Sam Weiss Evans

  • Council & security working group member

    Council member of the Engineering Biology Research Consortium, and member of its Security Working Group, shaping national engineering-biology security policy.

  • LEEDR advisory panel, DARPA Safe Genes

    Advised DARPA on the legal, ethical, environmental, dual-use, and responsible-research dimensions of its Safe Genes Program.

  • Security, safety & responsible innovation, NSCEB

    Led the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology’s work on biosecurity, biosafety, standards, and responsible innovation as Senior Policy Advisor.

  • Biosecurity governance reform, FAS

    As Senior Advisor at the Federation of American Scientists, leading foundational reform of US biosecurity and biosafety governance — building the political momentum and the technical process to enact a paradigm shift across government.