Biodefense

A roundup of recent Schar School faculty and graduate student news.

Meet the 2023 Schar School Outstanding Student Award winners. The future—theirs and ours—is bright.

Biodefense graduate Janet Marroquin Pineda wins a significant award for answering “the most challenging U.S. security and science policy questions with objective analysis.”

A Schar School biodefense PhD student delivers an important message to an important audience—about the safety of the labs where deadly pathogens are studied.

Schar School biodefense graduate students were eager to look inside an operating BSL-3 lab, home of deadly pathogens. Can you say “geek out”?

Schar School assistant professor Saskia Popescu is named a senior fellow at the Council on Strategic Risks. She’s also being celebrated by the university as a distinguished alumna.

In a post-COVID world, it’s essential someone tracks the biosafety level labs around the world. The Schar School’s Biodefense program is doing just that.

Sonia Ben Ouagrham-Gormley warns about using AI to create drugs than be weaponized.

A science-fiction and espionage romance writer—who is also a Schar School PhD student in the biodefense program—reveals her true identity.

In a world haunted by the specter of man-made pathogens, it’s useful to know where the Biosafety Level 4 (BSL-4) labs are. A team of Schar School researchers created an interactive map to identify them.