Biography
Dr Filippa Lentzos is a Senior Lecturer in Science & International Security, with a joint appointment in the Department of War Studies and the Department of Global Health & Social Medicine. She also serves as the Director of the MA in Science & International Security.
A biologist and social scientist by training, Dr Lentzos’ research critically examines biological threats, health security, biorisk management and biological arms control. She has published widely on issues related to transparency, confidence-building and compliance assessment of biodefence programmes and high-risk bioscience; emerging technologies, governance and responsible innovation; information warfare and deliberate disinformation related to global health security; and intelligence, biological threat assessment and intelligence-academia engagement. For more about her work, see: www.filippalentzos.com.
Externally, Dr Lentzos is an Associate Senior Researcher at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and a Non-Resident Scholar at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS). She also serves as the NGO Coordinator for the Biological Weapons Convention, the international treaty prohibiting biological weapons. She regularly works with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs and the World Health Organization.
Research
- Biological weapons disarmament and non-proliferation
- Biological threats and biosecurity
- Global health security
- Security and governance of emerging life science technologies
- Responsible bioinnovation
Teaching
Postgraduate
Further details
See Filippa's research profile
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Lentzos, F., Rybicki, E. P., Engelhard, M., Paterson, P., Sandholtz, W. A. & Reeves, R. G., 25 Mar 2022, In: Science (New York, N.Y.). 375, 6587, p. 1363 1 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abo1980
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Urbina, F., Lentzos, F., Invernizzi, C. & Ekins, S., Mar 2022, In: Nature Machine Intelligence. 4, 3, p. 189-191 3 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-022-00465-9
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Butorac, I., Lentzos, F. & Aicardi, C., 14 Jul 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Health Security. 19, 4, p. 424-430 7 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1089/hs.2020.0147
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Lentzos, F., 11 Feb 2021, In: The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Lentzos, F., Connel, N., Leins, K. & Kaspersen, A., 3 Feb 2021, In: IEEE SA Beyond Standards Blog. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Lentzos, F., 2021, In: The Nonproliferation Review. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Nelson, C., Adiguzel, I., Florin, M. V., Lentzos, F., Knutsson, R., Rhodes, C., Rutten, P. & Vergin, A., 2021, NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security. Springer Science and Business Media B.V., p. 177-194 18 p. (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security). Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-2086-9_12
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Lentzos, F. & Littlewood, J., 11 Dec 2020, In: The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Lentzos, F., Dec 2020, In: The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Lentzos, F., Oct 2020 Research output: Other contribution