Meet the staff

Meet our staff

For over 75 years, FAS has fostered the voices of world-class experts and early-career researchers alike from a variety of scientific, academic, and professional backgrounds.

meet our experts
Staff Fellow
Mahmoud Abouelnaga
Staff Fellow
Maithreyi Gopalan
Chief Financial Officer
Manizha Nabieva
Financial Management,
Operations Management,
Risk Management,
Budgets and Contracts Management,
Regulatory Compliance,
Strategic Planning
Margaret Smith is an Agricultural Marketing Specialist Impact Fellow with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Staff Fellow
Margaret Smith
Staff Fellow
Maria Graziani
Adjunct Fellow
Marina Nitze
Bureaucracy Hacking,
Child Welfare,
Foster Care,
Crisis Incident Response,
Business Process Engineering
Staff Fellow
Marlie Wilson
Associate Director, Nuclear Information Project
Matt Korda
Nuclear Deterrence and Disarmament,
Open Source Data Collection,
Global Nuclear Weapons Arsenals,
Missile Defence,
Nuclear-Climate Nexus
Staff Fellow
Matthew Casper
Staff Fellow
Maya Duru
Bioeconomy & Sustainability Fellow
Megan Damico
Associate Director, Strategic Partnerships
Megan McLeish
Fundraising and Stewardship,
Strategic Partnerships,
Strategy Development,
Program Ideation and Scoping