Dr. Alyssa Adcock

Dr. Alyssa K. Adcock is a S&T Policy Research Fellow. At the Institute, she has been involved with several efforts focused on providing strategic recommendations and technical support to government customers including NASA and the US Space Force. She is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

Dr. Adcock obtained her doctorate from Georgetown University in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry. Her graduate research focused on bismuth and rare earth element materials to address energy, lighting, and security needs as well as uranium chemistry relevant to nuclear waste and environmental management. Prior, she received her B.S. in Chemistry at Jacobs University in Germany and served as an intern at the Carnegie Institute of Washington’s Geophysical Laboratory focusing on origin of life and geochemistry research.