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Other Fellowship Opportunities

AGU members are also eligible to apply to the American Geological Institute and American Institute of Physics Congressional Science Fellowships programs.

Policy Contact

Elizabeth Landau
AGU
Public Affairs Manager
Phone: +1 202 777 7535
Fax: +1 202 328 0566
E-mail: elandau@agu.org

Erik Hankin
AGU
Public Affairs Coordinator
Phone: +1 202 777 7523
Fax: +1 202 328 0566
Email: ehankin@agu.org

Kristan Uhlenbrock 
AGU 
Public Affairs Coordinator 
Phone: +1 202 777 7506 
Fax: +1 202 328 0566 
Email: kuhlenbrock@agu.org 

Past AGU Congressional Science Fellows


  • 2010–11

    Jason Day
    Senator Al Franken of Minnesota

    Ilya Fischhoff
    Congressman Ed Markey of Massachusetts

  • 2009–10

    Maeve Boland
    Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota
    US Geological Survey

  • 2008–09

    Maggie Walser
    Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
    National Academy of Sciences

  • 2007–08

    Alex Apotsos
    Senator Jon Tester of Montana

  • 2006–07

    Mark Wenzel
    Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut

  • 2005–06

    Josh Trapani
    Senator Dianne Feinstein of California
    American Association of Universities

  • 2004–05

    Jana Davis
    Senator Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey
    Chesapeake Bay Trust in Annapolis, Maryland

  • 2003–04

    Kevin Vranes
    Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon
    Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University;

  • 2002–03

    Illa Amerson
    Senator Kent Conrad of North Dakota
    Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon

  • 2001–02

    Karen Wayland
    Senator Harry Reid of Nevada
    Climate and Energy Policy Adviser for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi

  • 2000–01

    Kirsten Banks Cutler
    Office of Senior Coordinator for Nuclear Safety,
    U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC
    Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut
    University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Whirlwind Greets New Congressional Science Fellow (Eos, Feb. 27, 2001)
    Reflections: A Year on Capitol Hill (Eos, Nov. 20, 2001) 2000 Fall Meeting

  • 1999–2000

    Bryan Hannegan
    Associate Director for Energy and Transportation, White House Council on Environmental Quality, Washington, DC
    Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
    University of California, Riverside

  • 1998–99

    David Hunter
    Office of Senator Susan Collins of Maine
    Senator James Jeffords of Vermont
    Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California,
    San Diego

  • 1997–98

    Julie J. Moses
    Program Manager, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Arlington, VA
    Representative Dennis J. Kucinich of Ohio
    University of California, Los Angeles

  • 1996–97

    Jack Herring
    Prescott College, Prescott, Arizona
    Representative Vernon Ehlers of Michigan
    University of Alaska, Fairbanks

  • 1995–96

    Timothy Cohn
    Hydrologist, USGS Office of Surface Water, Reston, VA
    Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey
    USGS

  • 1994–95

    David Applegate
    Director, Government Affairs, American Geological Institute
    Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • 1993–94

    Winston Chi Tao
    Postdoctoral Researcher, CRESS, York University, Ontario
    Representative George Brown of California
    Harvard College/Princeton University

  • 1992–93

    Valerie I. Lang
    Senior Project Engineer, Office of Corporate Chief Engineer,
    The Aerospace Corp. Los Angeles, CA
    Representative Jim Bacchus of Florida
    The Aerospace Corporation

  • 1991–92

    Vivian Pan
    President, Hamlin Capital Management, LLC, New York, NY
    Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs
    Arizona State University

  • 1990–91

    Jeffrey L. Payne
    Deputy Director, NOAA Coastal Services Center, Charleston, SC
    Representative Jolene Unsoeld of Washington
    Texas A&M University

  • 1989–90

    Barbara J. Frank
    Director, Pollution Prevention Education Committee,
    Office of Cooperative Environmental Management, US EPA, Washington, DC
    Subcommittee on International Scientific Cooperation of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology Ithaca College

  • 1988–89

    Virgil Frizzell
    Senior Consultant for Knowledge Management, International Center for Applied Studies in Information Technology, McClean, VA
    Representative Norman Mineta of California

  • 1987–88

    Sherry D. Oaks
    Assistant Professor, Dept. of Earth Resources, Colorado State University
    Congressional Research Office/Representative George E. Brown, Jr. of California
    University of Colorado, Boulder

  • 1986–87

    L. Jeff Lefkoff
    Principal, Hydrologic Consultants, Inc., Davis, California
    Senator Timothy Wirth of Colorado
    Stanford University

  • 1985–86

    Dana J. Isherwood
    Senior Legislative Analyst, Director's Office, LLNL
    Senator Albert Gore, Jr. of Tennessee
    Lawrence Livermore National Labs

  • 1984–85

    Eric L. Butler
    Principal Scientist, Gradient Corporation, Cambridge, MA
    House Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation, and Tourism
    Brown University

  • 1983–84

    Jack D. Fellows
    Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Director,
    UCAR Office of Programs, UCAR, Boulder, CO
    Representative George E. Brown, Jr. of California
    University of Maryland

  • 1982–83

    Arthur B. Weissman
    President and CEO, Greenseal, Washington, DC
    Senator Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut
    Johns Hopkins University

  • 1981–82

    George H. Shaw
    Professor, Department of Geology, Union College, Schenectady, NY
    Representative Al Swift of Washington
    University of Minnesota

  • 1980–81

    Carroll Ann Hodges
    Town Council Member, Woodside, CA
    Representative Jim Santini of Nevada
    USGS

  • 1979–80

    Robert J. Barbera
    Exectutive Vice President and Chief Economist, Hoening and Co.,
    Rye Brook, NY
    Senator Paul Tsongas of Massachusetts
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • 1978–79

    J. Christopher Bernabo
    Director, National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry (NCSSF), Washington, DC
    Representative George E. Brown, Jr. of California Brown University

  • 1977–78

    Yacov Y. Haimes
    Director, Center for Risk Management of Engineering Systems, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
    OSTP/Committee on Science and Technology
    Case Western Reserve University

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