Julie A. Carrera

Julie Carrera serves as the Director of the Strategic Security Sciences Division at Argonne National Laboratory. She was previously the Deputy Director of the division. As director, Carrera leads a team devoted to translating discovery and applied science innovations into practical solutions to enduring and emerging national security challenges.

Throughout her over 20-year career at Argonne, Carrera has established Argonne’s national and international credentials as a trusted source of technical analysis informing nonproliferation policy and regulations aimed at stemming the spread of chemical and biological weapons (CBW). Her technical and policy expertise — and that of the team she has built — has helped enable U.S. interagency and multilateral consensus on CBW nonproliferation measures. Carrera facilitated the diversification of Argonne’s nonproliferation portfolio by identifying new combinations of capabilities across groups, divisions, and directorates, thus enabling them to positively impact national security. 

Carrera demonstrates a strong and proven record of service and leadership across Argonne. She has served on numerous leadership search committees at multiple levels of the Laboratory, co-chaired the Distinguished Fellowship Review Committee for recruiting outstanding early-career scientists and engineers to Argonne, and served on Argonne’s Learning Advisory Council.

Carrera earned her Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees in Chemistry from the University of Chicago and her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Carroll College. She successfully completed the Booth School of Business’ Strategic Laboratory Leadership Program and is a Prosci® Certified Change Practitioner. She is an alumnus of the Department of Energy’s Oppenheimer Science & Energy Leadership Program.