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Terry Wallace is Director Emeritus at Los Alamos National Laboratory.  He was the 11th Director of the Laboratory; previously he was the Principal Associate Director for Global Security and the Senior Intelligence Officer.  

He received B.S. degrees in mathematics and geophysics from New Mexico Institute of Technology in 1978, and a PhD in geophysics (seismology) from the California Institute of Technology in 1983.

Before coming to Los Alamos in 2003 Wallace served a professor of geosciences and an associate in the applied mathematics program at the University of Arizona for 20 years.  Wallace is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), and in 1992 he received the AGU's Macelwane Medal.

Wallace has served as President of the Seismological Society of America,  and Chairman of the Incorporated Institutions for Research in Seismology. Wallace is also an expert in mineralogy, and received the Carnegie Mineralogical Medal in 2003 in recognition of his contributions to mineralogy and mineral preservation.  He has published more than 30 articles and books on minerals for the public.