BROWSE EXPERTS AND FELLOWS
Belfer Center researchers include Harvard faculty members, project directors and other expert staff, senior fellows and fellows. They contribute frequently to outside publications, advise government officials, participate in special commissions, brief journalists and policymakers, and share research results with specialists and the public.
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LEGEND:
Fellow
Kayhan Barzegar
Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program
Kayhan Barzegar is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at Science and Research Campus, Islamic Azad University, and a lecturer at the School of International Relations in Tehran.
Emma Belcher
Research Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom
Emma Belcher is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Ms. Belcher's dissertation examines international cooperation to prevent proliferation of weapons of mass destruction through the Proliferation Security Initiative.
Tom Bielefeld
Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom
Tom Bielefeld is pursuing a doctorate in physics with the University of Bremen. His research interests comprise nuclear and missile nonproliferation, radioactive sources security, radiological attack preparedness and response, and nuclear forensic science.
Philipp C. Bleek
Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program
Philipp Bleek is a Ph.D. candidate in international relations in the Department of Government at Georgetown University. His dissertation explores whether and under what conditions states pursue and acquire nuclear weapons in response to rival proliferation.
Robert Bosco
Research Fellow, Initiative on Religion in international Affairs/International Security Program
Robert Bosco is currently a Ph.D candidate at the University of Connecticut. His current research focuses on the relationship between security, Islam, and political obligation in Western Europe.
Lewis M. Branscomb
Director Emeritus of the Science, Technology and Public Policy Program; Professor Emeritus of Public Policy and Corporate Management
Member of the Board, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Malfrid Braut-Hegghammer
Research Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom
Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer is a Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies and a final-year Ph.D. student at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research focuses on theories of nuclear proliferation and the cases of Libya and Iraq.
Heidi Brockmann
Belfer Center Ph.D Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Heidi Brockmann is a Belfer Center Ph.D fellow and an active duty Army intelligence officer currently pursuing a Ph.D. in American politics in the Harvard University Department of Government.



