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Nanobiotechnology: Responsible Action on Issues in Society and Ethics

Nanobiotechnology: Responsible Action on Issues in Society and Ethics
 

Steering Group

The Nanobio-RAISE Steering Group is composed of leading individuals experienced in and committed to nanobiotechnology ethics and societal issues. It will oversee and monitor the project on a practical basis for the duration of the project. Further roles of the Steering Group are to maximise the synergies between the components of the project, to represent the project and establish contacts with other related bodies and projects, to review project evaluations and advise on any necessary modifications of the project as it progresses.
  • Prof George Khushf, Department of Philosophy, Center for Bioethics, the University of South Carolina, United States of America

    George Khushf is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina. He has written extensively on medical ethics and served as the managing editor of the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy. Professor Khushf is also the Humanities Director at the Center for Bi..
  • Prof Julian Kinderlerer, Sheffield Institute for Biotechnology Law and Ethics, and Chairman, European Federation of Biotechnology Task Group on Public Perceptions of Biotechnology, United Kingdom

    Prof. Kinderlerer is a biochemist who has moved from research interests in theoretical aspects of enzymology and enzyme kinetics to looking at law, ethics, risk assessment and risk analysis in biotechnology. He is now in the Faculty of Law at the University of Sheffield. Julian Kinderlerer has co..
  • Prof Ludwig Siep, Department of Philosophy, Center for Bioethics, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Germany (representative of the Nano2Life network)

    Prof Siep is the Chairman of the Central Committee for Stem-Cell-Research in Berlin and Member of the Board of the German Reference Center of Bioethics (DRZE) in Bonn. He has served on several committees in Bioethics, among them the Ethics Council of the German Federal Ministry of Health (1999-2002)..
  • Dr Klaus-Michael Weltring, Ethics Working Group, Nano2Life Network of Excellence, Germany

    Dr. Klaus-Michael Weltring is deputy coordinator and leader of the work package “Ethics” in the Nano2Life Network of Excellence. He is currently the Managing Director of the regional network agency *"Gesellschaft für Bioanalytik Münster"* (bioanalytik-muenster). After his PhD Degree in Biology..
  • Professor Karel Ch.A.M. Luyben, Project Co-ordinator, Steering Group Chairman and Dean, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlan

    Karel Ch.A.M. Luyben was born in Tilburg (NL) in 1951. He received his university education at Eindhoven University where he studied Chemical Engineering. He majored in Physical Technology and graduated with an MSc degree in 1976. He subsequently joined the Agricultural University in Wageningen (NL)..
  • Drs Daan Schuurbiers, Project Manager and Researcher, Working Group on Biotechnology and Society, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

    Daan Schuurbiers has an MA in philosophy from the University of Amsterdam. At present, he is both project manager for Nanobio-RAISE and carries out the project "Empowering Scientists in their Social Responsibility" at the Delft University of Technology Working Group on Biotechnology and Society. ..
  • Dr David Bennett, Steering Group Vice-Chairman and Director, Cambridge Biomedical Consultants, The Netherlands

    Dr David J Bennett has a PhD in biochemical genetics and an MA in science policy studies with long term experience, activities and interests in the relations between science, industry, government, education, law, the public and the media. He has worked in universities and companies in the UK, USA, A..
  • Prof Richard Braun, Former Chairman, European Federation of Biotechnology Task Group on Public Perceptions of Biotechnology, Switzerland

    Professor Braun is a Professor Emeritus of General Microbiology at the University of Bern and currently a consultant in communication on biotechnology through BIO-LINK. He is also Chairman of the ‘Gen Suisse’ Foundation, Board Member of the Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS)..
  • Dr Donald Bruce, Director, Church of Scotland, Society, Religion and Technology Project

    Dr Donald Bruce has PhD’s in chemistry and in theology and is a leading ethicist in the fields of plant and animal genetic modification, animal and human cloning, stem cells, risk and patenting. He spent 15 years in chemistry research and risk assessment in nuclear energy before becoming Director ..
  • Prof Sven Ove Hansson, Philosophy Unit, Royal Institute for Technology in Stockholm, Sweden

    Prof. Hansson is a member of “forskningsberedningen”, the Swedish government’s advisory board of researchers since December 2000. He has been a member of three Boards of Directors appointed by the Swedish Government: the Products Control Board (1976–1982; the predecessor of the National Chem..
  • Prof Sir Brian Heap, Former Master, St Edmund's College, Cambridge and Royal Society, United Kingdom

    Professor Sir Brian Heap is Former Master of St Edmund’s College at the University of Cambridge, Special Professor at the University of Nottingham, and UK Representative on the NATO Science Committee. He was formerly Foreign Secretary and Vice-President of the Royal Society, Director of the Instit..