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The ARLIS research team draws from various expertise and disciplines, including engineering, data science, psychology, computer science, anthropology, rhetoric, cognitive science, political science, cybersecurity, linguistics, and artificial intelligence.

Our technical experts work with former and current defense and intelligence operators and policymakers to solve difficult national security problems, resulting in quality research relevant to academia and our operational partners. Our researchers rely on a talented team of experienced security specialists, IT experts, administrative professionals, and dedicated support staff to achieve our mission.

Stephanie Amobi
Stephanie Amobi
Business Manager/Project Manager
Lieutenant General (Ret) Robert P. Ashley Jr.
Lieutenant General (Ret) Robert P. Ashley Jr.
Visiting Professor of the Practice
Pranjal Atrey
Pranjal Atrey
Faculty Research Specialist
Jeanine Baggett
Senior Faculty Research Specialist
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Andre Barbe
Affiliate Research Scientist
Gerhard Bartsch
Lead Computational Research Engineer
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Monique Beaudoin, PhD
Associate Research Scientist
Dr. Patrick Becker
Assistant Research Scientist
Sharon Beermann-Curtin
Sharon Beermann-Curtin
Visiting Research Engineer
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Aric Bills
Principal Faculty Research Specialist
Ray Boatwright
Director of Computational and Information Technology
Reginald Bostick
Principal Faculty Specialist
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Marcus Boyd
Assistant Director for INSURE and RISC
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Austin Branch
Professor of the Practice, IPA to US Government
Erica Briscoe
Erica Briscoe
IPA to US Government, Research Scientist
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Michael Brundage
Associate Research Engineer
Jacob Bunker
Faculty Research Specialist
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David Busigo
IPA to US Government
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Dennis Callahan
Visiting Associate Research Engineer, IPA to US Government
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Jarred Callura
ARLIS Affiliate
Susan Campbell
Associate Research Scientist
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LTG(ret) Edward Cardon
Visiting Professor of the Practice
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Melissa Carraway
Assistant Research Scientist
Boykin “Chip” Carter III
Deputy Director of Security
Allison Casey
Visiting Research Engineer
Kaitlynn Castelle
Associate Research Engineer
Pamela Castleberry
Assistant Director for Research Integrity and Compliance
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Victoria Chang
Senior Faculty Specialist
Mark Cheng
Mark Cheng
Visiting Professor of Practice
Timothy Clausner
Timothy Clausner
ARLIS Affiliate
Adam Comfort
Adam Comfort
IPA to US Government, Visiting Research Scientist
Joseph Danks
Research Scientist Emeritus
Enrico Dela Paz
IT Coordinator
Lauren Diaz
Lauren Diaz
Faculty Research Specialist
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Nancy Dodd
Manager, Human Resources
Dr. Ethan Eagle
W. Ethan Eagle
Affiliate Faculty
Zach Einolf
Faculty Research Specialist
Devin Ellis
Senior Faculty Research Specialist
CAPT (ret) Richard Field
Principal Faculty Specialist, IPA to US Government
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Erin Fitzgerald
Director, INSURE Consortium, Deputy Executive Director (Interim)
Katherine Forng
Faculty Research Specialist
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Victor Frank
Research Manager
Christopher Gardner
Senior Project Coordinator
Tim George
Tim George
Assistant Research Scientist
Amir M. Ghaemi
Faculty Engineering Specialist, 2021 RISC Intern, 2020 Intern
Kelly Ann Giraud
Visiting Principal Faculty Specialist
Brianna Gist
Faculty Research Specialist
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Sharon Glazer
Affiliate Professor
Ewa Golonka
Associate Research Scientist
Makar Golosheykin
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Ruthanna Gordon
Research Scientist
Mederick Grivel
Faculty Specialist
Gene Gualtieri
Associate Research Engineer
Ujwal Gupta
Ujwal Gupta
Faculty Specialist
Michelle Gutierrez
Faculty Research Specialist
Connor Hart
ARLIS Affiliate, Researcher, Quantum Technology Center
Bradley Hatfield
ARLIS Affiliate
Nurul Haya
Faculty Research Specialist
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Thomas Hedberg
Research Engineer, Mission Area Lead
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Moneer Helu
Research Engineer
Jeffrey W. Hermann
ARLIS Affiliate, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Alexia Hernandez
Faculty Research Specialist
Meghan Hersh
Meghan Hersh
Senior Faculty Research Specialist
Marcus Hill
Faculty Research Specialist
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Michael C. Horowitz
Affiliate Research Scientist
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Bret Howard
Assistant Director of Finance
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Steven C. Howell
Assistant Research Engineer
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Meredith Mislevy Hughes
Principal Faculty Research Specialist
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David Isacoff
Affiliate Research Scientist
David Jacobs
ARLIS Affiliate, Professor of Computer Science
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Sonia C. Jallah
Machine Learning Engineer
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Shawn Janzen
Graduate Research Assistant
Stephanie Jaros
Stephanie Jaros
Visiting Research Scientist & Lead Scientist for Personnel Security
Bernadette Jerome
Bernadette Jerome
Senior Faculty Research Specialist
Kelly Jones
Assistant Research Scientist
Evan Jones
Evan Jones
Faculty Specialist
Valerie Karuzis
Valerie Karuzis
Principal Faculty Research Specialist
Ben Kassel
Ben Kassel
Visiting Principal Faculty Specialist
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Joseph Kelly
Professor of the Practice
Leo Kempel
Leo Kempel
Affiliate Research Engineer
Saif M. Khan
Saif M. Khan
Visiting Professor of the Practice
Kiran Dhillon
Kiran Dhillon
Director, Pre-Award Operations and Program Management
Emily Klomparens
Emily Klomparens
Faculty Research Specialist
Rufus Knight
Senior Faculty Research Specialist
Dr. Ben Knott
Benjamin Knott
Director of Research, Visiting Research Scientist
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Mitchell Koff
Faculty Research Specialist
Stefanie Kuchinsky
Stefanie Kuchinsky
ARLIS Affiliate
Craig Lawrence
Executive Director (Interim)
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Triet Le
Visiting Research Scientist
Cheryl Lehr
Executive Assistant
Peter Loats
Visiting Research Engineer
Paul Lopata
Visiting Research Scientist
Emily Lord
Emily Lord
Faculty Research Specialist
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David Lovell
ARLIS Affiliate, Professor of Civil Engineering
Thomas Lu
Faculty Research Specialist
William Lucyshyn
ARLIS Affiliate, Professor of Public Policy
Jacqueline Madoo
HR Coordinator
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Angie Mallory
Assistant Research Scientist
Keisha Manderson
Assistant to the Director of Research and Directors of Finance
Dr. Julie Marble
Visiting Research Scientist
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David Martinez
Postdoctoral Associate
Michael B. Matthaeus
Senior Faculty Research Specialist
Michael Maxwell
Research Scientist Emeritus
Nathalie McGinn
Nathalie Bagnoud McGinn
Faculty Research Specialist
Michael McGrath
ARLIS Affiliate
Michael McLaughlin
ARLIS Affiliate
Heather McMahon
Professor of the Practice
Samuel Miller
Samuel Miller
Faculty Research Specialist
Dale Minich
Dale Minich
Visiting Principal Faculty Specialist
D. Murray
Dawuad Murray
Senior Financial Coordinator
Mushi Li
Senior Faculty Research Specialist
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David Mussington
ARLIS Affiliate, Professor of Public Policy
Daniel Ndiki
Assistant Research Engineer
Erik Nesse
Erik Nesse
Assistant Research Scientist
Christopher Nissen
Visiting Research Engineer
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Caroline Orr
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Polly O’Rourke
ARLIS Affiliate
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Susannah Paletz
Associate Professor at the College of Information Studies, ARLIS Affiliate
Nick Pandža
Assistant Research Scientist
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John Paul “JP” Parker
Affiliate Research Scientist
Amy Pate
Amy Pate
Executive Director & Research Director, START, ARLIS Affiliate
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Aki Peritz
Assistant Research Scientist
Judy Phillipson
Judy Philipson
Associate Research Scientist
Wayne Phoel
Visiting Research Engineer, ARLIS Affiliate
Brian Pierce
Chief Scientist, Mission Area Lead
Anita Pilson
Security Specialist
Ted Plettner
Associate Research Scientist
Joshua C. Poore, PhD
Associate Research Scientist
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Adam Porter
ARLIS Affiliate, Professor of Computer Science
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David Price
Director of Post Award Finance and Project Administration
Jennifer Proctor
Jennifer Proctor
Faculty Research Specialist
Evan Ream
Principal Faculty Research Specialist
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William Regli
Professor of Computer Science
Lieutenant General Lori E. Reynolds
Professor of the Practice
Vladimir Rife
Faculty Research Specialist
Harvey Rishikof
Harvey Rishikof
Director of Policy and Cyber Security Research
LTG Darsie Rogers
LTG (ret) Darsie Rogers
Professor of the Practice, Former Security Practitioner
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John Romano
Lead Engineer, Technology Security
C. Anton Rytting
C. Anton Rytting
Associate Research Scientist
Cheryl Samuel
Visiting Principal Faculty Specialist
Peter Sandborn
ARLIS Affiliate, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Beth Sanner
Beth Sanner
Visiting Professor of the Practice
Warren Savage
Visiting Research Engineer
Natalie M. Scala
Natalie M. Scala
ARLIS Affiliate
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Matt Scassero
ARLIS Affiliate, Director, UMD UAS Test Site
Lauren Shanley-DeBuse
Lauren Shanley-DeBuse
Faculty Specialist
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Hava Siegelmann
ARLIS Affiliate
William Simpson
William Simpson
Faculty Research Specialist
Steve Sin
Affiliate Research Scientist
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Timothy Sprock
Associate Research Engineer
William Stephens
Director of Counterintelligence Research, Professor of the Practice
Rachel Stoneking
Faculty Research Specialist
Lance Stuckey
Security Operations Coordinator
Jason Swinson
Senior Faculty Research Specialist
Darrell Teegarden
Visiting Research Engineer
Malaika Tiglao
Faculty Research Specialist
Alison Tseng
Senior Faculty Research Specialist
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Matthew J. Turner
ARLIS Affiliate
Ellie Tyler
Faculty Research Specialist
Matt Venhaus
Matt Venhaus
Professor of the Practice
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Ronald Walsworth
ARLIS Affiliate, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Alex Walter-Higgins
Alex Walter-Higgins
Visiting Principal Faculty Specialist
Megan Watkins
Faculty Research Specialist
Brian Weiss
Associate Research Engineer
Andrew Whiskeyman
Andrew Whiskeyman
Associate Research Scientist
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Neil Richard Wiley
Visiting Professor of the Practice
Ted Woodward
Ted Woodward
IPA to US Government, Visiting Research Professor
Greg Woosley
Director of Security
Beza Yoseph
Business Manager/Project Manager
Jason Young
Faculty Engineering Specialist