Tom LaTourrette is a senior physical scientist at RAND. With over 25 years of experience in critical mineral supply chains, energy, and infrastructure, his research covers seabed mining technology and policy, critical minerals supply chains, Chinese foreign investment in infrastructure, hydrogen and other storage technologies in the electricity grid, renewable, nuclear, and fossil energy resources and technologies, worker safety and health, and risks and mitigation to infrastructure related to natural disasters and terrorism. His commentaries have appeared in Modern Diplomacy, Barron’s, RealClearWorld, U.S. News & World Report, and local newspapers. He has been quoted in Foreign Policy, the Financial Times, Bloomberg, the South China Morning Post, Alhurra, Voice of America, and more. His work has been cited in House and Senate hearings and floor debates, and he has testified before the Secretary of Energy's Blue-Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future and the California State Assembly and Senate. He holds a Ph.D. in geology from the California Institute of Technology.
Ph.D. in geology, California Institute of Technology; B.A. in geology, University of California, Berkeley
