Staff, Students, Faculty Affiliates, Research Associates, and Visiting Scholars

Center Staff

• Tracy Kay, Executive Associate
  
  

Faculty Affiliates

• Joseph J. Cordes, (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin) Director, Ph.D. Program in Public Policy. Professor of Economics, Public Policy and Public Administration, and International Affairs. Public finance, taxation, corporation financial policy.
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• Peter J. Hotez M.D. Ph.D. , (M.D., Cornell University; Ph.D., Rockefeller University) Chair of the Department of Microbiology. Professor of Microbiology and Tropical Medicine. Discovery and development of appropriate technology for neglected tropical diseases; Vaccine discovery; development and testing for human hookworm infection.
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• Joseph N. Pelton, (Ph.D., Georgetown University) Research Professor, Institute for Applied Space Research, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering, George Washington University.
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• Jennifer Spencer, (Ph.D., University of Minnesota) Associate Professor of International Business, School of Business and Public Management, George Washington University. Commercialization of New High Technology Product, National Systems of Innovation, National Institutional Environments Supporting Entrepreneurial Activity.
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• Bing-Sheng Teng, (Ph.D., City University of New York) Associate Professor of Strategic Management, Department of Strategic Management and Public Policy, School of Business and Public Management, George Washington University. Strategic management; Strategic alliances; Cooperative and competitive strategies; Risk issues in management; Strategic decision making; International management.
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Research Associates

• Dr. Anne Fitzpatrick, works as a science and technology scholar at Two Grey Hills LLC, in Washington DC on international nuclear security. She has worked and lived in Russia and Ukraine. Before coming to Washington, D.C. she served as a technical staff member at Los Alamos National Laboratory. She is fluent in Russian. Her new edited book, Pioneers of Soviet Computing, is available at: www.sovietcomputing.com. She can be contaced at acbfitzpatrick@gmail.com
  
  
• Ralph David Simpson, Ph.D., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  
  
• Alan Tonelson, Ph.D., U.S. Business & Industry Council Education Foundation
  
  

Visiting Scholars

• Mr. Donghun Lee - Korea (October 2007 - September 2008)

  Mr. Donghun Lee is a senior researcher with R&D program management team at the Korea Science Engineering Foundation (KOSEF). At KOSEF, he is responsible for the management of R&D program, especially audit of R&D projects. He does a research on examining and analysing US's international science and technology policy and programs. He can be reached at 1957 E St., NW, Suite 403, Ph: 202-994-7292, or email: donghlee@gwu.edu or leedh@kosef.re.kr

   

• Dr. Myoung-Hwan Ahn - Korea (September 2007 - August 2009)

  Dr. Myoung-Hwan was the director of Global Environmental System Research Team at National Meteorological Research Institute of Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA). He has a BS degree from Seoul National University and a PhD degree in Meteorology from the University of Maryland in College Park. At KMA, his main responsibility was the development of scientific algorithms to derive geophysical parameters from the earth observing satellites inculding meteorological satellites. Especially, he was the PI for the development of Meteorological Data Processing System for the Korea's first geostationary meteorological satellite planned to be launched in 2009. He also served as a committee member for the revision of Korea's Long Term Space Developemnt Plan in 2000 and 2005. His major interests in SPI are in the policy development for the effective utlization of R&D satellite data into the operational meteorology and application of operational meteorological satellite to climate resarch. He can be reached at 1957 E St., NW, Suite 403, Ph: 202-994-9237, or email: mahn@gwu.edu or mhahn@kma.go.kr

   

• Yeon Sik Ha - Korea (February 2008 - January 2009)

   

• Daichi Harada - Japan (April 2008 - March 2009)

   

• Wataru Todoroki - Japan (April 2008 - March 2009)

   

• Sayaka Shioiri - Japan (May 2008 - May 2009)

   

Note: Visiting Scholars will be charged a bench fee of $1000 per month to cover the costs of office space, computer, local telephone and data hook up, and staff support. Under some circumstances, visitors may apply to the center director for a partial or total waiver of this fee. Applicants must submit their letter of interest at least three months in advance of their requested start time.