Senior Program Manager
Nonproliferation Education Program
[email protected]
Monterey, CA
831.647.6540
Areas of Research
- Nonproliferation education and training
- WMD Nonproliferation in Eurasia
- Nuclear and radiological security
Background
Margarita Kalinina-Pohl joined CNS in 1998. In 1999-2001, she worked as the Office Manager at the CNS Representative Office in Almaty, Kazakhstan. In 2001, she returned to Monterey and since that time she managed the CNS nonproliferation intensive training program called the Visiting Fellows Program. In 2011, she assumed the position of the Deputy Director of the CNS Education Program. In addition to the Visiting Fellows Program, she is responsible for various nonproliferation education and outreach activities carried out by CNS in Eurasia and providing assistance to universities in this region in teaching nonproliferation courses.
She is the editor of the electronic newsletter CNS Brief which CNS produces for its programs’ alumni and colleagues across the globe.
Her research interests include problems of radiological security in Central Asia, and other general issues related to nuclear security and nonproliferation.
Education
- Kyrgyz State University (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan), 1993
- MA in Communications and Mass Media, Southwest Missouri State University (Springfield, MO), 1998
CNS Work
- CNS Observed the 35th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Disaster with International Dialogue
CNS commemorated this week with an article in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists and two webinars featuring Ukrainian experts, CNS visiting fellows, and students. - Celebrating Women in Nonproliferation
Women colleagues lead initiatives, publish innovative nonproliferation research, serve as mentors, and speak at conferences (or webinars, in the era of COVID-19). - CNS Alumni on the COVID-19 Pandemic in Egypt and Mali
WEBINAR: Featuring former Visiting Fellows. - Nuclear Uzbekistan: Risks and Opportunities
Margarita Kalinina-Pohl interview in Voices on Central Asia. - Women in the Nuclear Field: Perspectives from Nigeria, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine
WEBINAR: Female nuclear professionals tell their stories. - 34 Years after the Chernobyl Disaster
WEBINAR: Examining the challenges and prospects for the exclusion zone. - Assessing Fire Damage in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
Satellite imagery analysis and assessment of the intense blazes in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. - ICONS 2020
A large and visible cohort of CNS experts and alumni demonstrate the efficacy of civil society in the nuclear security field. - Empowering Women in Ukraine and Morocco
Increasing gender equity across the nuclear field. - Inaugural Intensive Course on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Security for Women in STEM
More than 30 women with a wide variety of technical backgrounds, representing 16 African countries, actively engaged throughout the course.
Bibliography
- Sweeping Up Dirty Bombs: A Shift from Normative to Pro-Active Measures
Margarita Sevcik, Bill Richardson, Charles Streeper, Public Interest Report, Fall 2011, Federation of American Scientists. - Uranium Tailings in Central Asia: The Case of the Kyrgyz Republic
Margarita Sevcik and Paula Humphrey, Nuclear Threat Initiative: Issues and Analysis, 16 October 2009. - Uranium Tailings in Kyrgyzstan: Catalyst for Cooperation and Confidence-Building?
The Nonproliferation Review (Spring 2003), pp 147-154. - Kazakhstan’s Proposal to Initiate Commercial Imports of Radioactive Waste
Nuclear Threat Initiative: Issues and Analysis, 27 January 2003. - Problema vvoza radioaktivnykh otkhodov v Kazakhstan: vzglyad so storony
Problemy Nerasprostraneniya, (Almaty: 2002, No. 1), pp. 23-28.
