Our interactive Globalbiolabs.org map, launched in May 2021, provides details of BSL4 labs around the world and their policies and practices to ensure safe, secure and responsible pathogen research.
This website introduces the audience to the mapping tool, presents our most recent research findings, and provides key policy recommendations for strengthening biorisk management in BSL4 labs.
Meet Our Team
Dr Filippa Lentzos
Dr Greg Koblentz
Mayra Ameneiros
Ryan Houser
Amelia Morgan
Joseph Rodgers
Becca Earnhardt
Oliver Rooney
Hailey Wingo
Dr Filippa Lentzos
Dr Filippa Lentzos is an Associate Professor (Reader) and Director of the Science & International Security graduate program in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. She is also an associate senior researcher at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), a non-resident scholar at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS), and a member of the WHO Health Security Interface technical advisory group. She serves as the NGO Coordinator for the Biological Weapons Convention.
Dr Gregory Koblentz
Dr Gregory D. Koblentz is an Associate Professor and Director of the Biodefense graduate program at George Mason University's Schar School of Policy and Government. He is also an associate faculty at the Center for Security Policy Studies at George Mason and a member of the Scientists Working Group on Biological & Chemical Security at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.
Mayra Ameneiros
Mayra Ameneiros is a research associate in the Department of War Studies at King's College London, a member of the WHO Health Security Interface technical advisory group, and the deputy coordinator for the Next Generation Global Health Security Network. She has a background in biochemistry and biorisk management.
Becca Earnhardt
Becca Earnhardt is a presidential scholar and doctoral student in the Biodefense program at the Schar School for Policy and Government at George Mason University. She has a background in political science and emergency preparedness.
Ryan Houser
Ryan Houser is a doctoral student in the Biodefense program at the Schar School for Policy and Government at George Mason University, and was previously a research associate in the Department of War Studies at King's College London. He has a background in global health law and emergency response.
Amelia Morgan
Amelia Morgan worked on the project in the first half of 2022 while she was a doctoral student and research associate in the Department of War Studies at King's College London, before she took up an ESRC Policy Fellowship at the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).
Joseph Rodgers
Joseph Rodgers is a doctoral student in the Biodefense program at George Mason University, and an associate director and associate fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He is a visiting research associate in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, and was previously a graduate research assistant at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS).
Oliver Rooney
Oliver Rooney worked on the project in summer 2022 as a War Studies student fellow at King’s College London.
Hailey Wingo
Hailey Wingo is a research associate in the Department of War Studies at King's College London. She has a background in chemical and biomolecular engineering and in process design for pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities.