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
John Reichard
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Policy Entrepreneurship Fellow
John Tracey
Electricity Grid Policy,
Transmission Policy
Transmission Policy
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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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Adjunct Fellow
Josh Marcuse
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Fellow
Joshua Elliott
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Staff Fellow
Joshua Porterfield
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Research Assistant, Organs Initiative
Justin Chestang
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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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AI Safety Policy Entrepreneurship Fellow
Kateryna Halstead
Open-Source AI;
National Security;
OSINT;
U.S.-China Competition
National Security;
OSINT;
U.S.-China Competition
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