Alexander Furnas is a Research Assistant Professor at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, affiliated with the Center for Science of Science & Innovation and the Ryan Institute on Complexity. His work sits at the intersection of science, politics, and data science, examining how scientific knowledge, expertise, and funding shape—and are shaped by—political institutions and public policy. Using large-scale datasets and computational methods, his research spans topics including policy use of science, political polarization, scientific careers, and the governance of expertise.