As early-career Asian American scientists pursuing science policy professions, we have witnessed the weaponization of scientific research against people who share our heritage as our communities in the United States face the consequences of this rhetoric.

Melody Tan
The Science Policy Community’s Responsibility to Address Anti-Asian Xenophobia
Christopher Tonnu Jackson, Ph.D. candidate in Chemistry at University of California, Berkeley, and Melody Tan, Ph.D. candidate in Bioengineering, Rice University, UCS Science Network, UCS
March 24, 2021 3:58 PM EDT

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Celebrate the Nobel Prize Winning Immigrant Scientists — But Not at the Expense of the Greater Immigrant Community
Melody Tan, Ph.D. candidate in Bioengineering and Christopher Jackson, Ph.D. candidate in Chemistry, UCS Science Network, UCS
September 30, 2020 9:35 AM EDT
We are scientists and engineers from immigrant families. Over the past year, we have watched as these identities have increasingly intersected amid federal attempts to end the DACA program, restrictions on Chinese researchers, and attacks on international students. However, when we hear our scientific societies and academic institutions take a stand in support of immigrants, it is usually a tired mantra that praises the contributions of only a select few immigrants.