Staff and Faculty

Science and Technology Policy Program Fellows

Neal F. Lane, Ph.D.

Malcolm Gillis University Professor, Professor of Physics & Astronomy, 
and Senior Fellow in Science & Technology Policy
Email: neal@rice.edu
Office Phone: 713.348.2925

 Kirstin R.W. Matthews, Ph.D.

Fellow in Science & Technology Policy and Program Manager
Email: krwm@rice.edu
Office Phone: 713.348.4784

 Maude Rowland, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Science & Technology Policy
Email: mrl1@rice.edu

Stephen A. Duckett

Research Associate in Science & Technology Policy
Email: sad4@rice.edu
Office Phone: 713.348.4066

Science and Technology Policy Program Interns 

Kenneth Evans, Graduate Intern, Rice University
Jingyuan Luo, Graduate Intern, Marshall Scholar, UK
Andrew Trealeaven, Graduate Intern, Rice University
Justin Chen, Undergraduate Intern, Rice University
Meredith Jackson, Undergraduate Intern, Rice University
Monica Matsumoto, Undergraduate Intern, Rice University
George Romar, Undergraduate Intern, Rice University
Devon Rule, Undergraduate Intern, Rice University
Rohini Sigireddi, Undergraduate Intern, Rice University

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Meet the Interns

Baker Institute Fellows Associated with Science and Technology Policy
Program Events & Publications

George Abbey, Ph.D., Baker Botts Senior Fellow in Space Policy
Joe Barnes, Bonner Means Baker FellowChris Bronk, Ph.D., Fellow in Technology, Society and Public Policy
Vivian Ho, Ph.D., James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics and Associate Professor in Economics at Rice University
Peter J. Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., Fellow in Disease and Poverty
Steven W. Lewis, Ph.D., Fellow in Asian Studies and the Jesse Jones Leadership Center Intern Program Coordinator
John Mendelsohn, M.D., L.E. and Virginia Simmons Fellow in Health and Technology Policy
Ronald L. Sass, Ph.D., Fellow in Global Climate Change and Professor in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at Rice University

Rice University Faculty and Staff Associated with Science and Technology Policy
Program Events & Publications

Robert Curl, Ph.D., University Professor Emeritus, Pitzer-Schlumberger Professor of Natural Sciences Emeritus and Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
André Droxler, Ph.D., Professor of Earth Science and Director of the Center for the Study of Environment and Society
Elaine Howard Ecklund, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology and Director of Religion and Public Outreach at the Institute for Urban Research
Melinda Fagan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Qimiao Si, Ph.D., Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of Physics & Astronomy

Evan Siemann, Ph.D., Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology 

Daniel Wagner, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry & Cell Biology