Arjun Makhijani, President of IEER, holds a Ph.D. in engineering (specialization: nuclear fusion) from the University of California at Berkeley. He has produced many studies and articles on nuclear fuel cycle related issues, including weapons production, testing, and nuclear waste, over the past twenty years. He is the principal author of the first study ever done (completed in 1971) on energy conservation potential in the U.S. economy. Most recently, Dr, Makhijani has authored Carbon-Free and Nuclear-Free: A Roadmap for U.S. Energy Policy (RDR Books and IEER Press, 2007), the first analysis of a transition to a U.S. economy based completely on renewable energy, without any use of fossil fuels or nuclear power. He is the principal editor of Nuclear Wastelands and the principal author of Mending the Ozone Hole, both published by MIT Press.

Lois Chalmers, IEER's Librarian and Editor of Science for Democratic Action, has a Master's degree in library science from Simmons College in Boston.

Hugh Haskell, Senior Science Fellow, is Instructor of Physics, emeritus, at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif.

Lisa Ledwidge, Outreach Director, United States, and Coordinator of IEER's Healthy from the Start Campaign, holds an M.S. in environmental science and an M.P.A. in public affairs from Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs. She received a B.S. in Biology from Eastern Michigan University.

Annie Makhijani, Project Scientist, has an M.S. in chemistry from the University of Maryland. She has done research on ozone layer protection and nuclear chemistry, including environmental chemistry, specifically. She is a co-author of IEER's report on fissile materials disposition and of several reports on ozone layer protection.

Jennifer Nordstrom, Outreach Coordinator and Coordinator for IEER's Carbon-Free and Nuclear-Free Campaign, has a B.A. in political science and women's studies from City University of New York, Hunter College.

Brice Smith, Senior Scientist, has a Ph.D. in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Brice is a staff member of IEER during the summers. During the academic year he is Assistant Professor of Physics at the State University of New York, Cortland. He is author of Insurmountable Risks (IEER Press & RDR Books, 2006), a book on why nuclear power is a poor idea to address global warming, and co-author of Science for the Vulnerable, IEER's first scientific report which was used to initiate the Healthy from the Start Campaign.