Aaron Conrado, Ph.D., leads discussion sections in the Politics of National Memory class. Previously, Dr. Conrado was a Science and Technology Policy Fellow at The American Association for the Advancement of Science. In this role, he supported the Office of Stability and Humanitarian Affairs at the Department of Defense, working on peacekeeping policy, including UN reform, improving performance, and building partner capacity. As a Graduate Archer Fellow in the summer of 2018, Dr. Conrado interned at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where he worked on policy topics such as STEM education, GMOs, AI, biomedical research, and biosecurity. Dr. Conrado holds a B.S. in microbiology from The University of Oklahoma and a Ph.D. in microbiology and molecular biology from The University of Texas at Austin. He has also published several peer-reviewed scientific research papers on horizontal gene transfer in Vibrio cholerae. Note: Dr. Conrado is currently on leave.