Meet the 2023-2024 IEEE-USA Government Fellows
Dr. Lindsay DeMarchi
CONGRESSIONAL FELLOW
Lindsay DeMarchi earned her Ph.D. in Astronomy from Northwestern University. She is an interdisciplinary space environmentalist and stellar mortician. Her dissertation regarding dead stars is a multitool among gravitational waves and radiative processes at all electromagnetic wavelengths. She has written software to join theory and observation at radio wavelengths.
Lindsay authored numerous scientific articles bringing awareness to outer-space sustainability and light pollution. As an IEEE Congressional Fellow, she is most passionate about empowering the cultural and personal connections each individual has to the night sky and their role in environmental stewardship.
Dr. Adam Navara
CONGRESSIONAL FELLOW
Adam Navara earned his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from Rice University, where he studied materials and methods for 3D printing cartilage tissue. While at Rice, Adam was named a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow as well as a Texas Science Policy Fellow. Adam has advocated for science-backed vaccine legislation in the Texas Legislature and has published and publicly presented on equity and data collection during the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. In
partnership with the Baker Institute for Public Policy and peers from the Rice Science Policy Network, Adam has also written about the ethics surrounding human genome editing as well as how whole genome sequencing can be incorporated into pediatric healthcare. Prior to joining Rice, he received his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Texas A&M University. Adam is passionate about healthcare and equity, and looks forward to bringing this enthusiasm to his work on Capitol
Hill.
