secretary of energy for nuclear energy since he was appointed by President Joe Biden in January.