Individual - Nomination for Presidential Award for Excellence in Scientific Mentoring

Kennedy Reed博士在扩大妇女和少数民族在STEM学科中的参与方面有着广泛的工作组合。自1979年以来，里德博士一直是劳伦斯利弗莫尔国家实验室（LLNL）的物理学家，从事理论原子物理学的研究。在LLNL的整个职业生涯中，他在努力增加少数民族学生和科学专业人士的机会方面发挥了重要作用。一项重要贡献是建立了一种国家科学合作模式，将国家实验室的主要科学家与少数民族服务机构的教授和学生联系起来。LLNL/HBCU/MI项目将LLNL的科学家、来自传统黑人学院和大学（HBCU）的教师以及其他主要为少数民族学生服务的机构聚集在一起，已经出版了30多篇由LLNL科学家和HBCU/MI教师和学生共同撰写的科学出版物。参加该计划的学生中有相当一部分人获得了更高的学位，许多人进入了科技行业。Reed博士在LLNL发起了一个本科课程，并鼓励少数民族学生在STEM学科中攻读高级学位和职业。这些学生中的许多人已经进入了STEM行业。认识到少数民族在这些学科的招募和保留带来了挑战，他在LLNL为学生创建研究生奖学金方面发挥了重要作用，然后帮助扩大了其他国家实验室的机会。里德博士致力于扩大少数族裔和女性学生在物理科学领域的参与，他已经成功地帮助了100名这些学生获得了博士学位。里德通过其他活动，如国家物理科学联盟研究员计划和国家黑人物理学家协会研究员，在塑造众多学生的职业生涯方面发挥了重要作用。里德博士的工作有助于扩大代表性不足的学生对STEM的参与，并加强少数族裔服务机构的研究和学术基础设施。通过联合会的努力，已经颁发了300多个研究生奖学金。他曾担任美国黑人物理学家协会主席，并继续担任其奖学金委员会主席。30余名本科生获得奖学金。

Dr. Kennedy Reed has an extensive portfolio of work broadening the participation of women and minorities in STEM disciplines. Dr. Reed has been a physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) since 1979, working on research in theoretical atomic physics. Throughout his career at LLNL, he has played a significant role in efforts to increase opportunities for minority students and professionals in the sciences. An important contribution has been the establishment of a national model for scientific collaborations linking leading scientists from a national laboratory with professors and students from Minority Serving Institutions. Through a program to bring together LLNL scientists, faculty from Historically Black College and Universities (HBCUs) and other institutions serving predominantly minority students (MIs) the LLNL/HBCU/MI Program, has produced more than thirty scientific publications co-authored by LLNL scientists and HBCU/MI faculty and students. A significant number of student participants in the program have pursued advanced degrees, and many have entered the science and technology workforce. Dr. Reed initiated an undergraduate program at LLNL and has encouraged minority students to pursue advanced degrees and careers in STEM disciplines. Many of these students have entered the STEM workforce. Recognizing that minority recruitment and retention in these disciplines posed challenges, he was instrumental in the creation of graduate fellowships at LLNL for students, and then helped to broaden those opportunities among the other national laboratories. In his commitment to broadening the participation of minority and female students in the physical sciences, Dr. Reed has succeeded in helping 100 of these students to earn their doctorates.Dr. Reed has been instrumental in shaping the careers of numerous students through other activities such as the National Physical Science Consortium Fellows program and the National Society of Black Physicists Fellows. Dr. Reed's work has helped to broaden the participation of underrepresented students in STEM and enhance the research and academic infrastructure of Minority Serving Institutions. Through the efforts of the consortium, over 300 graduate fellowships have been awarded. He served as the Chair of the National Society of Black Physicists, and continues to chair its scholarship committee. Over 30 undergraduates have received scholarships.