Directory of APS & AIP Congressional Science Fellows
| 2007-08 | Matt Bowen Office of Senator Harry Reid 528 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Phone: 202-224-3542 |
| 2006-07 | Jonna Hamilton [AIP], Ph.D. Office of Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) 332 Dirksen Office Building Washington, D.C. Phone: (202) 224-2152 |
| 2006-07 | Don E. Engel, Ph.D. APS/AAAS Congressional Science Fellow See contact information. |
| 2006-07 | Alex Saltman, Ph.D. Office of Representative Adam Schiff 326 Cannon House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-4176 E-mail: alex.saltman@mail.house.gov |
| 2005-06 | Vivek Mohta, Ph.D. Legislative Fellow, Office of Congressman Adam Schiff 326 Cannon House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-4176 E-mail: vmohta@gmail.com |
| 2004-05 | Valerie Thomas P.O. Box 37 Garrett Park, MD 20896 Phone: (301) 933-8669 E-mail: valerie.thomas@wap.org |
| 2004-05 | Dahlia Sokolov [AIP] Staff Director of the House Science Subcommittee on Energy 390 Ford House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515-6304 Phone: (202) 225-9662 E-mail: dahlia.sokolov@mail.house.gov |
| 2003-04 | Lee Hirsch [AIP] 18700 Walkers Choice Road, #609 312 Dirksen Senate Office Building Montgomery Village, MD 20886 E-mail: lee4tz@yahoo.com |
| 2003-04 | Adam Rosenberg Subcommittee on Energy and Environment House Committee on Science and Technology 2320 RHOB Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-0584 E-mail: adam.rosenberg@mail.house.gov |
| 2002-03 | Benn Tannenbaum Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy 1200 New York Ave, NW, 11th floor Washington, DC 20005 (202) 326-6496 btannenb@aaas.org |
| 2001-02 | Jennifer Wiseman 16 Bolly Farm Ct. Reistertown, MD 21136 Phone: 410-516-6539 Email: jwiseman@pha.jhu.edu |
| 2001-02 | Maureen Mellody [AIP] Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board The National Academies 500 Fifth St. NW Washington, DC 20001 Email: mmellody@nas.edu |
| 2000-01 | Brendan Plapp OSA/SPIE 2010 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington, DC 20036 Phone: (202) 416-1442 Email: bplapp@osa.org or bplapp@spie.org |
| 2000-01 | Sherri Stephan 5717 La Vista Dr. Alexandria, VA 22310 Email: sherri_stephan@yahoo.com |
| 2000-01 | Kendra Sharp [AIP] Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Penn State University 157D Hammond Building University Park, PA 16802 814-865-4292 Email: ksharp@mne.psu.edu |
| 1999-00 | Gregory B. Jaczko [AIP] Commissioner U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop 16C1 Washington, DC 20555 301-415-1820 |
| 1998-99 | ANTONIA HERZOG 4372 Montgomery St #4 Oakland, CA 94611-4712 Phone (510) 643-2243 Email aherzog@earthlink.net |
| 1998-99 | LOWELL UNGER [AIP] Manager, Policy Alliance to Save Energy 1200 18th Street, NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20036 202-530-2236 |
| 1997-98 | PETER W. ROONEY Deputy Chief of Staff, House Committee on Science 2320 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-6301 202-225-6371 peter.rooney@mail.house.gov |
| 1997-98 | KATHRYN G. CLAY [AIP] House Science Subcommittee on Energy 390 Ford House Office Building Washington, DC 20515-6304 202-225-9662 Email: Kathryn.clay@mail.house.gov |
| 1996-97 | JOSEPH G. MICHELS 301/286-3136 Astrophysicist NASA Goddard Space Flight Center SOHO Environmental Facility Greenbelt Road, Bldg. 3., Rm. C160, Code 682.3 Greenbelt MD 20771 michels@uvcs14.nascom.nasa.gov service: Sen. Joseph Lieberman degree: Ph.D., Physics, Oxford University, 1994 |
| 1996-97 | STEPHEN HAGEN [AIP] University of Florida Dept. of Physics Box 11840 Gainesville, Fl 32611-8440 352-392-4716 Email: hagen@phys.ufl.edu service: Senate Banking Committee degree: Ph.D., Condensed Matter Physics, Princeton University 1989 policy expertise: financial services technology technical expertise: low-temperature physics |
| 1995-96 | KEVIN D. AYLESWORTH Sr. Program Officer Knowles Science Teaching Foundation 20 E. Redman Ave Haddonfield, NJ 08033 856-216-9987 k.aylesworth@kstf.org |
| 1995-96 | KEVIN BIEG [AIP] Mail Stop 0323 Sandia National Laboratory Albuquerque, NM 87185 505-284-4784 kwbieg@sandia.gov service: House Committee on Science degree: Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois, 1976 policy expertise: technology innovation, technology transfer and commercialization technical expertise: nuclear fusion, materials science |
| 1994-95 | JOHN S. MORGAN 301/953-6000 Senior Engineer Applied Physics Laboratory John Hopkins University M/S 2-101 Laurel, MD 20723 jsmorgan@aplcomm.jhual.edu from: Johns Hopkins/APL service: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher degree: Ph.D., Materials Science & Engineering, Johns Hopkins, 1990 policy expertise: ethics and lobby reform, budgets technical expertise: non-destructive evaluation, battery research, wide band gap semi- conductors, detection of explosives, chemical/biological weapons |
| 1994-95 | LAURA A. PHILIPS [AIP] Business Technology Manager Materials Technology Division Corning, Inc. Mail CodeSP-DV-02 Corning, NY 14831 607-974-1880 phillipsla@corning.com from: Cornell University service: Sen. Joseph Lieberman degree: Ph.D., Chemistry, UC Berkeley, 1985 |
| 1993-94 | DUNCAN T. MOORE 202/456-6032 Associate Director for Technology Office of Science and Technology Policy Executive Office of the President 423 Old Executive Office Building Washington, DC 20502 moore@optics.rochester.edu from: University of Rochester service: Senator John D. Rockefeller degree: Ph.D., Optics, University of Rochester, 1974 technical expertise: optical engineering |
| 1993-94 | PHILIP W. HAMMER (Bo) 312 Second Ave Haddon Heights, NJ 08035 215-448-1241 Fax (215) 448-1364 Email bhammer@fi.edu from: Naval Surface Warfare Center service: House Science, Space & Technology Committee degree: Ph.D., Physics, University of Oregon, 1991 policy expertise: federal R&D policy, science education, industry/academia relations, careers technical expertise: experimental fluid dynamics, chaos and nonlinear dynamics |
| 1993-94 | CARMINA LONDONO [AIP] Western Hemisphere Standards Specialist Office of Standards Services National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, MD 20899 301-975-2573 carmina@micf.nist.gov carmina.londono@nist.gov from: Polaroid Optical Engineering degree: Ph.D., Electro-optics, Tufts, 1992 policy expertise: GATT R&D subsidies code, technical standards for trade enhancement, export controls technical expertise: optical engineering and design, technical standards and international trade |
| 1992-93 | LAURIE A. FATHE 213/259-2812 Project Manager Graduate Office Los Angeles Collaborative for Teacher Excellence 1600 Campus Road Los Angeles, CA 90041 fathe@oxy.edu from: Occidental College service: House Committee on Science Space & Technology Subcommittee on Space degree: Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, USC, 1989 policy expertise: environmental policy, science education, women's equity issues technical expertise: lasers, laser medicine, green technology |
| 1992-93 | Mark Goodman [AIP] Office of Multilateral Nuclear Affairs Bureau of Nonproliferation U.S. Department of State 202-647-2832 goodmanmw@t.state.gov from: Harvard Center for Science & International Affairs service: Sen. Kent Conrad degree: Ph.D., Physics, Princeton, 1986 policy expertise: defense and arms control, international and military space policy, energy and climate, global change research technical expertise: theoretical physics |
| 1991-92 | PETER D. SAUNDRY 202/530-5810 Executive Director Committee for the National Institutes for the Environment 1725 K Street, NW Suite 212 Washington, DC 20006-1401 cnie@cnie.org from: USC Ultra-Low Temperature Lab service: Senate Appropriations Committee degree: Ph.D., Physics, USC, 1991 policy expertise: science, environment and technology policy technical expertise: low temperature physics |
| 1991-92 | ROSALYN B. RITTS [AIP] System Planning Corporation 1429 N. Quincy Street Arlington, VA 22207 703-351-8292 Email: rritts@sarnoff.com from: Stanford Center for Integrated Systems service: House Committee on Science, Space and Technology degree: Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 1992 policy expertise: DoD/DoE authorization, national energy strategy, national laboratories, legislation to fund advanced technology development technical expertise: implantable system, micro systems technology, micro fluidics for analysis and synthesis, microelectromechanical systems, advanced EE devices |
| 1991-92 | TINA M. KAARSBERG 202/544-5200 x3014 Senior Scientist/Senior Policy Analyst Center for Regional Policy Northeast-Midwest Institute 218 D Street, SE Washington DC 20003 tina@nemw.org from: UCLA service: Sen. Pete V. Dominici degree: Ph.D., Physics, SUNY at Stony Brook, 1988 policy expertise: innovation and productivity, industrial modernization, climate change, environmental technology, science policy, defense laboratories technical expertise: experimental particle physics research |
| 1990-91 | TIM ELAM [AIP] Research Physicist Naval Research Lab Code 4683 Washington, DC 20375-5000 202-767-3014 tim.elam@nrl.navy.mil elam@anvil.nrl.navy.mil from: Naval Research Laboratory Service: Senator Kent Conrad Degree: Ph.D., Physics, University of Maryland, 1979 policy expertise: energy, science and technology technical expertise: x-ray absorption, spectroscopy |
| 1990-91 | PRISCILLA AUCHINCLOSS 716/275-9344 Research Associate Dept. of Physics & Astronomy B & L Building, 208A University of Rochester Rochester, NY 14627 psa@urhep.psa.rochester.edu from: University of Rochester, research associate service: Rep. Louise Slaughter degree: Ph.D., Physics, Columbia University, 1987 policy expertise: women and science technical expertise: experimental high energy physics |
| 1989-90 | KENNETH GOETTAL [AIP] President Goettel and Associates, Inc. 2725 Donner Way Sacramento, CA 95818 916-451-4160 Email: kengoettel@aol.com from: Harvard, Visiting Scholar service: Rep. Vic Fazio degree: Ph.D., Geochemistry, MIT, 1975 political expertise: environment, energy, natural hazards, cost-benefit analysis technical expertise: physics, geological sciences |
| 1989-90 | CHARLES P. BLAHOUS III 202/224-3324 Policy Director Office of Sen. Judd Gregg 393 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 chuck_blahous@gregg.senate.gov service: Sen. Alan Simpson degree: Ph.D., Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, 1989 policy expertise: budget, entitlements technical expertise: computational quantum chemistry |
| 1988-89 | MARK W. PESTAK 216/586-6759 Manager, Nitrates, Nitriles Planning & Reporting BP Chemicals Inc. 4440 Warrensville Center Road Warrensville Heights, OH 44128 pestakmw@bp.com from: BP America service: Rep. Ed Markey degree: Ph.D., Physics, Pennsylvania State University, 1983 policy expertise: energy, environment, transportation technical expertise: fluid properties |
| 1988-89 | ARTHUR CHARO [AIP] Senior Program Officer Space Studies Board National Research Council 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20418 202-334-3477 acharo@nas.edu service: OTA degree: Ph.D., Atomic/Molecular Physics, Duke University, 1981 policy expertise: arms control, defense technology, space transportation, earth remote sensing technical expertise: molecular beam and far-infrared laser spectroscopy |
| 1988-89 | JOAN F. CARTIER 703/578-2986 Analyst, Science & Technology Division Institute for Advanced Defense Analysis 1801 North Beauregard Street Alexandria, VA 22311 jcartier@ida.org from: Texas Research Inst. service: House Committee on Science, Space & Technology degree: Ph.D., Chemical Physics, University of Florida, 1983 policy expertise: reliability assessment, technology risks, advanced sensors, defense acquisition programs technical expertise: theoretical physics and chemistry |
| 1987-88 | JOSEPH J. ROMM 202/586-9220 Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy U. S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Ave., S. W. Washington, DC 20585 joseph.romm@hq.doe.gov from: MIT service: Rep. Charles E. Bennett degree: Ph.D., Physicis, MIT, 1987 policy expertise: energy, environment, economics, national security technical expertise: energy, manufacturing |
| 1987-88 | EDWIN GOLDIN 301/209-3191 Manager Career Services American Institute of Physics One Physics Ellipse College Park, MD 20740-3843 edg@air.org from: Bethany College (UVA) service: Rep. Edward J. Markey degree: Ph.D., Physics, Polytechnic University, 1973 policy expertise: energy technical expertise: optics |
| 1986-87 | JANE A. ALEXANDER 703/696-2233 Deputy Director Defense Sciences Office Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 3701 N. Fairfax Drive Arlington, VA 22203-1714 jalexander@darpa.mil from: MIT service: Sen. Albert Gore , Jr. degree: Ph.D., Physics, MIT, 1986 policy expertise: federal research and development funding, energy technical expertise: solid state physics, superconductivity, ferroelectronics, nanoelectronics |
| 1985-86 | JOSEPH FINCK 517/774-3467 Professor of Physics Central Michigan University Department of Physics Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859 finck@dune.phy.cmich.edu from: Central Michigan State University service: Sen. Bill Bradley degree: Ph.D., Nuclear Physics, Michigan State University, 1982 political expertise: environmental policy, commerce, energy and natural resources, transportation, public works technical expertise: experimental nuclear physics |
| 1984-85 | RALPH IZZO 973/430-8394 Senior Vice President Corporate Planning Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated 80 Park Plaza Newark, NJ 07101 rizzo@pseg.com from: Princeton Plasma Physics Lab service: Sen. Bill Bradley degree: Ph.D., Physics, Columbia University, 1981 policy expertise: environment, energy, science and technology technical expertise: fusion physics |
| 1984-85 | ALAN R. SWEEDLER 619/594-6155 or 6240 Professor Department of Physics San Diego State University San Diego, CA 92182-12330325 asweedler@sciences.sdsu.edu from: UC San Diego service: Sen. Jeff Bingaman degree: Ph.D., Physics, University of California at San Diego, 1969 policy expertise: energy assessment technical expertise: international security, arms control |
| 1983-84 | AVIVA BRECHER 617/494-3470 Senior Analyst Volpe National Transportation Systems Center Department of Transportation Strategic Planning & Analysis Kendall Square Cambridge, MA 02142 brecher@volpe1.dot.gov from: A. D. Little service: Sen. Paul Tsongas degree: Ph.D., Applied Physics, University of California, San Diego, 1972 policy expertise: space, energy and environment, transportation technical expertise: physics, space systems, risk analysis, technology assessment, transportation technologies |
| 1983-84 | ANTHONY FAINBERG 202/267-7152 Director Office of Policy and Planning for Aviation Security Federal Aviation Administration ACP-1, 800 Independence Avenue, SW Washington DC 20591 tony.fainberg@faa.dot.gov from: Brookhaven National Laboratory service: Sen. Jeff Bingaman degree: Ph.D., Physics, University of California at Berkeley, 1969 policy expertise: military science policy, counter terrorism, proliferation technical expertise: experimental particle physics |
| 1982-83 | JAMES R. TREGLIO 619/513-1190 Vice President, Technology ISM Technologies, Inc. 13100 Kirkham Way, Suite 211 Poway, CA 92064131 jtreglio@adnc.com from: GA Technologies, Inc. service: Sen. Paul Tsongas degree: Ph.D., Plasma Physics, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1977 policy expertise: arms control, energy technical expertise: plasma physics, particle beam |
| 1982-83 | RUSH D. HOLT 202/225-5801 U. S. House of Representatives (D-NJ) 1630 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515 from: Swarthmore College service: Rep. Robert Edgar degree: Ph.D., Physics, New York University, 1981 policy expertise: arms control, energy technical expertise: astrophysics, energy |
| 1980-81 | BURTON H. MULLER 307/742-6228 508 South 19th Street Laramie, WY 82070 from: University of Wyoming service: Rep. Edward Markey degree: Ph.D., Physics, University of Illinois, 1954 policy expertise: nuclear issues technical expertise: nuclear magnetic resonance |
| 1980-81 | SAMUEL F. BALDWIN 202/651-7542 Executive Director President's Committee of Advisors on Science & Technology National Renewable Energy Lab 409 12 St., S.W., #710 Washington, C D 20024-2125 sam.baldwin@nrel.gov from: University of Maryland service: Sen. Paul Tsongas degree: Ph.D., Physics, University of Maryland, 1980 policy expertise: energy, international development technical expertise: solid state physics, energy |
| 1979-80 | DIXON M. BUTLER 202/395-7600 Chief Scientist The Globe Program NASA 744 Jackson Place, N.W. Washington, DC 20503 dbutler@globe.gov from: NASA service: Rep. David Obey degree: Ph.D., Space Physics, Rice University, 1975 policy expertise: budget, space, remote sensing, data information technical expertise: stratosphere, information systems, earth remote sensing, environmental education |
| 1978-79 | JILL J. WITTELS 781/863-4821 Vice President Business Development and Operations Lockheed Martin IR Imaging Systems 2 Forbes Road Lexington, MA 02178 jill.wittels@lmco.com from: MIT service: Sen. William Proxmire degree: Ph.D., Physics, MIT, 1975 policy expertise: technology export policy technical expertise: physics, systems engineering |
| 1978-79 | FREDERICK M. BERNTHAL 202/293-1382 President Universities Research Association 1111 19th St., N. W., #400 Washington, DC 20036 bernthal@fnal.gov from: Michigan State University service: Sen. Howard Baker degree: Ph.D., Nuclear Chemistry, UC Berkeley, 1969 policy expertise: nuclear regulatory policy, international scientific and environmental policy, science and technology funding and policy, energy policy technical expertise: chemistry, physics |
| 1977-78 | THOMAS P. SHEAHAN 301/924-6150 Sr. Scientist Science Applications International Corporation 555 Quince Orchard Rd., #500 Gaithersburg, MD 20878 tomas.p.sheahen@cpmx.saic.com from: National Bureau of Standards service: Sen. Mark Hatfield degree: Ph.D., Physics, MIT, 1966 policy expertise: technology transfer technical expertise: energy |
| 1977-78 | PAUL C. MAXWELL 011-525-211-0042 Environmental Science & Technology Affairs Officer U.S. Embassy-Mexico US Department of State Box 3087 Laredo, TX 78044-3087 maxwellpa@mexicwpoa.us-state.gov from: Universidad de Venezuela service: Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation degree: Ph.D., Materials Science, Stanford University, 1972 policy expertise: international science and technology policy, science education, technology transfer technical expertise: materials science and engineering |
| 1976-77 | GRANVILLE J. SMITH, 111 011-591-2-787895 Program Manager 703/907-5634 NRECA/International Programs Division Central American Rural Electric Support Program 4301 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22203 73762.1355@compuserve.com from: Grinnell College service: Senate Commerce Committee degree: Ph.D. Physics, University of Iowa, 1969 policy expertise: privatization of energy sector in developing countries technical expertise: renewable energy, photovoltaic power, rural development |
| 1976-77 | RONALD C. BRUNO 703/438-8063 Project Manager Stanford Telecommunications Inc. 1761 Business Center Drive Reston, VA 20190-5333 rbruno@sed.stel.com from: Southern Illinois University service: Rep. Morris Udall degree: Ph.D., Physics, MIT, 1972 policy expertise: research and design policy, space, telecommunications technical expertise: nuclear power, environment, telecommunications '75-76 JOHN H. YOUNG 703/476-0180 Education Consultant 11571 Shadbush Court Reston, VA 22091 from: University of Wisconsin service: Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation degree: Ph.D., Physics, UC Berkeley, 1966 policy expertise: technology policy regulation technical expertise: oxidative phosphorylation |
| 1975-76 | PAUL HORWITZ 978/371-5856 Principal Scientist The Concord Consortium 37 Thoreau Street Concorde, MA 01742 paul@concord.org from: AVCO Everett Research Laboratory service: Sen. Edward Kennedy degree: Ph.D., Physics, New York University, 1967 policy expertise: research and design, technology innovation, science education technical expertise: nuclear physics |
| 1974-75 | HAVEN WHITESIDE Adjunct Faculty, Physics and Mathematics Ibor City, Hillsborough Community College Tampa, FL 33631 from: Federal City College service: Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works degree: Ph.D., Applied Physics, Harvard University, 1963 policy expertise: energy, environment technical expertise: physics, computers |
| 1974-75 | THOMAS H. MOSS 703-914 2854 4553 Shetland Green Rd. Alexandria, Va. 22312 tomhmoss@aol.com from: IBM Watson Research Center service: Rep. George Brown degree: Ph.D., Physics, Cornell University, 1965 policy expertise: energy, environment, science policy technical expertise: biophysics, physics |
| 1974-75 | ALLAN R. HOFFMAN 202/586-9275 Assoc. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Utility Technologies Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy MS EE10/Rm. 5H-021 Department of Energy 1000 Independence Ave., S. W. Washington, DC 20585 allen.hoffman@hq.doe.gov from: University of Massachusetts service: Senate Commerce Committee degree: Ph.D., Physics, Brown University, 1967 policy expertise: science and technology policy, energy policy technical expertise: solid state physics, renewable electric technologies |
| 1973-74 | N. RICHARD WERTHAMER 212/929-1178 Chelsea Technologies 43 West 16 St., #7D New York, NY 10011 nrw@aip.org from: Bell Laboratories service: Rep. Charles Mosher degree: Ph.D., Physics, UC Berkeley, 1961 policy expertise: energy, health care, science and technology policy technical expertise: condensed matter, casino blackjack. |
| 1973-74 | BENJAMIN S. COOPER 202/408-7970 Executive Director Association of Oil Pipe Lines 1101 Vermont Ave., N. W., Suite 604 Washington, DC 20005 bcooper@aopl.org from: Iowa State University service: Senate Committee on Interior & Insular Affairs degree: Ph.D., Nuclear Theory, University of Virginia, 1968 policy expertise: energy and science technical expertise: physics |
