Patricia K. Falcone, Ph.D.

Education

Patricia Falcone received her bachelor of science in engineering degree in Aerospace and Mechanical Sciences from Princeton University, and her master’s and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.

Expertise

As a deputy to the laboratory director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a Department of Energy national laboratory, Falcone works to support the excellence and sustainment of the lab’s scientific and engineering capabilities, oversees the lab’s discretionary investments for science and technology, and leads its collaborative research and partnerships with universities and with the private sector.

Falcone served from 2012 to 2015 as the Senate-confirmed Associate Director for National Security and International Affairs at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). In that capacity, she led a team that advised on the science and technology dimensions of national security policy deliberations and on federal support of national security research and development. She engaged with other offices in the Executive Office of the President, especially the National Security Council and the Office of Management and Budget. She also served as co-chair of the Committee on Homeland and National Security of the National Science and Technology Council. From 2009 to 2012, she served as Assistant Director for National Security and Senior Policy Analyst at OSTP.

From 2003-2009, Falcone was Senior Manager of Systems Analysis and Engineering at Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA. Earlier at Sandia, she was designated a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff.

Professional Activities

Falcone is chair of the Advisory Committee for the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University, and a member of the Leadership Council of the Government – University – Industry – Philanthropy Research Roundtable of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. She serves on the National Commission on Innovation and Competitiveness Frontiers of the Council on Competitiveness and co-chairs its Technology Strategy Leadership Initiative.