Director of the Infrastructure, Immigration, and Security Operations (IISO) Program and Senior Political Scientist at the RAND Corporation. Detail-oriented researcher with over a decade of experience in developing, leading, and performing research on risk perception and regulation of emerging technologies, risk assessment and communication, science and technology policy, and R&D management. Recent work includes vulnerability and risk assessments of the bioeconomy, analyses of emerging risks to national critical infrastructure and homeland security, and studies on the adoption and regulation of emerging technologies in healthcare and agriculture.