Sarah Laderman

Senior Analyst
Sarah Laderman conducts open-source and technical analyses of nuclear programmes and leads research projects for ONN. 

Sarah Laderman is a Senior Analyst for Open Nuclear Network (ONN), a programme of PAX sapiens, where she focuses on open-source and technical analyses of nuclear programmes. In addition to conducting analyses, she acts as the Principal Investigator (PI) for numerous internal and externally funded research projects. 

Prior to joining ONN, Sarah worked as: an open-source analyst at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) verifying declared information about nuclear energy programmes; a graduate intern at the Center for Global Security Research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researching nuclear escalation; and a contractor for the U.S. Government analysing technical and political nuclear issues. Sarah received her MSc in Nuclear Engineering and Masters in Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley, and her BSc in Nuclear Science and Engineering and Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She is currently a doctoral candidate in Political Science at the University of Vienna. 

In her spare time, Sarah is active in English-language amateur theatre around Vienna, although in the winter, focuses her energy on skiing the Alps. 

Sarah's publications can be found on her LinkedIn page.

Sarah Laderman

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