WMDs and Nonproliferation;
Biosecurity;
Nuclear Security;
National Security
Maria Dooling is an AI Safety Policy Entrepreneurship Fellow at the Federation of American Scientists. Her research focuses on the intersection of AI, nuclear nonproliferation, and arms control. She is particularly interested in the impact of emerging technologies on strategic stability.
Maria is a current graduate student at Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs, specializing in national security, WMDs and nonproliferation, and emerging technology policy. Prior to Princeton, Maria implemented projects funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation on topics including biosecurity, nuclear security, and clean energy with a range of global partners.
Maria holds a B.S. in Biochemistry, a minor in Political Science, and a certificate in International Studies from Arizona State University, she was a 2019 Boren Scholar to Jordan and a 2020 Fulbright Scholar to Malaysia.