Christina Prah is an International Safeguards Research Professional at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and a Nuclear Engineering PhD student at the University of Tennessee. Her research investigates the nexus between nuclear applications and global security through science-policy interface studies. Christina brings over eight years of experience across various fields, including regulatory affairs, health & safety & environment (HSE), media, and nuclear engineering research. Her international perspective stems from her professional and academic experiences in Ghana, South Korea, Canada, and the United States. She is a distinguished recipient of both the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship (MSCFP) and the International Peace Scholarship (IPS). These prestigious awards highlight her commitment to global security and her exceptional academic achievements.

Yashar Parsie was a fellow in the Center for Russia and Europe at the United States Institute of Peace, a military legislative assistant in the United States Senate, and a researcher in the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University. He graduated from the University of Washington. His research interests are strategic stability, escalation management, and arms control.

Dr. Katie Peach holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Oklahoma. Her dissertation research focused on the US public’s perceptions of nuclear war risk, deterrence, and the role of nuclear weapons in US identity and how those perceptions shape policy preferences. She is a Graduate Research Assistant at the Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (IPPRA) where she works on national security public opinion projects and an IPPRA-Sandia National Laboratories project on program management. She also holds a BA and MA in International and Area Studies with a concentration in Security Studies from the University of Oklahoma.