Chemical and Biological Weapons Non-Proliferation Program Director
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Monterey, CA
Dr. Allison Berke is the Chemical and Biological Weapons Non-Proliferation Program Director.
Background
Allison previously served as the Director of Advanced Technology for Stanford’s Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), and as Executive Director of Stanford University’s Cyber Initiative and Cyber Policy Center, which entailed directing research, outreach, and educational activities focused on the development of new technologies and policy. She has taught courses on technology and science policy, computer science and ethics, and protein engineering at Stanford and Duke Universities, has worked on biosecurity research at Lawrence Livermore National Lab and with the Centre for Effective Altruism, and previously worked in technology- and policy-focused consulting with McKinsey & Co.
Education
She received her PhD in Bioengineering from UC Berkeley, and BS degrees from MIT in Biology and Mathematics.
CNS Work
- The Danger of ‘Invisible’ Biolabs Across the US
Proper federal oversight could make invisible labs more visible and prevent unsafe labs from working with dangerous pathogens. - Dr. Allison Berke joins CNS as Chemical and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Program Director
CNS Founding Director William Potter expressed great enthusiasm about the appointment, which he characterized as “adding significantly to the scientific expertise of CNS related to both bioengineering and cybersecurity.” - WMD Terrorism Threats: Assessing and Prosecuting
Eighteen senior and mid-level government employees from Malaysia and the Philippines traveled to CNS for a two-week in-person workshop.
