John Wise is a Senior Technical Advisor in the NRC Division of New and Renewed Licenses. He supports the resolution of technical and regulatory issues on a broad variety of materials topics, with an emphasis on aging management. His career at the NRC has also included positions as a materials technical reviewer for reactor license renewal and spent fuel storage and transportation systems. Prior to joining the NRC, John held metallurgical engineering positions in the steelmaking industry and in failure analysis investigations. He is a graduate of Michigan Tech and Northwestern Universities.