William Niebling
Home Institution: Yale University
“I am working with the EANP with several different responsibilities. I help to sort the daily Profiler email, update pages on the China Profiles database and other CNS webpages, do research for Dr. Phillip Saunders and Stephanie Lieggi, and various other tasks.”

Roman Sehling
Home Institution: Denison University
“I am working at NISNP focusing on nuclear submarines. It’s great! You get to read about quite fascinating developments. The relaxed working environment is also very conducive to my over all satisfaction with my internship.”

Rachel Schulman
Home Institution: University of Georgia
“I am researching foreign nationals gaining access to Russia’s sensitive technology. I am looking at who the proliferators are within Russia, which nations and entities are the recipients of the technology, and what Russia is doing to reduce the threat of further proliferation.”

Michelle Longmire
Home Institution: University of New Mexico
“Currently I am working on a paper comparing international and national response measures to natural emerging disease outbreaks and evaluating what can be learned and improved upon for application in biological threat response.”

Leigh Aldrich
Home Institution: Denison University
“My job description includes updating the China Profiles database with relation to the IAEA, NPT, and China’s space program. The applications for this program politically and militarily and also how this program will affect international issues, such as cooperation in space.”

Armand Emamdjomeh
Home Institution: University of Southern California
“I am contributing articles to the NISNP publication, the NIS Export Control Observer. I also research developments in nuclear-related facilities and border security to update the databases CNS maintains.”

Alex Yabroff
Home Institution: University of St. Andrews
“My main focus within the CBWNP is the WMD terrorism database. I assist in monitoring, profile research, and analysis of both WMD and conventional terrorism. I have been looking specifically at trafficking of radiological materials in South East Asia.”

Risa Mongiello
Home Institution: Scripps College
“I research and write about many different areas of the field, which has given me a comprehensive outlook on the wide range of issues pertaining to international nonproliferation and disarmament.”