Safety/Committee
Safety and Security Committee
The iGEM Safety and Security Committee is a group of experts in biosafety, biosecurity, and risk assessment. Its members come from diverse areas of industry, academia, and government. The committee helps create iGEM's safety and security program and gives expert advice on potential safety and security issues in the competition.
Members of the Safety and Security Committee at the 2019 Giant Jamboree
- Tessa Alexanian, After iGEM and iGEM Safety and Security Program Officer, Canada
- Mayra Belén Ameneiros, PandemicTech Innovation Fellow and Biorisk Consultant, Argentina
- Thomas Binz, Spiez Laboratory, Switzerland
- Brigitte Cadieux, Senior Policy Analyst, Centre for Biosecurity, Public Health Agency of Canada
- Peter Carr, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, USA
- Teck Mean Chua, Asia-Pacific Biosafety Association, Singapore
- Genya Dana, World Economic Forum, USA
- Jacqueline van Engelen, Senior toxicologist and risk assessor, Centre For Safety of Substances and Products, Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu, The Netherlands
- Sam Weiss Evans, Program on Science, Technology & Society, Harvard University, USA
- Clem Fortman, Director of Security Engagements, Engineering Biology Research Consortium, USA
- David Gillum, Arizona State University, USA
- Anthony Holmes, Director of Science and Technology, UK National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement, and Reduction of Animals in Research
- Chris Isaac, After iGEM and Program Assistant, Global Biological Policy and Programs, Nuclear Threat Initiative, USA
- Furqan Kabir, AGA Khan University, Pakistan
- Alexander Kagansky, Global Young Academy, Russia
- Tom Knight, Ginkgo Bioworks, USA
- Todd Kuiken, Genetic Engineering and Society Center, NC State University, USA
- Ronit Langer, Technology and International Affairs Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, USA
- Vanessa Lee, Public Health Agency of Canada
- Katherine Littler, Global Health Bioethics, World Health Organization
- Tiago Mendes, Biosafety advisor and instructor, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil
- Jennifer Mihowich, Biosafety Risk Analyst, Public Health Agency of Canada
- Piers Millett, iGEM Vice President of Safety and Security, UK
- Yorgo El Moubayed, After iGEM and Safety and Security Fellow, France
- Smitha Rayadurg, DVM, Ph.D., Division of Select Agents and Toxins, Centers for Disease Control, USA
- Luis Ochoa, Senior Advisor, PandemicTech, Mexico
- Kenneth Oye, MIT Program on Emerging Technologies, USA
- Megan Palmer, Adjunct Professor and Executive Director of Bio Policy & Leadership Initiatives, Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, USA
- Carolina Penalva-Arana, EPA, USA
- Irina Rais, After iGEM and University of Bielefeld, Germany
- Jennifer Robertson, Biosafety Officer, McMaster University, Canada
- Larisa Rudenko, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
- Paul Rutten, SynBio UK and the University of Oxford, UK
- Kenza Samlali, Concordia University Center for Applied Synthetic Biology, Canada
- Janis Schleusner, After iGEM and Institute for Plant Genetics, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany
- Adithi Somayaji, After iGEM and Manipal Institute of Technology, India
- Philip Hau Sørensen, After iGEM, Denmark
- Tim Trevan, Chrome Biological Risk Management Consulting, USA
- Luciana Vázquez, National Administration of Laboratories and Health Institutes of the Ministry of Health, Argentina
- Svenja Vinke, After iGEM and CeBiTec Bielefeld, Germany
- Cecile van der Vlugt, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands
- Matthew Watson, Senior Analyst, Center for Health Security, John Hopkins University, USA
- Nicolas Willemarck, Biosafety and Biotechnology Unit, Sciensano, Belgium
- Samuel Yu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
- Weiwen Zhang, Director, Center for Biosafety Research and Strategy, Tianjin University, China
- Kathryn Millett, Biosecure Ltd (ex officio)
Have suggestions, need help or want to get in touch with our committee members? Email the committee at safety AT igem DOT org.
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