Judgment under uncertainty
Stanford STS Honors, NATO CCDCOE, and the wargaming program she founded at Stanford FACES.
WargamingLegislation · Science · SecurityAt seventeen,
At seventeen,
she wrote a law.
Now she works on what comes before the crisis.
Legislative author · Science-security researcher · Founder
Stanford STS Honors · FUSE Fellow 2026
2Enacted state laws
20+Legislative adaptations
3×STS Forum invitations · Kyoto
FUSEFellow · 2026
01 / Mission 5355One classroom.
One classroom.
Then a state law.
Ria built a prevention curriculum, wrote Washington SB 5355, and helped take it through unanimous votes in both chambers. The work became Mission 5355: two enacted laws and more than twenty legislative adaptations.
Follow the legislation
02 / Science policyAt the table.
At the table.
Shaping the discussion.
Invited to Kyoto at nineteen, Ria became a rapporteur at the Science and Technology in Society Forum. Her work now connects NASEM, international scientific convenings, and Hoover’s Project Innovation.
Explore science policyThe work now
All work Questions that become action.
Before policy, the lab
Neural stem cells, restorative neurotechnology, clinical neurology, and the ethics of intervention.
NeuroscienceBuild the thing.
Applied AI work, an independent patent-pending invention, and a venture in development.
Projects“Innovation has always outpaced our ethical and regulatory muscle memory.”
Ria Bahadur · Sciences Po interview · 2026