
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

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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Staff Fellow
John Reichard
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Director, Global Risk
Jon Wolfsthal
Nuclear Weapons,
Global Security,
Geopolitics,
Proliferation,
Global Governance
Emerging Technology
Global Security,
Geopolitics,
Proliferation,
Global Governance
Emerging Technology
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Associate Director, Communications
Jonathan Wilson
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Staff Fellow
Joshua Porterfield
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Manager, Emerging Technology & Competitiveness
Karinna Gerhardt
disinformation,
online ecosystems,
tech equity
online ecosystems,
tech equity
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Staff Fellow
Katarina Watney
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Manager, Communications
Kate Kohn
Data Visualization,
Data Analysis,
Social video,
Poasting
Data Analysis,
Social video,
Poasting
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Staff Fellow
Katherine McEldoon
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Senior Fellow
Kathy Stack
Evidence-based policymaking,
Integrated data systems
Integrated data systems
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Communications Manager, Media & PR
Katie McCaskey
media relations,
science communication,
systems thinking & design
science communication,
systems thinking & design
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