Science and technology

Faculty affiliates

Mike Shriberg

Director of University of Michigan Water Center, Professor of Practice & Engagement; Director of Engagement, Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) and Michigan Sea Grant (MISG)

Mike Shriberg's work focuses on Great Lakes water policy and institutions, local and state energy policy, campus sustainability/carbon neutrality and sustainability leadership. Prior to coming to SEAS, he was the Great Lakes regional executive direct...

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Kleinman serves as panelist for Ann Arbor Art + Feminism 2026 event

Mar 25, 2026

STPP Managing Director Molly Kleinman participated as a panelist along with other University of Michigan faculty members on creating a feminist, inclusive, and more equitable internet in the era of AI in a recent Ann Arbor and University of Michigan...

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Kleinman participates in technology and policy training for international fellows

Mar 13, 2026

Last week, the Fastest Path to Zero Initiative at the University of Michigan helped to train the next generation by welcoming more than 40 international public-sector professionals through the U.S. Department of State's Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship ...

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STPP co-sponsors Michigan Futures Initiative symposium on AI

Nov 17, 2025

A day-long Symposium on AI, Data Centers and the Climate Change Challenge took place on October 30, 2025. The event, co-sponsored by STPP, was launched by Shalanda Baker, U-M’s inaugural vice provost for sustainability and climate action and professo...

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Lessons from my Summer of Systems Thinking

Oct 22, 2025

By Shuhaib Nawawi, PhD Candidate at SEAS This summer, I participated in the Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg, Austria, an institute founded in 1972 to foster colla...

Shuhaib Nawawi showing a graph at summer institute

In the Media

The Michigan Daily covers STPP webinar on making technology work for everyone

May 23, 2025 The Michigan Daily

The Michigan Daily wrote about STTP's recent panel discussion about the importance of technical experts working with civil society organizations to serve the public. The webinar, titled “Making Technology Work For Everyone: Empowering Civil Society a...

Headshots of Shobita Parthasarathy, Molly Kleinman, Trevor Odelberg, Divya Ramesh, Annabella Vidrio, and Melvin Washington II

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Q&A with health policy expert and STPP Alum Max Bronstein

May 14, 2025

STPP Alum and health policy expert Max Bronstein is currently the president of MGB Consulting, which is a boutique consultancy serving clientele in the biopharmaceutical and non-profit sectors with a focus in rare disease, public policy, and patient ...

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Partnership opportunities available with new Michigan Science and Technology Fellowship

May 14, 2025

STPP is moving forward with planning for the new Michigan Science, Technology, and Public Policy Fellowship (MiST). MiST Fellows will bring science and technology expertise to state government that will deliver evidence-based policy outcomes for Mich...

STPP to establish Michigan science and technology fellowship

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Q&A with SEAS and STPP's Olivia David

Mar 18, 2025

Olivia David is a Doctoral Candidate at University of Michigan's School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), from which she also obtained her MS degree. She also holds a Graduate Certificate from STPP. The following interview has been edited fo...

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Reflection on ASU's 2025 Winter School on emerging technologies

Feb 6, 2025

By Jared Katzman, PhD student, School of Information Thanks to the STPP Career Development Grant, I had the opportunity to attend the 2025 Winter School hosted by Arizona State University’s School for the Future of Innovation and Society. We spent a ...

In the Media

Trevor Odelberg and AI in Local Government Handbook featured in story by Austin, Texas NPR station

Oct 21, 2024 Read the story on AI in Austin, Texas

A reporter from the NPR station in Austin, Texas, reached out to author Trevor Odelberg (PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering '24) after seeing STPP and the Michigan Municipal League's Artificial Intelligence Handbook for Local Government online. ...

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Takeaways from the joint meeting of EASST and 4S in July

Aug 22, 2024

By Ember McCoy, PhD Candidate, Environmental Policy & Justice In July, I attended the joint meeting of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) and the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) in Amsterdam, thanks in...

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Atmospheric Scientists Storm Capitol Hill: Reflections on the 2024 AMS Summer Policy Colloquium

Aug 16, 2024

By Emily Costa, PhD Candidate, Pratt Research Group, Department of Chemistry This past June, I was selected to attend the American Meteorological Society’s Summer Policy Colloquium. This annual event brings together graduate students and professional...

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Reflection the joint conference of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology and the Society for Social Studies of Science

Aug 16, 2024

By Olivia David, PhD Candidate at SEAS In July, I attended the joint conference of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology and the Society for Social Studies of Science (EASST-4S) in Amsterdam, with support from STPP’s profes...

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Reflections on the quadrennial joint meeting of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) and the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)

Aug 16, 2024

By Margarita Maria Rodriguez Morales, PhD student in Public Policy and Sociology Thanks to the support of the STPP student development grant, I could attend the 2024 4S/EASST meeting, that is the quadrennial joint meeting of the European Association ...

Photo of Margarita Maria Rodriguez Morales in classroom

Publication

STPP releases analysis of Biden’s Executive Order on Safe AI and the EU AI Act

Jun 13, 2024

As artificial intelligence technologies proliferate in industries across the globe, governments around the world are working to regulate how and when these technologies are used. In October 2023, President Joe Biden signed the Executive Order on Safe...

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Q&A with STPP Certificate student and FAS Policy Entrepreneur Award winner Alexa White

Mar 6, 2024

Alexa White, an STPP Certificate and Ph.D. student in ecology and evolutionary biology, was given the inaugural FAS Policy Entrepreneur Award by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) at a ceremony in Washington, DC on November 16, 2023. Accordi...

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Reflections on The American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT)’s annual Policy Summit

Jan 25, 2024

By Christina Del Greco, PhD Student in Genetics and Genomics The American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT)’s annual Policy Summit is a two-day event in Washington, D.C. (September 18-19, 2023) that brings together academic, government, in...

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Reflection on the 15th International Conference on Bioethics, Medical Ethics, and Health Law

Jan 25, 2024

By Allison Cale, PhD Candidate in Genetics and Genomics As someone who is interested in a career focused on the ethical, social, and legal implications (ELSI) of advancements in genetics and genomics, I enjoyed the immense privilege of attending ...

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Reflections on the ASU Winter School

Jul 26, 2023

Thanks to the STPP career development grant, I was able to attend the 2023 ASU Winter School, hosted by School for the Future of Innovation in Society in Mesa, Arizona. The event spanned one week and was held at the beautiful Saguaro Lake Ranch set i...

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Harvard STS Summer School Takeaways

Dec 21, 2022

By Margarita Maria Rodriguez Morales, Ph.D. candidate in Public Policy & Sociology and STPP certificate student The Summer School was jointly hosted with the Institute for Global Law and Policy of the Harvard Law School. Last summer, I had th...

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Max Bronstein (MPP/STPP ’10), Founder of the Journal of Science Policy & Governance Celebrates Journal's 10 Years

Oct 28, 2022

Journal of Science Policy & Governance (JSPG) founder Max Bronstein (MPP/STPP ’10) celebrates 10 years of JSPG! In a podcast, Bronstein talks about his initial vision for the journal, how JSPG has impacted the science policy landscape, and how JSPG c...

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STPP Students Win 2nd Place in Policy Writing Competition

Oct 26, 2022

STPP students Natasha Dacic, Christina Del Greco, Natalia Harris, Kelsey Kochan, and Elena Levi-D’Ancona recently penned a policy brief about abortion rights in the United States for the National Science Policy Network's 2022 policy writing competiti...

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STPP Student Carmen Altes Interns at U.S. Government Accountability Office

Oct 25, 2022

Carmen Altes, MPP and STPP student, did a summer internship with the U.S. Government Accountability Office's Science and Technology Assessment and Analytics team. Carmen received course credit towards the STPP certificate for this internship, and wro...

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STPP student Zach Quirk Appointed Associate Editor of the Journal of Science Policy and Governance

Jun 30, 2022

STPP student Zach Quirk was recently appointed as a new Associate Editor of the Journal of Science Policy and Governance. He joins recent STPP graduate Jason Albert. Quirk is a National Science Foundation Fellow and PhD Candidate in the Department of...

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STPP Student Zachary Sluzala Interns at Heritage Foundation

Mar 15, 2022

By Zack Sluzala, Neuroscience Ph.D. Candidate & STPP certificate student Last semester I took a leave of absence from my Neuroscience Ph.D. program at the University of Michigan to complete a health policy fellowship with the Heritage Foundation,...

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Parthasarathy comments on regulation of biometric technologies

Jan 17, 2022

In October 2021, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) put out a request for public comment on the use and regulation of AI-enabled biometric technologies, including facial recognition. OSTP invited comment on a wide range of...

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The Irony of a Climate Change Conference: COP26

Dec 15, 2021

Natasha's trip to COP26 was funded with an STPP Career Development Grant. Learn more about the grant here. By Natasha Dacic I recently had the opportunity to travel to COP26 as a member of the University of Michigan’s Delegation. What an exp...

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STPP Student Elana Goldenkoff Helps With Michigan Voter Redistricting

Dec 7, 2021

By Elana Goldenkoff I had assumed there was a technical solution to gerrymandering. I figured there surely existed an algorithm or statistical method for drawing equally populated districts that were fair and non-partisan. I thought the process c...

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STPP alum Cesar Barraza Botet describes his experience with the Mirzayan Fellowship

Feb 23, 2021

Cesar Barraza Botet, Mechanical Engineering PhD & STPP Certificate, '18, currently serves as Associate Professor of Engineering & Energy Policy Analyst at the Universidad de la Sabana. Last January, I was fortunate to start my Christine Mirzayan...