KHLEBNIKOV Nikolai

Dr. Nikolai Khlebnikov holds a PhD in Chemical Technology from the State Research Institute of Rare Metals in Moscow. He started his career in 1970 as a researcher at the State Research Institute of Rare Metals, followed by eight years as a Section and Laboratory Head in the Central Research Institute of Atomic Information in Moscow. He then worked for eight years in the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, first as a Section Head for System Studies in the Division of Concepts and Planning and then as a Section Head in the Division of Operations C responsible for safeguards implementation in European countries. He returned to the Ministry of the Russian Federation on Atomic Energy, Department for International Relations in Moscow  where he worked as a Division Head and was responsible for non-proliferation issues and International Organizations. He was a member of the Standing Advisory Group on Safeguards Implementation (SAGSI) from 1994 until 1998. He joined the International Atomic Energy Agency again in 1998 as Director of the Division of Technical Support. Dr. Khlebnikov has held this position until February 1, 2010. He has written about 30 publications in the area of Chemical Technology and about 35 publications in the area of non proliferation and safeguards.