CMI Leadership Academy, Cohort 5

The CMI Leadership Academy Cohort 5 members were nominated and selected, and in January 2024 held their first meeting. The group planned the second Annual CMI Short Course on Rare Earth Elements, "Rare Earth Elements (REEs): Mine to Magnet & Market."

Cohort members are shown with Education and Workforce Development Leaders Ruby Nguyen, Idaho National Laboratory (front, left) and Rod Eggert, Colorado School of Mines (back, right). Front row:

  • Jisue Braatz, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (front, second from left)
  • Shailesh Dangwal, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • Brandon Bocklund, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • Rebecca Smaha, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Back row:

  • Long Qi, Ames National Laboratory
  • Bishnu Prasad Thapaliya, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • Caleb Stetson, Idaho National Laboratory
  • Arindam Mukhopadhyay, Idaho National Laboratory
  • Haeyeon Kim, Idaho National Laboratory
Image of a dozen people standing in two rows: CMI Leadership Academy Cohort 5 with mentors
CMI Leadership Academy Cohort 5 with mentors

CMI Leadership Cohort 5 completion requirements 

For questions related to the CMI Leadership Academy, please e-mail Ruby Nguyen, Idaho National Laboratory, ruby.nguyen@inl.gov.