Madelyn Lockshine

Madelyn (she/her, 2022 Cohort) is a recent graduate of The Ohio State University where she earned a BA in International Studies with a specialization in Security and Intelligence with a second major in Linguistics and a minor in French. She was a 2021 Summer Undergraduate Fellow at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) where she completed an independent research project that provided a comparative analysis of the Japanese state-sponsored biological weapons program Unit 731, and that of the terrorist organization Aum Shinrikyo. At CNS, she also supported a project that provided training for the State Department to brief countries with emerging biotechnology industries in Asia and Africa. Since January, Madelyn has worked as an Operations Associate at Atlas Advisors, LLC, a Columbus-based government contracting company that supplies the U.S. military with translators, interpreters, and special forces.

Career/Academic Interests: Bioterrorism, Biosecurity, Biodefense, WMD Nonproliferation, Emerging Infectious Diseases, National Security, Counterterrorism

Hobbies: figure skating, hiking, coffee, theatre, art, comedy