Dr. Todd Kuiken is an Analyst in Science and Technology Policy for the U.S. Congressional Research Service in its Resources, Science and Industry Division. He previously was a Senior Research Scholar with the Genetic Engineering and Society Center at NC State University where he explores the scientific and technological frontier, stimulating discovery and bringing new tools to bear on public policy challenges that emerge as science advances. Prior to that was the principal investigator on the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Synthetic Biology Project. He has numerous projects evaluating and designing new research and governance strategies to proactively address the biosafety, biosecurity and environmental opportunities/risks associated with emerging genetic technologies; including a project to ensure safety and security within the rapidly expanding community of amateur biologists and the growing network of community laboratories and maker spaces. Dr. Kuiken is a member of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity Ad-Hoc Technical Expert Group on Synthetic Biology. He has also worked with the United Nations Treaty for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture to assess whether de-materialization and digitization of data will affect the structure, function and viability of the Treaty. He is also a member of the executive committee on human practices for the International Genetically Engineered Machines competition and a founding member of its biosafety/biosecurity committee. He received a B.S. in Environmental Management and Technology at Rochester Institute of Technology, an M.A. in Environmental and Resource Policy from The George Washington University and earned his Ph.D. from Tennessee Tech University where his research focused on the air/surface exchange of mercury associated with forest ecosystems.
2022 review
Direct and indirect impacts of synthetic biology on biodiversity conservation
[Review of ]. ISCIENCE, 25(11).
2022 article
Exploring the value of a global gene drive project registry
Taitingfong, R. I., Triplett, C., Vasquez, V. N., Rajagopalan, R. M., Raban, R., Roberts, A., … Bloss, C. S. (2022, December 15). NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY, Vol. 12.
Contributors: R. Taitingfong *, C. Triplett, V. Vásquez *, R. Rajagopalan *, R. Raban *, A. Roberts *, G. Terradas *, B. Baumgartner *
2022 article
iGEM and Gene Drives: A Case Study for Governance
Millett, P., Alexanian, T., Palmer, M. J., Evans, S. W., Kuiken, T., & Oye, K. (2022, January 11). HEALTH SECURITY, Vol. 1.
2021 journal article
(Broken) Promises of Sustainable Food and Agriculture through New Biotechnologies: The CRISPR Case
CRISPR JOURNAL, 4(1), 25–31.
2020 journal article
Bioengineering horizon scan 2020
ELIFE, 9.
2020 article
Building biosecurity for synthetic biology
Trump, B. D., Galaitsi, S. E., Appleton, E., Bleijs, D. A., Florin, M.-V., Gollihar, J. D., … Linkov, I. (2020, July). MOLECULAR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY, Vol. 16.
2020 journal article
Realizing Present and Future Promise of DIY Biology and Medicine through a Trust Architecture
HASTINGS CENTER REPORT, 50(6), 10–14.
2020 journal article
Scenario analysis on the use of rodenticides and sex-biasing gene drives for the removal of invasive house mice on islands
Biological Invasions, 22(4), 1235–1248.
Contributors: M. Serr n, R. Valdez *, K. Barnhill-Dilling n, J. Godwin n, n & M. Booker n
2019 journal article
A potential new tool for the toolbox: assessing gene drives for eradicating invasive rodent populations
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2019 journal article
Articulating ‘free, prior and informed consent’ (FPIC) for engineered gene drives
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286(1917), 20191484.
Contributors: D. George n, n & J. Delborne n
2019 article
Biology Without Borders: Need for Collective Governance?
SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY 2020: FRONTIERS IN RISK ANALYSIS AND GOVERNANCE, pp. 269–295.
2019 journal article
Developing a Comprehensive, Adaptive, and International Biosafety and Biosecurity Program for Advanced Biotechnology: The iGEM Experience
Applied Biosafety.
2019 report
Genetic frontiers for conservation: an assessment of synthetic biology and biodiversity conservation: technical assessment
In [].
2019 journal article
Synthetic Biology and the United Nations
Trends in Biotechnology.
2017 article
Point of View: A transatlantic perspective on 20 emerging issues in biological engineering
Wintle, B. C., Boehm, C. R., Rhodes, C., Molloy, J. C., Millett, P., Adam, L., … Sutherland, W. J. (2017, November 14). ELIFE, Vol. 6.
Contributors: B. Wintle n, C. Boehm *, C. Rhodes *, J. Molloy *, P. Millett *, L. Adam *, R. Breitling *, R. Carlson *
2017 report
Potential Implications of New Synthetic Biology and Genomic Research Trajectories on the International Treaty for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
In International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/faoweb/plant-treaty/GB7/gb7_90.pdf
2017 book
Vigilante environmentalism: Are gene drives changing how we value and govern ecosystems?
In Gene Editing, Law, and the Environment: Life Beyond the Human (pp. 95–112).
2016 journal article
2016 book
Nanomedicine: Ethical considerations
In R. Bawa, G. F. Audette, & B. Reese (Eds.), Handbook of Clinical Nanomedicine: Law, Business, Regulation, Safety, and Risk (Vol. 2, pp. 1031–1055).
Ed(s): R. Bawa, G. Audette & B. Reese
2016 dataset
Nanotechnology in the real world: Redeveloping the nanomaterial consumer products inventory
Nano Online.
2016 journal article
The genome project-write we need technology and an ethical framework for genome-scale engineering
Science, 353(6295), 126–127.
Contributors: J. Boeke, G. Church, A. Hessel, N. Kelley, A. Arkin, Y. Cai, R. Carlson, A. Chakravarti
2015 journal article
Nanotechnology in the real world: Redeveloping the nanomaterial consumer products inventory
Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 6(1), 1769–1780.
Contributors: M. Vance *, * , E. Vejerano *, S. McGinnis *, M. Hochella *, D. Rejeski*, M. Hull *
2015 book
Public's Understanding, Perceptions, and Acceptance of Nanotechnology through the Lens of Consumer Products
In Nanoengineering: Global Approaches to Health and Safety Issues (pp. 151–171).
Contributors: , M. Quadros, S. McGinnis * & M. Hull* *
2015 journal article
Shaping the future of synthetic biology
Science, 348(6232), 296. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000352999000028&KeyUID=WOS:000352999000028
2014 journal article
BIOTECHNOLOGY Regulating gene drives
Science, 345(6197), 626–628.
Contributors: K. Oye *, K. Esvelt *, E. Appleton *, F. Catteruccia *, G. Church *, * , S. Lightfoot*, J. McNamara*, A. Smidler *, J. Collins *
2014 journal article
Shaping ecological risk research for synthetic biology
Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 4(3), 191–199.
Contributors: , G. Dana*, K. Oye * & D. Rejeski* *
2013 book
Converging technologies for a smarter health and wellness future
In ICTs and the Health Sector: Towards Smarter Health and Wellness Models (Vol. 9789264202863, pp. 159–177).
2013 journal article
DIYbio: Low Risk, High Potential
Scientist, 27(3), 26–27. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000320341600006&KeyUID=WOS:000320341600006
2012 journal article
Four steps to avoid a synthetic-biology disaster
Nature, 483(7387), 29. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000300877900025&KeyUID=WOS:000300877900025
2012 journal article
Synthetic biology: Four steps to avoid a synthetic-biology disaster
Contributors: G. Dana*, * , D. Rejeski* & A. Snow *
2011 journal article
Nanotechnology and in situ remediation: a review of the benefits and potential risks
Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 16(1), 165–178. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=SCIELO&KeyUT=SCIELO:S1413-81232011000100020&KeyUID=SCIELO:S1413-81232011000100020
2010 journal article
International viewpoint and news
Environmental Earth Sciences, 60(4), 903–907.
2010 journal article
2010 journal article
Nanomedicine and ethics: is there anything new or unique?
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology, 3(2), 111–118.
2010 journal article
Nanotechnology and in situ remediation: A review of the benefits and potential risks,A nanotecnologia e a remediação in situ: Uma revisão dos benefícios e riscos em potencial
Ciencia e Saude Coletiva, 16(1), 165–178.
Contributors: B. Karn *, * & M. Otto*
2009 journal article
Application of a Rule-Based Model to Estimate Mercury Exchange for Three Background Biomes in the Continental United States
Environmental Science & Technology, 43(13), 4989–4994.
Contributors: J. Hartman*, P. Weisberg *, R. Pillai*, J. Ericksen*, * , S. Lindberg*, H. Zhang *, J. Rytuba*, M. Gustin *
2009 journal article
Cleaning up contaminated waste sites: Is nanotechnology the answer?
Nano Today, 5(1), 6–8.
2009 journal article
Nanotechnology and in Situ Remediation: A Review of the Benefits and Potential Risks
Environmental Health Perspectives, 117(12), 1823–1831.
Contributors: B. Karn *, * & M. Otto*
2008 journal article
Mercury emission from terrestrial background surfaces in the eastern USA. II: Air/surface exchange of mercury within forests from South Carolina to New England
Applied Geochemistry, 23(3), 356–368.
Contributors: , M. Gustin *, H. Zhang *, S. Lindberg* & B. Sedinger* *
2008 journal article
Mercury emission from terrestrial background surfaces in the eastern USA. Part I: Air/surface exchange of mercury within a southeastern deciduous forest (Tennessee) over one year
Applied Geochemistry, 23(3), 345–355.
Contributors: , H. Zhang*, M. Gustin * & S. Lindberg* *
2008 journal article
Mysterious diel cycles of mercury emission from soils held in the dark at constant temperature
Atmospheric Environment, 42(21), 5424–5433.
Contributors: H. Zhang *, S. Lindberg* & *
2006 journal article
Change of dissolved gaseous mercury concentrations in a southern reservoir lake (Tennessee) following seasonal variation of solar radiation
Environmental Science & Technology, 40(7), 2114–2119.
Contributors: H. Zhang *, C. Dill*, * , M. Ensor* & W. Crocker*
2005 journal article
Airborne emissions of mercury from municipal solid waste. I: New measurements from six operating landfills in Florida
Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 55(7), 859–869. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000230435300001&KeyUID=WOS:000230435300001
2005 journal article
Airborne emissions of mercury from municipal solid waste. II: Potential losses of airborne mercury before landfill
Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 55(7), 870–877. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000230435300002&KeyUID=WOS:000230435300002
2005 journal article
Aquatic photochemokinetic rates of production and loss of dissolved gaseous mercury (DGM) in a southern reservoir lake of Tennessee.
Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 229, U896. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000228177706398&KeyUID=WOS:000228177706398
2005 journal article
Diurnal variation of dissolved gaseous mercury (DGM) levels in a southern reservoir lake (Tennessee, USA) in relation to solar radiation
Science of the Total Environment, 357(1-3), 176–193.
Contributors: C. Dill*, * , H. Zhang * & M. Ensor*
2002 journal article
Dynamic flux chamber measurement of gaseous mercury emission fluxes over soils. Part 1: Simulation of gaseous mercury emissions from soils using a two-resistance exchange interface model
Atmospheric Environment, 36(5), 835–846.
Contributors: S. Lindberg*, H. Zhang *, A. Vette *, M. Gustin *, M. Barnett * &
2002 journal article
Dynamic flux chamber measurement of gaseous mercury emission fluxes over soils: Part 2 - effect of flushing flow rate and verification of a two-resistance exchange interface simulation model
Atmospheric Environment, 36(5), 847–859.
Contributors: S. Lindberg*, H. Zhang *, A. Vette *, M. Gustin *, M. Barnett * & *
2001 journal article
Photochemical production of dissolved gaseous mercury in freshwater: The role of Fe(III).
Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 222, U430. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000170690002190&KeyUID=WOS:000170690002190
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