Founder of Editing Nature, Yale University
***Natalie Kofler is currently the Levenick Resident Scholar in Sustainability at the Institute of Sustainability, Energy, and the Environment at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign***
Natalie Kofler is a trained molecular biologist and the founding director of Editing Nature, a global initiative to steer responsible development and deployment of environmental genetic technologies. She builds deliberative platforms that engage diverse expertise, worldviews, and historically marginalized voices to foster effective public engagement, promote wise innovation, and inform sensible policy.
Natalie is a leading voice in CRISPR and synthetic biology ethics. She has authored numerous publications on the topic, served on expert panels, and contributes to UN mandated documents. Her work has been highlighted by NPR, CBC radio, Pacific Standard Magazine, and National Geographic. She is an affiliated scholar of the Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics and the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at the Yale Law School. She teaches Environmental Ethics and Justice at Harvard Medical School.
Natalie received her PhD in cellular, molecular, and medical biosciences and MS in human nutrition and metabolic studies from Columbia University and her BS in human anatomy and cell biology from McGill University.
Jun 04, 2020 11:30 am UTC| Nature Science
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