Edward Blandford

Affiliation

Kairos Power

Biography

Dr. Edward Blandford is a Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer of Kairos Power. He is responsible for all KP-FHR engineering and technology development functions within the company. These responsibilities include all major hardware demonstrations, standing up fuel and salt supply infrastructure, manufacturing, supply chain and procurement, environmental health and safety, construction management, and engineering operations. Dr. Blandford has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He currently sits on advisory boards for the nuclear engineering departments of the University of New Mexico, Texas A&M, and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.