People
Matthew Bunn
Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom; Co-Principal Investigator, Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment (ERD3) Policy Project
Member of the Board
Matthew Bunn is an Associate Professor at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. His research interests include nuclear theft and terrorism; nuclear proliferation and measures to control it; and the future of nuclear energy and its fuel cycle.
R. Nicholas Burns
Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics
Member of the Board, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Ambassador Nicholas Burns is Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School, and a Member of the Board of Directors at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
Dr. Ashton B. Carter
Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project (on leave), Harvard & Stanford Universities
Chair of International & Global Affairs faculty (on leave), John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy (1993-1996), U.S. Department of Defense
Member of the Board (on leave), Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs
Dr. Ashton B. Carter is on leave from the Harvard Kennedy School to serve as Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics.
Melissa Chan
Research Fellow, Energy Research, Development, Demonstration & Deployment Policy Project, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group
Melissa Chan earned her Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon (2008). Her contribution to the Energy Research, Development, Demonstration & Deployment (ERD3) Policy project will be a set of federal R&D budgets and technology portfolios that can reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
Ho-Kun Chang
Research Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom
Major General Ho-Kun Chang retired from the Republic of Korea Air Force and is currently a senior fellow at the Korea Institute for Crisis Management Analysis in Seoul, Korea. He recently published a book titled Preventive Diplomacy: The Cases on the Missed and Seized Opportunities on the Korean Peninsula Focusing on Early Warning (in Korean).
Ananth Chikkatur
Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
Dr. Chikkatur's current research interests include implementing cleaner coal technologies and advanced biomass gasifiers in India, rural electrification, and international climate change.
