Chris B. Luchini

Bio

Dr. Chris Luchini is the Principal and CEO of Sci Tac Research Associates (STRA) LLC, where he leads complex software modernization and scientific computing projects for national laboratory clients. A physicist and software architect with more than 30 years of experience, Dr. Luchini has specialized in radiation transport, multiphysics simulation, and high-performance computing. His technical leadership has been instrumental in advancing code modernization for frameworks such as ALEGRA, Trilinos, and POOMA, along with GPU acceleration and scalable solver development for national security applications.

Education

• Ph.D., Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• M.S., Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• B.S., Physics, New Mexico State University

Experience

• Principal and CEO, Sci Tac Research Associates (STRA) LLC
• Founder and CTO, Universal Geo Power
• Senior Developer, Turbolinux Inc.
• Technical Staff Member, Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Member of Technical Staff, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA)