Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies
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Mission
The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies was established in 2005 as a partnership between the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Pew Charitable Trusts. The Project is dedicated to helping ensure that as nanotechnologies advance, possible risks are minimized, public and consumer engagement remains strong, and the potential benefits of these new technologies are realized.
The Project collaborates with researchers, government, industry, NGOs, policymakers, and others to look long term, to identify gaps in knowledge and regulatory processes, and to develop strategies for closing them. The Project provides independent, objective knowledge and analysis that can inform critical decisions affecting the development and commercialization of nanotechnologies.
The project's stated goal is "to inform the debate and to create an active public and policy dialogue. It is not an advocate either for, or against, particular nanotechnologies. Rather, the Project seeks to ensure that as these technologies are developed, potential human health and environmental risks are anticipated, properly understood, and effectively managed."
Staff
David Rejeski
David Rejeski directs the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies. For the past four years he has been the Director of the Foresight and Governance Project at the Woodrow Wilson Center, an initiative designed to facilitate better long-term thinking and planning in the public sector.
Julia Moore
Julia Moore is Deputy Director of the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies. During 2003-2005, she was Senior Advisor in the Office of International Science and Engineering at the National Science Foundation. In that position, she covered a broad range of policies including emerging technologies like nanotech.
Andrew Maynard
Dr. Andrew Maynard serves as the Science Advisor to the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies. He is internationally recognized as a research leader and lecturer in the fields of aerosol characterization and the implications of nanotechnology to occupational health. He trained as a physicist at Birmingham University in the UK, and after completing a Ph.D. in ultrafine aerosol analysis at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University (UK) joined the Aerosols research group of the UK Health and Safety Executive. In 2000 he moved to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in the USA, where he focused on addressing nanoparticle exposure in the workplace.
Barbara Karn
Dr. Barbara Karn led EPA’s research grants program for nanotechnologies in the agency’s Office of Research and Development since the program’s establishment in 2001. Dr. Karn represented EPA on the interagency Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology subcommittee (NSET) of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, National Science and Technology Council.
Evan Michelson
Evan Michelson is a research associate for the Project. He has worked on a wide variety of issues in science and technology policy, including the impact of science and technology on international development, public understanding of emerging technologies, science and technology foresight, and the intersection between science and popular culture.
Deanna Lekas
Deanna Lekas is a research associate for the Project. Deanna has experience studying industrial ecology (focusing on life cycle material and energy efficiency), climate change, and the application of environmental management tools by small nanotech firms and other organizations.
Alex Parlini
Alex Parlini coordinates the activities of the Project and serves as its chief technology officer. His areas of experience include new media, environmental science, sustainable development, Brazil and Latin America.
Evan Hensleigh
Evan Hensleigh is a logistics and technical support assistant for the Project.
Natalie Chin
Natalie Chin is a logistics and technical support assistant for the Project.
Advisory Board
Linda Fisher
Linda J. Fisher is Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer. She has responsibility for advancing DuPont’s progress in achieving sustainable growth; DuPont’s environmental and energy policies; the company’s product stewardship programs; and global regulatory affairs. She joined DuPont in July, 2004.
Margaret Hamburg
Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D. is the Vice President for Biological Programs, Nuclear Threat Initiative, Washington, D.C. NTI is a charitable organization working to reduce the global threats from nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons. Dr. Hamburg is in charge of the biological program area.
Donald Kennedy
Donald Kennedy is the editor-in-chief of Science magazine as well as president emeritus and Bing Professor of Environmental Science, Emeritus, at Stanford University. Kennedy’s areas of expertise include the environmental impact of land-use changes, economically driven alterations in agricultural practice, global climate change and the development of regulatory practices.
John Ryan
John Ryan is Director of the Bionanotechnology IRC at Oxford University, the UK’s principal nanotechnology research initiative at the interface between the physical, biological and medical sciences. His interests in bionanotechnology include molecular motors, membrane proteins and single-molecule electronics.
Stan Williams
Stan Williams is a Senior Fellow and Director of Quantum Science Research at Hewlett Packard. He currently leads nanostructures and quantum effects research for HP Labs, with the intention of providing a foundation for the device technology of the next century.
Sources
1. [Project on Emerging Nanotechnolgies http://www.nanotechproject.org]
2. [Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars http://www.wilsoncenter.org]
3. [The Pew Charitable Trusts http://pewtrusts.org/ideas/index.cfm?issue=46]