Presentations

“State-Sponsored Nuclear Proliferation: Why States Share Nuclear Weapons Technology,” Center for Global Security Research, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, March 7, 2024.

“Advancements and Challenges in Biosafety and Biosecurity Oversight in the United States,” Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, October 5, 2023.

“Empirical Studies in Biorisk Management,” Pathogens Project Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, April 20, 2023.

“High Consequence Bio Labs: Growing Risks and Lagging Governance,” Global BioLabs Initiative, March 16, 2023.

“Beyond Gain of Function: Evaluating HHS Oversight of Research with Potential Pandemic Pathogens,” Virtual Meeting and Listening Session on USG Oversight Framework for Research Involving Enhanced Potential Pandemic Pathogens, National Institutes of Health, April 27, 2022.

“Biological Risks and Hazards in the World Today with a Special Focus on Russia and Ukraine,” Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, Columbia University, May 4, 2022. 

 “The Danger of Disinformation: Understanding Russia’s Propaganda Campaign Against Ukrainian Biological Facilities,” Nuclear Threat Initiative Seminar Series, May 17, 2022.

“The Biological Threat Expanse: Current and Future Challenges to National Biodefense,” Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense March 22, 2022.

“Preparing for the Next Pandemic,” CRDF Global, November 8, 2021.

“Launch Event: Mapping Maximum Containment Labs,” Centre for Science and Security Studies, Kings College of London, May 27, 2021.

“Drones and the Future of Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Threats,” Center for Security Policy Studies, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, March 26, 2021.

“Zombies and Coronavirus: Planning for the Next Big Outbreak,” Webinar, Comic-Con@Home, July 24, 2020.

“Pandemic Preparedness and Social Resilience,” Pandemic Webinar Series, Institute for a Sustainable Earth, George Mason University, May 12, 2020.

“Will COVID-19 Inspire Greater Interest in Biological Weapons?” Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, July 22, 2020.

“The Impact of Synthetic Biology and Genome Editing on Biosecurity,” James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, April 11, 2019.

“Biosecurity in the Age of Genome Editing,” New America, December 3, 2018.

“Understanding the Impact of Regime Security on Proliferation Decision-Making,” Center for Global Security Research, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, December 20, 2017.

“Strategic Stability in the Second Nuclear Age,” Center for Global Security Research, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, September 6, 2016.

“Science, Technology, and Terrorism in the 21st Century: Implications for Resolution 1540,” United Nations Security Council, August 23, 2016.