I’m delighted to welcome another contributor to Undip:  Chris Larson.  Chris will look at on science and technology (S&T) issues and their impact on U.S. foreign policy.  He will examine areas within S&T that extend beyond borders: national security, education, health, environment, innovation, government reform, basic research, immigration, energy, and space.  In particular, he will look at health, innovation, and the role of the private sector - issues often ignored or misunderstood in both the mainstream media and academic journals.

Chris is Associate Director of Biology at a biotechnology company in California.  He provides molecular and cellular biology expertise for drug discovery and development efforts and serves as the project leader for several drug discovery teams. He has held positions at several biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies and led the team that discovered KC706, which completed multiple Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, atherosclerosis, and pemphigus vulgaris.

Chris has authored numerous peer-reviewed scientific publications, book chapters, and patents, and he has been an invited speaker at scientific conferences. He holds a B.A. from Carleton College, obtained his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Harvard University, and completed postdoctoral training in molecular oncology at The Salk Institute for Biological Studies. He also has mentored a number of undergraduate and doctoral research dissertations, and currently serves as a mentor for the Biotechnology Institute’s Minority Fellows Program.

As is the case with all Undip contributors, Chris’s views are his own and do not reflect those of his employer.

Frankly, I don’t know why he’s slumming here, but we’re delighted to have him on the team! His first post will follow shortly.

(BTW, Chris, when Zemnata, a search engine that help bloggers find photos and links, saw the word “chemistry,”  it linked here.  I promise I won’t tell Heidi.)

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