Katy Makeig worked for Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ), one of only two physicists in the House and the first former science fellow to be elected to Congress. Makeig, who ran her own environmental consulting business before taking the fellowship, worked on energy, science, and international issues. She holds a master's degree in geology from University of Minnesota. After the fellowship, Makeig returned to her consulting firm, Waste Science Inc..

 

 

Katy Makeig wrote the following columns in Geotimes: