AIP Congressional Science Fellows

Amitai Bin-Nun

2012-2013
AIP-ASA Congressional Science Fellow
American Physical Society
Placement
Senator Chris Coons (D-DE)
Background

MA in Mathmatics and Physics from University of Cambridge and PhD in Physics from the University of Pennsylvania

Meredith Drosback

2011-2012
AIP Congressional Science Fellow
American Astronomical Society, American Physical Society
Placement
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee -- Science & Space Subcommittee Majority Office
Background

PhD in Astrophysics from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Makenzie Lystrup

2011-2012
AIP-ASA Congressional Science Fellow
American Astronomical Society, American Association of Physics Teachers, American Physical Society, American Geophysical Union
Placement
Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA)
Background

PhD in Astrophysics from the University College London.

Christopher Spitzer

2010-2011
AIP-AVS Congressional Science Fellow
American Physical Society
Placement
Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
Background

Ph.D. in theoretical particle physics from the University of Washington.

Marcos Huerta

2009-2010
AIP-AVS Congressional Science Fellow
American Astronomical Society, American Geophysical Union
Placement
Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
Background

PhD in Astrophysics from Rice University

Jeffrey Fox

2009-2010
AIP-ASA Congressional Science Fellow
American Physical Society
Placement
Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
Background

PhD in Physics from Cornell University

Richard Thompson

2008-2009
AIP Congressional Science Fellow
American Geophysical Union
Placement
Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
Background

PhD in Geoscience from University of Arizona

John Veysey

2007-2008
AIP Congressional Science Fellow
American Physical Society
Placement
Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
Background

Physicist from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Jonna Hamilton

2006-2007
AIP Congressional Science Fellow
American Physical Society
Placement
Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL)
Background

2006 PhD from Brown University.

Dahlia Sokolov

2004-2005
AIP Congressional Science Fellow
Acoustical Society of America
Placement
Energy Subcommittee of the House Science Committee
Background

BS in Engineering Physics from the University of California, Berkeley and PhD in Bioengineering from the University of Washington