Dr. Piers D. Millett, Ph.D. is Executive Director of the International Biosecurity and Biosafety Initiative for Science (IBBIS). Dr. Millett is a certified biorisk management professional, with a specialization in biosecurity. Dr. Millett was Deputy Head of the Implementation Support Unit for the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), has consulted for the World Health Organization, and was previously Vice President for Responsibility for iGEM Foundation. Dr.
Millett has worked closely with the citizen science movement, synthetic biologists, the biotechnology industry as well as national and international policymakers and decisionmakers, to help maximise the benefits from advances in biotechnology while minimizing the risks.