Meet the 2025 Cohort:
Politics Aside, Washington DC

  • Rachael Brink Akay, PT, DPT

    PhD candidate Rehabilitation Sciences
    University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

  • Kiara Brown

    Developmental Psychology
    Virginia Commonwealth University

  • WenHsin Chi

    Science, Technology, and Society (STS)
    University of Virginia
    National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

  • Erin Cullinane

    Lung Cancer (genetics and genomics/immunology)
    Boston University

  • Simone Green

    Political Science
    Howard University

  • Douglas Job

    Molecular Biology
    Montclair State University

  • Mara Karageozian, PhD

    Associate Research Professional
    Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes at Arizona State University

  • Mia Klopfenstein

    Materials Science and Engineering
    New York University

  • David Lu

    National Nuclear Security Administration Graduate Fellow
    Pacific Northwest National Lab

  • Sai Sankeerth Madakasira

    Clinical Research Candidate (MSCR)
    Boston University

  • Daniel Marx

    Accelerator Physicist at Electron-Ion Collider
    Brookhaven National Laboratory

  • Lenore Monterroza, PhD

    Program Manager, Neuro-Oncology Department
    Inova Schar Cancer Institute

  • Anthony Okeke

    Political Science
    Howard University

  • Rebecca Owopetu

    Chemical Biology
    University of New Mexico

  • Natalia Rodriguez Sosa, PhD

    Neuroscience
    RESULTS and RESULTS Educational Fund

  • Mickey Rogers, PhD

    AAAS Science Technology and Policy Fellow
    Department of Energy

  • Vianey Rueda

    Environment and Sustainability
    University of Michigan
    2025 Christine Mirzayan Fellow

  • Karma Sawyer

    Division Director, Electricity Infrastructure & Buildings
    Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

  • Alexander Scala

    Microbiology and Cell Science
    University of Florida