Baileigh McFall is a Ph.D. student in the Technology Applications and Implications stream at the RAND School of Public Policy and an assistant policy researcher at RAND. Her research interests include atomic physics, quantum computing, nuclear energy, military strategy, and foreign policy.
She was previously a research intern in the Nuclear Nonproliferation division of the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC), where she conducted research and worked on policy papers regarding nuclear fusion energy. Additionally, she was a member of a four-person team researching the efficiency of an Atom Trap Trace Analysis system. This ATTA system used a magneto optical trap and zeeman slower to laser trap and cool xenon atoms.
McFall holds a B.S. in physics from the United States Air Force Academy.
B.S. in physics, United States Air Force Academy
