Scientist

K. Sena Makeig is a scientist who loves intrigue and passion. With degrees in both geology and hydrogeology, and after having published dozens of scientific papers, she caps a 37-year technical career by becoming a novelist. Being a geologist was an opportunity to take on the role of detective, using direct and indirect evidence to piece together the puzzles of the earth, sometimes only being able to see a single clue at a time. Ms. Makeig put these skills to good use cleaning up some of the contamination threatening our planet, evaluating cause and effect, and looking for corporate heroes and villains, all the stuff of a good story or two.

Congressional Fellow

Author

Katy at her first book launch party. The author currently resides in Maryland with her husband and cat.

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Ms. Makeig has published dozens of technical articles; a few of general interest are linked on the “Articles” page above. While she was a Science and Technology Policy Fellow in the 106th Congress (2000-2001) through the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the American Geological Institute (AGI), she served as science adviser in the office of Congressman Rush Holt (NJ-12). It was during a time of unprecedented upheaval -- the transition from the Clinton to the Bush administration, the attacks of September 11, 2001, and the contamination by anthrax of the Congressional office in which she worked. Click on the “Articles” link above to read them.

(Ms. Makeig is mentioned in the Congressional Record, V. 149, PT. 19, October 24, 2003 to November 4, 2003, Page 25860)

She was awarded a nationally-acclaimed Congressional Science and Technology Policy Fellowship in 2000-2001, allowing her to witness the smoke rising from the terrorist assault on the Pentagon while standing outside of her Capital Hill office, and exposing her to anthrax during the October, 2001 attack on Congress. These experiences not only helped her to achieve an understating of how unseen forces work to shape our lives, but reinforced her notion that technology can be an interesting, indeed, a compelling part of our future.