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
Jenna Knobloch
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Staff Fellow
Jenna Segal
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Senior Fellow
Jennifer Erickson
Innovation,
Organ Donation Policy,
Economic Policy and Entrepreneurship,
U.K./Scotland Economic Policy/Politics
Organ Donation Policy,
Economic Policy and Entrepreneurship,
U.K./Scotland Economic Policy/Politics
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Senior Fellow
Jennifer Pahlka
State capacity,
Government innovation
Government innovation
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Staff Fellow
Jess Rogers
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Senior Manager, Environmental and Climate Policy
Jessica Blackband
Environmental policy,
wildfire,
federal permitting
wildfire,
federal permitting
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Policy Entrepreneurship Fellow
Jessie Mahr
Environmental Technology,
Restoration,
Environmental Policy,
Environmental Justice
Restoration,
Environmental Policy,
Environmental Justice
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Staff Fellow
Jillian Dy
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Director of Government Capacity
Jim Thompson
Public-Private Partnerships;
Procurement;
Open-Innovation;
Design-Thinking;
National Security
Procurement;
Open-Innovation;
Design-Thinking;
National Security
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Staff Fellow
Jodie McVane
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AI Safety Policy Entrepreneurship Fellow
Joe O’Brien
Dual-use AI monitoring and reporting,
Incident preparedness and response,
Independent oversight and evaluation policy
Incident preparedness and response,
Independent oversight and evaluation policy
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Staff Fellow
John Cotton Dean
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