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RAND conducts a broad array of national security research for the U.S. Department of Defense and allied ministries of defense. RAND's three U.S. federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) explore topics from acquisition and technology to personnel and readiness.

Research conducted by: RAND Arroyo Center; RAND National Security Research Division; RAND Project AIR FORCE; RAND Europe; Homeland Security and Defense Center; Military Health Policy Research; Invisible Wounds of War Project; Center for Global Risk and Security

People (334)

Christopher Lau

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.A. in economics, Duke University; B.A. in biology, UC Berkeley; B.A. in economics, UC Berkeley

Henry A. Leonard

Senior Defense Research Analyst
M.P.A. in economics and public policy, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University; B.S. in public affairs, United States Military Academy, West Point

Kristin J. Leuschner

Communications Analyst; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in English, University of California, Los Angeles

Jennifer Lamping Lewis

Associate Director, Forces and Resources Policy Center, RAND National Security Research Division; Associate Economist
Ph.D. in economics, Columbia University; M.Phil. in economics, Columbia University; M.A. in economics, Columbia University; A.B. cum laude in economics, Princeton University

Matthew W. Lewis

Senior Research Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
B.A. in psychology, University of California, San Diego; M.A. and Ph.D. in psychology, Carnegie Mellon University

Martin C. Libicki

Senior Management Scientist
Ph.D. in economics, M.A. in city and regional planning, University of California, Berkeley; S.B. in mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Thomas Light

Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. and M.S. in economics, Cornell University; B.S. in economics and accounting, University of Oregon

Nelson Lim

Senior Social Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. and M.A. in sociology, University of California, Los Angeles; B.A. in economics, University of California, Los Angeles

Sherrill Lingel

Manager, Technology and Applied Sciences Group; Senior Engineer; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering, M.S. in aeronautics and astronautics engineering, University of Washington; B.S. in aeronautical engineering, University of Virginia

Elvira N. Loredo

Operations Researcher; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in industrial engineering, Arizona State University; M.S. in management science, University of Miami; B.S. in systems analysis, University of Miami

Mark A. Lorell

Senior Political Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in modern European military and diplomatic history, University of Washington; M.A. in European military and diplomatic history, University of California, Berkeley; B.A. in modern European history, Yale University

Michael J. Lostumbo

Director, RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy
M.I.P.P., Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; B.A. in South Asian studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Julia F. Lowell

Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in economics, University of California, Berkeley; B.A. in economics, Wellesley College

Maria C. Lytell

Associate Behavioral Scientist
Ph.D. in industrial-organizational psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Dan Madden

Project Associate
B.S. in English, US Naval Academy; M.A. in political science, Columbia University; M.A. in comparative politics, UC Davis

Bonnie Magnuson

Research Assistant
B.A. in international studies, University of Idaho; B.A. in French, University of Idaho; B.S. in economics, University of Idaho

Leila Mahnad

Project Associate
M.I.A. in political development, Middle East and Central Asia, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs; B.A. in political science, University of California, Berkeley

Ervant Maksabedian Hernandez

Assistant Policy Analyst
B.A. in economics, Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE), Mexico City

Thomas Manacapilli

Senior Operations Research Analyst; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
M.S. in operations research, Air Force Institute of Technology; B.S. in mathematics, Bowling Green State University

Susan L. Marquis

Dean, Pardee RAND Graduate School; Vice President, Emerging Policy Research and Methods; Distinguished Chair in Policy Analysis
Ph.D. in public and international affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

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