James Giordano
James Giordano, PhD, is Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Biochemistry, Chief of the Neuroethics Studies Program, and Chair of the Project in Military Medical Ethics of the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, at Georgetown University Medical Center. As well, he is J5 Donovan Group Senior Fellow, Biowarfare and Biosecurity, at US Special Operations Command, (USSOCOM). He has served as Senior Science Advisory Fellow to the SMA Group of the Joint Staff of the Pentagon; as Research Fellow and Task Leader of the EU-Human Brain Project Sub-Program on Dual-Use Brain Science, and as an appointed member of the Neuroethics, Legal and Social Issues Advisory Panel of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The author of over 285 papers, 7 books, 210 book chapters, and 15 government white papers on brain science, ethics, and national defense, he is an elected member of the European Academy of Science and Arts, and an Overseas Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine (UK).
More content by James Giordano
Neurodata and Defence: Part II – Beyond NINA -The Need for Integrative Digital Biosecurity
April 16 by James Giordano
The convergence of neurobiology and computational capabilities, while facilitating beneficial advances in brain research and its translational applications, creates a vulnerable strategic asset that w...
Neurodata & Defence: Part I – Realities and Risks
April 14 by James Giordano
The convergence of neurobiology and computational capabilities, while facilitating beneficial advances in brain research and its translational applications, creates a vulnerable strategic asset that w...
Dark Side of Delivery: The Growing Threat of Bioweapon Dissemination by Drones
January 24 by Joseph DeFranco
The proliferation of drones could make bioweapon delivery dissemination easier and faster. Cases in China have already demonstrated the threat of drone-based agro-terrorism, and this warrants prudent...
Prions as Bioweapons?
September 13 by James Giordano
Although instances of biowarfare and bioterrorism have been rare in the 21st century, rapid advances in bioscience and technology that are capable of being weaponized are becoming ever more difficult...
Is neuroscience the future of warfare?
April 17 by James GiordanoThe ability to degrade an opponents mind? The rapid advancement of neuroscience has prompted renewed and growing interest within military and national security settings
