Maxwell is a nuclear policy analyst for the British American Security Information Council (BASIC), a London-based independent think tank at the forefront of global initiatives on nuclear disarmament, arms control, and nonproliferation. He works primarily on the UK’s nuclear posture and Trident, NATO’s nuclear cooperation and transatlantic relations. Maxwell is also clerk for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Global Security and Non-Proliferation, a nonpartisan cross-party group of UK parliamentarians working on nuclear issues, and a regular contributor to the magazine Asian Affairs. Before joining BASIC, Maxwell worked for a number of years in the House of Lords and holds two master’s degrees in international studies and diplomacy and Japanese studies from SOAS and Edinburgh University respectively.

I am most excited to work on projects that… work across political divides to bring people together where cooperation previously seemed impossible.

I am looking for partners that can help me… think about disarmament and nonproliferation creatively and help me learn and apply new skills.

A moment when I felt most inspired in my work was… when I first realized that the work we do today can make a better tomorrow.

Innovations in my field that I am most excited to work on… will require empathy and understanding for us to break out of current traps and through deadlocks.

Dan is CEO of Guardion Inc., a startup focused on making the world safer from radiological threats with the world’s first radiation detector that exploits quantum properties of nanomaterials. He has lead Guardion through the NSF I-Corps, a gold prize win at MassChallenge (2017), and a technology in space prize from CASIS (2017), and Guardion was one of 10 companies selected for the Air Force-funded Techstars Autonomous Technology (2018). Guardion is currently based at the Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security in Burlington, MA. A mechanical engineer, Dan’s work focuses on carbon nanomaterials, their synthesis, and commercialization. He has also lead business consulting efforts for marketing, program management, and software development, and he is passionate about nuclear safeguards. Dan seeks to leverage developments in nanomaterials to make the world safer from radiological threats.

I am most excited to work on projects that… can engage and educate the public to stimulate interest among younger generations or look at using technology advancements to help with challenging safeguard issues.

I am looking for partners that can help me… bridge the gap from novel technology development to policy, implementation, and citizen engagement.

A moment when I felt most inspired in my work was… hearing the personal stories of service or what problems worry people who have dedicated their lives to making the world a safer place—scientists, policymakers, defense, and responders.

Innovations in my field that I am most excited to work on… are novel nanomaterials that can be exploited to increase our global nuclear security network.

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Emma Claire was a member of the Research and Policy team at Global Zero. She graduated with a Master’s degree from Harvard’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies in May 2018. Her research—and her interest in disarmament and nonproliferation—stem from her years living and working in Ukraine, where she became interested in the connections between environmental conservation and nuclear secrecy. In her research, writing, and translation work, she attempts to bring the experience of the American and post-Soviet nuclear aftermaths of the Cold War into conversation, as a way of contributing to a global vision of a livable future.

I’m most excited to work on projects that… open up knowledge about the nuclear establishment in creative, compelling ways to the public without shying away from complexity.

I am looking for partners that can help me… with their skill sets, which could be different from mine.

A moment when I felt most inspired in my work was… whenever someone contacts me to tell me something I wrote had an effect on them, whether it’s helping them learn something complex or helping them improve their holistic and/or emotional understanding of an issue.

Innovations in my field that I’m most excited to work on… I’d love to help develop a project bringing open source research to a mass audience in a way that empowers them to reimagine themselves as active participants in nuclear politics and policymaking.

Lindsay is the executive director of Georgia WAND Education Fund Inc., a grassroots, women-led, multiracial organization bridging the rural/urban divide, advancing environmental and climate justice, addressing outsized militarized spending, and ending systemic violence, especially in relation to nuclear weapons and the nuclear energy industry. Recently she was  invited to join the United Nations Centers of Regional Expertise, co-chair the US Climate Action Network (USCAN)’s Equitable and Ambitious Climate Vision, and join the Environmental Justice Committee of the Coalition for the People’s Agenda. Lindsay is concurrently supporting Partnership for Southern Equity’s Just Energy Circle and SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective’s Roundable series. She also represents Georgia WAND at the ProGeorgia state table and several working groups, and has been elected to the ProGeorgia Board of Directors. Lindsay believes that economic empowerment through business education and community development is the strongest weapon to promote peace and combat the damage that systemic violence, nuclear production, and inequitable public funding and policies cause all of us.

I am most excited to work on projects that…. allow for the amplification of frontline community leadership and narrative.

I am looking for partners that can help me…. identify partners who are aligned with our communities and values, and who are willing to collaborate in a bold and transformational way.

A moment when I felt most inspired in my work was.… when I realized that the way we are doing the work with our partners is the only way we are going to claim our collective power—by building one relationship at a time.

Innovations in my field that I am most excited to work on…. are those that allow for groups with more resources to support the work of grassroots and frontline groups and community leadership, in conjunction with technology and information sharing strategies.

Anne is a lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Cardiff University in Wales, UK. Since earning her PhD from the University of Chicago in 2010, she has held academic fellowships at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at Stanford University, the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) at the Middlebury Institute of International Relations at Monterey, and the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zuerich. In 2013-2014, she worked for the US Congress as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow, first as a National Security Fellow in the office of Senator Kirstin Gillibrand (D-NY) and then at the Congressional Research Service, where she coauthored a report on “Cyber Operations in DOD Policy and Plans.” Her research interests, located at the nexus of international relations and science and technology studies, include nuclear deterrence, disarmament and nonproliferation, cybersecurity, the evolution of military strategy and tactics, and women in combat.

I am most excited to work on projects that… bring together people from different backgrounds and with different knowledge, skills, and abilities to come up with creative solutions to vexing problems.

I am looking for partners that can help me… build innovative experiential learning exercises to teach people about the challenges of nuclear cooperation and conflict not just on an intellectual level but on an emotional level as well.

A moment when I felt most inspired in my work was… when I first experienced being part of an intellectual community of people brought together by a common interest in answering pressing political questions.

Innovations in my field that I am most excited to work on… sit at the nexus of policy and theory. I like working on policy problems that help us think more creatively about the theories we use to understand and explain the world, and theoretical questions that help us improve policy.

Kate is a security and strategy research assistant at The Brookings Institution. Previously, she was a Scoville Peace Fellow at Brookings focused on mitigating nuclear threats from Iran and North Korea. Her research introduced a lens for understanding the domestic decisions sustaining nuclear weapons programs. Kate is also the cofounder of a national project educating the next generation on nuclear policy. Previously, she was a community development advisor in Peace Corps Moldova, and interned with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Energy Northwest. She holds an MA in global studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was a Farsi Foreign Language Fellow focused on nuclear proliferation theory, and a BA in political science and philosophy from Gonzaga University. Kate sits on the board of Girl Security and is an Ink Stick Media contributing author. Her work has also been published by 38 North, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, and MIT. Much of her interest in nuclear policy stems from growing up in Richland, Washington—home of the Manhattan Project’s Hanford site.

I am most excited to work on projects that… challenge the status quo.

I am looking for partners that can help me… understand the complexities of topics I know nothing about.

A moment when I felt most inspired in my work was… when I got to share my career in nuclear policy with my hometown high school.

Innovations in my field that I am most excited to work on… integrate new ideas, new people, and new technologies.