Dr. Leonel Lagos is the Director of Research at Florida International University’s Applied Research Center (FIU-ARC) and the founder and Director of the DOE-FIU Science and Technology Workforce Development Program and Department of Defense Cyber Fellows Program. He received a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Florida in 1991, an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Florida International University (FIU) in 1996 and 2007, respectively. Dr. Leonel Lagos is an active member of DOE’s Energy Facilities Contractors Group (an advisory group supporting DOE’s environmental restoration mission) and a member of EFCOG’s D&D and Facility Engineering Working Group. Dr. Leonel Lagos also serves as an active Program Advisory Committee (PAC) member for the Waste Management Symposia organization. He also serves on the Executive Committee for the American Nuclear Society’s Robotics and Remote Systems Division.