Laura Grego, a senior scientist in the Union of Concerned Scientists’ Global Security Program, focuses her analysis and advocacy on the technology and security dimensions of ballistic missile defense and of outer space security. She has authored or co-authored numerous papers on a range of topics, including cosmology, space security, and missile defense, and is a technical advisor for the Woomera Manual on the International Law of Military Space Operations project. She has testified before Congress and addressed the United Nations General Assembly and the United Nations Conference on Disarmament on space security issues and serves as an expert source for print, radio, and television news.
Before joining UCS, Grego was a postdoctoral researcher at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. She earned a doctorate degree in experimental physics at the California Institute of Technology and a bachelor of science degree in physics and astronomy at the University of Michigan.
