Dr Todd KUIKEN

Senior Research Scholar , North Carolina State University

Dr. Todd Kuiken is an environmental scientist and Senior Research Scholar at North Carolina State University. Where he explores the scientific and technological frontier, stimulating discovery and bringing new tools to bear on public policy challenges that emerge as science advances. Evaluating and designing new research and governance strategies, which proactively address the biosafety, biosecurity and environmental opportunities/risks associated with emerging genetic technologies. Dr. Kuiken is a member of the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity’s Ad-Hoc Technical Expert Group on Synthetic Biology and the Cartagena Protocol's AHTEG on Risk Assessment of gene drives.  Dr. Kuiken is a member of the technical and policy task force on synthetic biology and gene drives for IUCN. He is also the chair of the International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) competition SDG program and founding member of its biosafety/biosecurity committee.