Directory

Parth Vaishnav is an Assistant Professor of Sustainable Systems at the University of Michigan's School for Environment and Sustainability. His research aims to understand how technology can help solve social problems. Much of his work focuses on the…

Aditi Verma is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan. Aditi is broadly interested in how energy technologies specifically and complex systems broadly—and their…

Salomé is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School. She is interested in how information law structures inequality and how alternative legal arrangements might address that inequality. Salomé’s current work is on the…

James Wells is Professor of Physics at the University of Michigan. He has also been staff member or resident scholar at three international physics laboratories (CERN in Switzerland/France, DESY in Germany and SLAC in California). He has served on…

Kyle Whyte is Professor of Environment and Sustainability and George Willis Pack Professor at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability, serving as a faculty member of the environmental justice specialization. Previously,…

Dr. Chris Avery serves as the Senior Global Climate Assessments Manager for the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). In this role, Chris manages the development, writing, and publication process of the National Climate Assessment (NCA) and…

Michelle Brechtelsbauer is Director of Stakeholder Relations at the Energy Impact Center, a DC-based think tank working to spur a nuclear energy revolution to combat climate change. She has spent her career leveraging her background in engineering…

Liz Dreyer is a Consultant in the Detroit office of Boston Consulting Group. Since joining BCG, she has primarily worked with clients in the industrial goods and automotive spaces, including in topics such as Battery Electric Vehicles and Autonomous…

During his time at UM Joe Labuz was an active participant in the STPP program while completing his PhD in Biomedical Engineering, publishing on dual use science, conducting original research in Higher Education management, and organizing a 50+ person…

Esha is a Foreign Affairs Officer in the Office of Science and Technology Cooperation (STC) at the Department of State. Her portfolio includes ITER (formerly the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor),  quantum information sciences,…

Kevin Reed is an Associate Professor in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University. Prior to coming to Stony Brook University, Dr. Reed was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Advanced Study Program at the National…

Jackson Voss (MPP/STPP'18) is a policy researcher at the Kathleen Blanco Public Policy Center at the University of Louisiana - Lafayette, where he studies and writes about state and local policy on a wide range of issues, from healthcare and…

Melvin Washington II is passionate about research informed policy solutions for low-income communities and communities of color. He credits the STPP program with helping to sharpen his systems-level thinking through the study of the socio-political…

Julie Berson Grand is the Education Manager for the Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) program. In this position, Julie provides management and oversight of STPP’s existing educational programs and oversees the development of new…

Kristin Burgard is the Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) Partnerships Coordinator. Before joining the STPP team, she held positions at the University of Michigan as the Outreach and Partnership Manager at the Michigan Institute for Data…

Erin Burkett is a Research Analyst for the Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) program. In this role, Erin is conducting a landscape analysis of STEM-in-Society higher education programs. Before joining STPP, Erin led a watershed…

Molly Kleinman serves as the Managing Director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy program. In this role, Molly oversees the day-to-day management and provides strategic direction for STPP. Molly brings over 15 years of experience across…