2001-2002 Fellow, Ana Unruh Cohen is the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. She joined the Select Committee staff from the Center for American Progress where she was the Director of Environmental Policy. Prior to her time at American Progress, she was an aide to Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and handled a variety of energy and environmental issues pending before the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Natural Resources Committee. Dr. Unruh Cohen originally joined Congressman Markey's staff as the 2001-2002 Science and Technology Policy Fellow sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Meteorological Society. She has a B.S. in Chemistry from Trinity University and received her Ph.D. in Earth Sciences from Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes Scholar. During her fellowship, Ana worked on issues related to energy and environment in the office of Rep Ed Markey (D-7th/MA).