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
Adjunct Fellow
Josh Marcuse
Fellow
Joshua Elliott
Staff Fellow
Joshua Porterfield
Research Assistant, Organs Initiative
Justin Chestang
Partnerships Manager, Fiscal Sponsorship Program
Kaltrina Jacimi
Digital Rights & Privacy,
Security Sector Reform (SSR),
Democratic Resilience,
Program & Grants Management
Manager, Emerging Technology & Competitiveness
Karinna Gerhardt
disinformation,
online ecosystems,
tech equity
Staff Fellow
Katarina Watney
Manager, Communications
Kate Kohn
Data Visualization,
Data Analysis,
Social video,
Poasting
AI Safety Policy Entrepreneurship Fellow
Kateryna Halstead
Open-Source AI;
National Security;
OSINT;
U.S.-China Competition
Staff Fellow
Katherine McEldoon
Senior Fellow
Kathy Stack
Evidence-based policymaking,
Integrated data systems
Communications Manager, Media & PR
Katie McCaskey
media relations,
science communication,
systems thinking & design