Dr. Alan Pearson
DIRECTOR BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONTROL PROGRAM
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Dr. Alan Pearson is the Director of the Biological and Chemical Weapons Control Program at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation where his work focuses on biological weapons, chemical weapons, and WMD proliferation.
Prior to joining the Center, Pearson worked as a Global Security, Science and Technology Fellow at the American Association for the Advancement of Science and at the Nuclear Threat Initiative at the Department of Homeland Security. While at DHS, he worked on the Biological and Chemical Countermeasures Portfolio in the Science and Technology Directorate. Previously, Pearson was a Research Fellow at Harvard University's Medical School and a post-doctoral Research Fellow at the American Cancer Society.
Pearson's work has been published and cited in numerous publications, including Nonproliferation Review, Nature, and Science. He is editor of the book Incapacitating Biochemical Weapons: Promise or Peril? (November 2007).
Pearson holds a B.S. in Biology from Brandeis University and a Ph.D in Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
PEARSON IN THE NEWS
Alan Pearson Cited on FAS Strategic Security Blog on Biodefense Funding
On June 12, Dr. Alan Pearson of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation was the featured speaker at a briefing on Capitol Hill entitled “Understanding President Bush’s FY2009 Biodefense Budget Request.”
RECENT ARTICLES BY PEARSON
Apr 15, 2008 Fiscal Year 2009 Federal Funding for Bioweapons Prevention and Defense
The Administration proposes $6.83 billion in regular funding on bioweapons prevention and defense activities in FY2009. This is an increase of approximately $345 million (5.3%) over the amount appropriated by Congress for FY2008.
Mar 19, 2008 The Expanding Range of Biowarfare Threats
In this analysis, Alan Pearson participates in a roundtable discussion, hosted by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, about the impact of scientific advances at the intersection of chemistry and biology and ways to discourage their application for the development of new substances designed to incapacitate or kill.
Nov 19, 2007 Incapacitating Chemical Weapons and the Chemical Weapons Convention
Growing government interest in exploiting advances in the life sciences to develop chemical incapacitants for use in hostage rescue, counter-terrorism, counter-insurgency and urban warfare threatens to introduce a new category of chemical weapons.
Oct 4, 2007 Germs, Viruses, and Secrets: The Silent Proliferation of Bio-Laboratories in the United States
Over the last six years, the Federal government has dramatically increased US research and development activity and infrastructure focused on biological weapons agents.
Oct 1, 2007 Safeguarding Synthetics
The damage that might be wrought by some "biohackers" would be much more difficult to deal with than that caused by their computer hacker brethren.
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