Kyle C. Hartig, Ph.D.
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of. Kyle C. Hartig, is an Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, member of the Florida Institute for National Security (FINS) at the University of Florida, and Joint Appointee with Savannah River National Laboratory. Before coming to UF, he spent a year as a Post-Doctoral Scholar at PNNL contributing to remote sensing research in support of two NNSA funded ventures.
Dr. Hartig earned his Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the The Pennsylvania State University (PSU) at the University Park, PA campus, which was funded in part by the Nuclear Forensics Graduate Fellowship Program supported by DHS. He received his B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Oregon State University (OrSU).
He has held a number of positions within the Federal Government concerning Counterproliferation and Intelligence topics, and has authored a number of high-level internal publications.
His areas of specialization includes remote sensing, nuclear nonproliferation/counterproliferation, nuclear security, and nuclear policy.
Contact Information
MAILING ADDRESS:Rhines Hall |
EMAIL: Kyle.Hartig@UFL.EDUWEBSITE: https://hartig.mse.ufl.eduFlorida Institute for National Security: http://fins.institute.ufl.eduLaboratory: 141 Rhines Hall |
Current Members
Currently recruiting at least one additional Ph.D. student for Fall 2025.
Cameron Wojtowicz
Ph.D. Student (Admitted Fall 24) – Research focus TBD.
Weslee Kersey (DoD SMART Fellow & U.S. Army Reserve)
Ph.D. Candidate – Research focus on fuel cycle signatures and optical techniques for nuclear forensics.
Justin Borrero (DoD SMART Fellow)
Ph.D. Candidate – Research focused on the prompt phenomena associated with nuclear detonation.
Ava Compitiello (Undergraduate, Freshman)
Paige Anderson (Undergraduate, Senior)
Enrique Medici (Undergraduate, Senior)
Eric Realmuto (Undergraduate, Sophomore)
Past Members
Dr. Kyle S. Latty (DoD SMART Fellow)
Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering 2024 – Research focused on detection of nuclear materials in the environment
Dr. Emily H. Kwapis (DoD SMART Fellow)
Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering 2024 – Research focused on laser produced plasmas as surrogates for detonations and machine learning
