Ren Cooper is a Senior Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory where he serves as the Deputy Director of the Nuclear Science Division and the Head of the Applied Nuclear Physics Program. He received B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees from The University of Liverpool, UK and joined LBNL in November 2011 following three years of postdoctoral research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Ren specializes in the development of novel radiation detection and imaging systems and algorithms for fundamental physics, nuclear safeguards, nuclear safety, and nuclear security. He currently leads research projects that include the development of new High Purity Germanium detectors, the development of advanced technologies for vehicle-based radiation detection and imaging systems, and the exploration of new systems and methods for networked radiation detection.