Title:
Former Postdoctoral Fellow
Affiliation:
Kavli Center for Ethics, Science, and the Public
Background:
Arik Shams, PhD, is interested in the intersections of genome editing, bioethics, and science policy. As a Kavli Ethics, Science, and the Public Fellow, Shams expanded his training further into policy and ethics, working on projects with an emphasis on CRISPR technology implementation in agriculture and energy, capacity-building to mitigate global food insecurity, and training new scientists in issues of science justice, bioethics, and social impact. Shams received a B.S. from the University of Southern Mississippi, and did two years of post-baccalaureate research at the National Institute of Health. Shams received a PhD in Molecular and Cell Biology from UC Berkeley in the lab of Dr. Dave Savage, working on engineering CRISPR proteins for new functions.
