Gregory Koblentz

Gregory D. Koblentz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public and International Affairs and Deputy Director of the Biodefense Graduate Program at George Mason University. The Biodefense Graduate Program is a graduate-level research and educational program designed to develop the next generation of biodefense and biosecurity professionals and scholars. Prior to arriving at George Mason, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and a National Security Fellow at the Olin Institute for Strategic Studies at Harvard University. Previously, he was a Research Specialist with the Executive Session on Domestic Preparedness at the John F. Kennedy School of Government where he published studies on bioterrorism and homeland security. He has also worked for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Project at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Dr. Koblentz is a Research Affiliate with the Security Studies Program at MIT and a member of the Scientist Working Group on Chemical and Biological Weapons at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation in Washington, DC. His research and teaching focus on international security, terrorism, homeland security, and weapons of mass destruction. Dr. Koblentz is the author of Living Weapons: Biological Warfare and International Security (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2009) and co-author of Tracking Nuclear Proliferation (Washington: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1998). He has also published articles in International Security, Nonproliferation Review, Arms Control Today, and Jane’s Intelligence Review.