Dr. Daniel Pomeroy is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Scientific Citizenship Initiative (SCi) and previously served as SCi’s Founding Executive Director during its formative years at Harvard.
Dr. Pomeroy’s work sits at the forefront of the growing field of civic science. He holds an associate appointment at Harvard’s Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Ethics, serves on the National Advisory Board of the Union of Concerned Scientists, and recently contributed a commissioned paper to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s “Reimagining STEMM Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Career Development” Summit. Through workshops, reports, and field-building efforts, he has helped shape conversations about how scientists can contribute more effectively to public life.
Earlier in his career, Dr. Pomeroy developed and led the MIT Policy Lab at the Center for International Studies, where he helped pioneer new ways of connecting researchers with policymakers. He earned his Ph.D. in physics from Brandeis University and later served as an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow for U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey. He also has extensive experience in grassroots political organizing, running volunteer LGBTQ rights campaigns, and professionally directing campaign offices.