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Co-chair
Stuart Gluck is an AAAS STPF serving as Adviser to the Director of the Office of Science at the US Department of Energy. He earned his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University in logic and philosophy of science, focusing on the mathematical and conceptual foundations of quantum physics and quantum information theory. His academic research has included history and philosophy of physics, philosophy of climate science, scientific methodology, formal logic and data science, and philosophy of data science/”big data”/AI. Stuart was previously Director of Institutional Research for the Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins University, where he served as the center’s chief data officer. Stuart is interested in how data science can be used responsibly to aid in good governance and effective policymaking.
Co-founder and co-chair
Andrew Merluzzi is a AAAS STPF in the Center for Digital Development at USAID. He earned his degrees in neuroscience and public policy at the University of Wisconsin - Madison in 2018. Over the course of his graduate study, he participated in several fellowships and conducted part time work in health policy research. Andrew has worked with several non-profit organizations conducting science policy research for government agencies, including on the health effects of electronic cigarettes, microelectronics supply chain security, opioid use disorder treatment, research integrity and stewardship, brain health, and artificial intelligence in health and healthcare.
Co-chair
Kelly Seagraves is a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow expecting to serve at the Department of State. Previously she studied how the brain controls social interactions at Cambridge and Princeton, with a focus on using computer vision, machine learning, and microscopy techniques. Kelly believes that equitable access to education and science is critical. She has work on several initiatives with this goal, including three years as a volunteer instructor with the Princeton Prison Teaching Initiative, with whom she taught accredited college courses at a Federal Correctional Institution.
Co-Founder and Co-chair
Jake is an American Institute of Physics AAAS Congressional Fellow in the office of Senator Ron Wyden (OR). Born and raised on his family's organic farm in rural California, Jake earned his Ph.D. at UC Santa Cruz (2019) in Particle Physics studying the Higgs Boson at the Large Hadron Collider. Bridging this gap from big tractors to big data, Jake is passionate about ensuring equal access to the new technologies of the information age and leveraging data for the protection of the public good. He also enjoys hiking, cooking, gardening, and playing music.