Mercedes Bengs is a Research Associate at the Center for Global Security Research (CGSR) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. She is researching the impacts of lethal autonomous weapon systems in warfare, focusing on international regulations and their use in the Russia-Ukraine war.
Mercedes Bengs recently graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in Russian and International Affairs with a minor in German. During her time at UGA, she was in the UGA Russian Flagship Program and Air Force ROTC. As a Boren Scholar, she will complete her capstone in Almaty, Kazakhstan next year and continue her Russian studies. Upon completion of her capstone, she will commission into the Air Force as an Intelligence officer.
