About The Author
Sekazi Kauze Mtingwa is an Administrative Judge with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Principal Partner of TriSEED Consultants, LLC, in Hillsborough, North Carolina. He played an important role in the design and construction of accelerator systems at Fermilab used to discover the top quark. With James Bjorken, he developed the theory of intrabeam scattering, which has played a critical role in the development of intense particle accelerators, including synchrotron light sources, which are transforming many scientific and engineering disciplines. Mtingwa co-founded over 30 domestic and international organizations and programs, including the National Society of Black Physicists, National Society of Hispanic Physicists, African Light Source Foundation, African Physical Society, African Laser Centre, Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere University of Agriculture and Technology in Tanzania, and LAAAMP, for which he is Former Chair of the Executive Committee, and which promotes the establishment and utilization of synchrotron light sources and crystallography research and training hubs in Latin America, the Greater Caribbean, Africa, Middle East, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and Pacific Islands. He previously served as Chair of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) C13 Commission on Physics for Development and served for over 10 years as President of the Interdisciplinary Consortium for Research and Educational Access in Science and Engineering (InCREASE), which connects faculty and students from Minority-Serving Institutions to research and educational opportunities at the national laboratories. Mtingwa is the recipient of many honors and awards, including the American Physical Society's 2025 John Wheatley Award, American Association for the Advancement of Science's 2023 Philip Hauge Abelson Prize, Inaugural International Science Council's 2021 Policy-for-Science Award, American Physical Society's 2017 Robert R. Wilson Prize for Outstanding Achievement in the Physics of Particle Accelerators, 2017 U.S. Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring, and American Nuclear Society's 2015 Distinguished Service Award for his pivotal role in leading a study that rejuvenated U.S. university nuclear science and engineering programs and saved a number of them from closing. He is a Fellow of the National Society of Black Physicists, American Physical Society, American Association the Advancement of Science, and African Academy of Sciences. Mtingwa graduated Phi Beta Kappa with Bachelor's degrees in physics and mathematics from MIT, and Master's and Ph.D. degrees in theoretical high energy physics from Princeton University.
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