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Policy ContactAGU 1994–1995 Congressional Science Fellow
David Applegate
Dr. Applegate was the eighteenth AGU Congressional Science Fellow, working with Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources from 1994-1995.
Dr. Applegate worked with the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources as the American Geophysical Union's 1994–1995 Congressional Science Fellow and, following the fellowship, as a professional staff member for the minority. As a fellow, he worked on a range of issues within the committee's jurisdiction including nuclear waste disposal, federal helium policy, environmental cleanup of the Department of Energy's nuclear weapons complex, and oversight of federal agencies including the U.S. Geological Survey. Applegate took the AGU fellowship shortly after receiving his Ph.D. in geology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he did his dissertation on the tectonic evolution of the Funeral Mountains in the Death Valley region of California. He also holds a B.S. in geology from Yale University.
Dr. Applegate is currently Director of Government Affairs at the American Geological Institute and Editor of Geotimes, the newsmagazine of the earth sciences, published by AGI. He writes a monthly “Political Scene” column in Geotimes and has written numerous journal articles, book chapters, and magazine articles on both geology and public policy. He also teaches courses on earth resources and natural hazards for the Environmental Sciences and Policy master's program at The Johns Hopkins University.
“Congressional Science Fellow Warns: Stand and Be Counted,” Eos, Volume 76, Number 8, February 21, 1995, page 74