Graeme Murdoch

Director
Neutron Upgrades Project Office

Graeme Murdoch has over 35 years of progressive experience working in technical and management capacities in a particle accelerator and fusion engineering environment. 

Before assuming his current position, he held various management roles within ORNL including Neutron Technologies Division Director at SNS with responsibility for several key technical systems including the mercury target and instrument beamline engineering, and US ITER Non-Nuclear Systems Division Director at the US ITER Project with responsibility for the central solenoid magnet and plasma-facing vacuum and diagnostic systems. 

Prior to joining ORNL, Murdoch worked as a Senior Project Engineer at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, England on the ISIS Spallation Neutron Source specializing in managing design, procurement, installation and commissioning of engineering equipment and system upgrades to the accelerator and target systems. 

Murdoch graduated in mechanical engineering from the University of West England, Bristol. He is a fellow of the UK Institute of Mechanical Engineers and a registered Chartered Professional Engineer with the UK Engineering Council.