Gerald L. Epstein has spent forty years in governmental, academic, and civil society organizations, working at the intersection of science, technology, and national security policy. Originally trained as a physicist, he began his professional career at the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, analyzing technological and policy aspects of topics including ballistic missile defense, antisatellite arms control, fusion energy, defense technology, and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. he has continued to work on many of these topics, most recently concentrating on the governance of so-called “dual use” life science research and biotechnology.