STPI Science Policy Fellows

Victoria Dozer, B.A.
Victoria Dozer joined STPI in 2024 after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in astronomy and a minor in physics from Wesleyan University. Her undergraduate research focused on modeling collisional cascades in debris disks for better understanding of the destructive environments that induce planet formation. Victoria’s undergraduate studies also included STEM outreach, Dark Skies advocacy, and ethics and inclusion in astronomy. Prior to her time at STPI, she completed an internship at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine as a Lloyd V. Berkner Space Policy Intern for the Space Studies Board. 

Alec Weigel, B.A., B.S.
Alec Weigel joined STPI in 2024 after obtaining bachelor’s degrees in biochemistry, Portuguese, and liberal arts from the University of Texas at Austin (UT). His senior honors thesis examined how austerity policies in 2010s Brazil affected research publications and how the social role of science, as envisioned by policy planning documents, changed over this period. He also worked as an intern in a research laboratory investigating the commercial applications of biosurfactant molecules while studying abroad in Brazil. He served as a peer mentor in UT’s Freshman Research Initiative, guiding students through research in the differentiation and classification of wine varietals using peptide sensing ensembles.