Former AIP State Department Science Fellows
2012-2013 AIP State Dept. Fellow: James Borgardt
Member Society: AAPT
Background: Borgardt has been a professor of physics
at Juniata College since 1998, he has served as SPS chapter adviser since
1999. While at Juniata, Borgardt initiated a collaboration with scientists
at Pacific Northwest National Laboratories researching the capabilities
of large-area radiation detectors which have since been deployed at US
border crossings in an effort to interdict the illicit transport of nuclear
material. Borgardt has spent time in India as the on-site director of
the Brethren Colleges Abroad program and as a visiting professor of Physics
at Cochin University of Science and Technology. Borgardt received his
PhD in physics from the University of Arizona in 1998, training in atomic
and molecular physics using a MeV Van de Graaff accelerator.
Placement:
Department’s Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation,
Office of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism
Fellowship funding:
AIP
2011-2012 AIP State Dept Fellow: Sarah Case
Member Society: APS
Background: Condensed-matter physics graduate of the
University of Chicago. Prior to her fellowship, Case served for three
years as a program officer at the National Research Council, where she
directed studies on the role of nuclear energy in the US future energy
mix and worked with the Department of Energy on assessing proliferation
risks in nuclear fuel cycles.
Placement: US State Department's Office
of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs
Fellowship funding: First year funded
by AIP; second year funded by State
2009-2010 AIP State Dept. Fellow: Matthew Sharp
Member Society: AAS
Background: Sharp is a PhD physicist from the University of Chicago trained in the use of technology and quantitative analysis to unravel the secrets of the largest and smallest structures in the universe, and worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, focusing on the role that technology can play in verifying compliance with a disarmament treaty.
Placement: U.S. State Department Office of Multilateral Nuclear and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation.
Fellowship funding: AIP
2008-2009 AIP State Dept. Fellow: Suzanne Parete-Koon
Member Society: AAS
Background: Recent Ph.D. in Nuclear Astrophysics from the University of Tennessee.
Placement: Bureau of Oceans, Environment, and Science
Fellowship funding: AIP
2007-2008 AIP State Dept. Fellow: Lubna Rana
Member Society: APS
Background: Lubna Rana received her PhD in particle physics from the University of Maryland, where she also worked as a visiting scientist, studying supersymmetry and supergravity.
Placement:
Fellowship funding: First year funded by AIP; second year funded by State
2006-2007 State Dept. Fellow: James Dufty
Member Society: APS
Background: Professor emeritus, Physics Department, University of Florida.
Placement: Bureau of International Organizations
Fellowship funding: AIP
2005-2006 State Dept. Fellow: Tegan Blaine
Member Society: AGU
Background: Recent Ph.D. from Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Placement: Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
Fellowship funding: AIP
2004-2005 State Dept. Fellow: Steve Fetter
Member Society: APS
Background: Professor at the University of Maryland School of Public Affairs and Associate Director of the Joint Global Change Research Institute
Placement: Office of the Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary
Fellowship funding: AIP
2003-2004 State Dept. Fellow: Carol Christian
Member Society: AAS
Background: Head of Development, Technology and Innovation at the Space Telescope Science Institute
Placement: Office of eDiplomacy, Bureau of Information Resource Management
Fellowship funding: First year funded by AIP; second year funded by State
2003-2004 State Dept. Fellow: Edward Whittaker
Member Society: APS, OSA
Background: Professor of physics/engineering physics at Stevens Institute of Technology
Fellowship Assignment: Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
Fellowship funding: State Department
2002-2003 State Dept. Fellow: Gretchen Lindsay
Member Society: AGU
Background: Project Engineer ,the Aerospace Corporation
Placement: Office of Plans, Policy and Analysis, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
Fellowship funding: AIP
2002-2003 State Dept. Fellow: Stephanie Baum
Member Society: AAS
Background: Division Head, Engineering and Software Services at the Space Telescope Science Institute
Placement: Office of Agriculture and Textile Trade Affairs, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs
Fellowship funding: State Department
2001-2002 State Dept. Fellow: George Atkinson
Member Society: APS
Background: Professor of Chemistry and Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona
Placement: Bureau of Intelligence and Research; Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs
Fellowship funding: AIP
2001-2002 State Dept. Fellow: Barrett Ripin
Member Society: APS, AAPT
Background: President of Research Applied, Inc.
Fellowship Assignment: Office of Science and Technology Cooperation, Bureau of Oceans and Environmental and Scientific Affairs
Fellowship funding: State Department
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