The FRIB Project Manager has full responsibility and authority to execute the FRIB Project, including overall line management responsibility, the design, construction and transition to operations of FRIB, the management of all contractors and to ensure all project scope is delivered in a safe, cost-efficient, and environmentally responsible manner.

Thomas Glasmacher joined NSCL in 1992 as an NSCL Fellow and performed research in intermediate energy nuclear physics after earning M.S. (1990) and Ph.D. (1992) degrees in low-energy experimental nuclear physics from Florida State University. In 1995 he joined the MSU faculty in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and NSCL, where he is now a University Distinguished Professor. His research focused on exploring the structure of rare isotopes with new experimental techniques involving gamma-rays. This work was recognized in 2006 with the Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences.

From 2003-2009, Dr. Glasmacher was the Associate Director for Operations at NSCL, where he managed NSCL's $15 million annual operating budget and 140 employees.

Dr. Glasmacher was a member of the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee from 2004-2007, is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and is a Stanford Certified Project Manager (SCPM).