Brooke Sprague

Brooke serves as Program Administrator for the Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship. She supports postdoctoral fellows, coordinates faculty committees, and manages the program’s events, reporting, and day-to-day operations, serving as the primary liaison between fellows, faculty leadership, university offices, and program funders. Brooke has spent over a decade managing research and education programs at the intersection of science, academia, and community impact, with experience spanning federally funded research centers, university laboratories, and nonprofit science education initiatives. Prior to joining the Data Science Institute, she directed impact and curriculum strategy for a water literacy program and coordinated a multi-year, federally-funded research center at Northwestern University’s International Institute for Nanotechnology. She holds a BA in anthropology from Yale University and an MS in Higher Education Administration & Policy from Northwestern University. In her spare time, she enjoys being a Wild Catfish for Evanston Masters Swimming, exploring Chicago architecture, and reading detective fiction.