the NTC, condemning the Gaddafi regime and providing aid through international humanitarian organizations to the Libyan people in their time of need. Additionally, Gheriany holds advisory positions for several Libyan organizations, such as The American-Libyan Council and the International Forum for Libyan Experts. Career Gheriany's career began as a senior scientist at Advanced Innovative Sciences, where he remained for five years before moving to academia. In 1993, he accepted a position as a Professor of Nuclear Engineering and as the Nuclear Engineering Program Director at the University of Texas at Austin. During his time at the University of Texas, Gheriany managed the University of Texas Nuclear Engineering Program. As Program Director, he improved student enrollment and increased research funding several fold. Additionally, he has published over fifty articles and papers in refereed scientific journals, conference proceedings and technical reports. After leaving the University of Texas, he took a position as a Principal Scientist at the Department of Energy's Hanford site for Fluor Corporation and held the same position at CH2M HILL in 2008. In 2009, Dr. Gheriany was appointed to the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Engineering and Technology. Since 2010, he has held the positions of Nuclear Scientist within the U.S Department of Energy Headquarters' Office of Safety and Security and an Adjunct Professor for the Catholic University of America. Throughout his career, Gheriany has served on many Technical Review Teams for the US Department of Energy including Design Review Committees and Senior Advisory Committees. He served as the Department Lead for National Academy of Science Studies and lead the Office of Safety and Security effort in Nuclear Safety R&D. He has also served as a Reviewer for the American Nuclear Society, the International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, the Department of Energy Nuclear Engineering Research Grant Program, the International Conference on the Physics of Nuclear Science and Technology, the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union Grant Program, the American Society of Engineering Education, and the National Science Foundation. He has also served on panels and teams, at both the national and international level, including the United States/Russian Technical Specialists Team on Water Reactors for Fissile Materials Disposition, the Department of Energy Nuclear Engineering Research Grant Program Review Panel, the National Science Foundation Review Panel, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Nuclear Energy Agency Criticality Safety Working Party.