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 Staff
Director, Nuclear Information Project
Hans Kristensen
Status of Worldwide Nuclear Arsenals,
Nuclear Policy and strategy, De-alerting,
Nuclear Weapons
Staff Fellow
Hernán Colmenero
Associate Director, Science Policy
Irene Ngun
Senior Manager
Jacob Robertson
Nuclear Power,
Policy Engagement & Advocacy,
Nonprofit Management
Staff Fellow
Jake Higdon
Wildfire Policy Specialist
James Campbell
Science and Technology Policy,
Health and the Environment,
Legislative Procedure
Executive Assistant
Janet Abubo O’Brien-Kumi
corporate communications,
event management
Chief Science Officer
Jedidah Isler
Science & Technology Policy,
Equity in Science & Technology,
S&T Talent Development,
Bright Futures
Staff Fellow
Jenna Knobloch
Jenna Segal has worked nationally and internationally across the food system to develop and support equitable, sustainable food systems that positively impact the health and well-being of people around the world
Staff Fellow
Jenna Saunders
Senior Fellow
Jennifer Erickson
Innovation,
Organ Donation Policy,
Economic Policy and Entrepreneurship,
U.K./Scotland Economic Policy/Politics
Senior Fellow
Jennifer Pahlka
State capacity,
Government innovation