Dr.
Patrick Lin is the research director for the organization,
bringing a rare blend of experience from post-doctoral research in nanoethics
and corporate work in issues management and technology communications.
Dr.
Lin is currently an assistant professor at California Polytechnic
State University (Cal Poly, SLO), as well as affiliate scholar at Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society and visiting research fellow at Australia's Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE). He also held academic appointments at Dartmouth
College, US Naval Academy, and Western Michigan University.
Dr. Lin serves on the editorial board of the NanoEthics:
Ethics for Technologies that Converge at the Nanoscale and other
journals. He has a number of papers published and
forthcoming in both academic journals and ethics titles, and he has presented
talks about nanoethics at industry conferences.
Unlike many in academia,
Dr. Lin carries real-world business experience to his research that includes
legislative work in Washington D.C. and technology savvy from Silicon
Valley. He has
worked with start-ups to established companies such as Covisint (venture
founded by Ford, GM, DaimlerChrysler, et al.), Volkswagen, Nextel, Sprint PCS,
Microsoft, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Compaq, Omnisky, Siemens, Business Objects,
Veritas, JetBlue, eBay, E*TRADE, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Medtronic, Telus, and
other market makers.
Active in community affairs, Dr. Lin has served on the board of directors
for Make-A-Wish Foundation and Foodbank in Santa Barbara.
He was also involved with the Ronald McDonald House and other organizations
in San Francisco.
Dr.
Lin received his B.A. in philosophy (political & legal theories) from the
University of California at Berkeley in 1990, with significant coursework in
the physical sciences. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D.
in philosophy (ethics and political & economic theories) from the University
of California at Santa Barbara in 1997.
Fritz Allhoff is a senior fellow for the organization, with areas of focus in ethical theory, applied ethics and philosophy of science, including nanotechnology.
He is also an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at Western Michigan University and a senior research fellow in the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at The Australian National University. He has held visiting posts at the American Medical Association, University of Michigan, University of Oxford, and the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Allhoff is also on the editorial board of NanoEthics: Ethics for Technologies that Converge at the Nanoscale (Springer). His work on nanotechnology and human enhancement has been funded by the US National Science Foundation (in collaboration with Dartmouth College; $249,867).
Active in the research community, Dr. Allhoff has published in prominent publications such as American Journal of Bioethics, Journal of Business Ethics, History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, Ethics, Human Nature Review, International Journal of Applied Philosophy, Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics and Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal. He has also edited several anthologies on various topics, including Biomedical Ethics, Business and Professional Ethics, Ethics in the Workplace and History of Philosophy, a four-volume series.
Dr. Allhoff has published several titles on the social and ethical implications of nanotechnology, including: with Patrick Lin and Daniel Moore, What Is Nanotechnology and Why Does It Matter?:
From Science to Ethics (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010); with Patrick Lin, James Moor, and John Weckert, Nanoethics: The Social & Ethical Implications of Nanotechnology (Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2007); and, with Patrick Lin, Nanotechnology & Society: Current and Emerging Ethical Issues (Dordrecht: Springer, 2008).
Dr. Allhoff has established a strong presence in industry circles, having organized and presented talks on ethics, science and public policy at conferences in international venues, including Vienna, Austria; Los Angeles, California; New York, New York; Ontario, Canada; Oviedo, Spain; and other locations worldwide.
He also has taught a wide range of classes at the introductory and advanced levels at Western Michigan University, the University of Michigan, and the University of California at Santa Barbara, such as: advanced ethics, biomedical ethics, business & professional ethics, introduction to ethics and philosophy of law.
Dr. Allhoff received his B.S. in physics as well as philosophy from the College of William & Mary. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of California at Santa Barbara.
James Moor, Ph.D.,
a senior fellow of the organization,
is also a professor and previously chairman of Dartmouth College's philosophy
department as well as an adjunct professor with The Centre for Applied
Philosophy and Public Ethics (Australian National University).
Dr. Moor is well-published in the fields of computer ethics, philosophy of
artificial intelligence, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science as well as
logic. His books include Nanoethics: The Ethical and Social
Implications of Nanotechnology (MIT Press, in progress), The Logic Book
(McGraw-Hill, 2004), The Turing Test: The Elusive Standard of
Artificial Intelligence (Kluwer Academic, 2003), Cyberphilosophy: The
Intersection of Computing and Philosophy (Basil Blackwell, 2002), and
The Digital Phoenix: How Computers Are Changing Philosophy (Basil
Blackwell, 1998).
He is an editor of the new journal NanoEthics: Ethics for Technologies that
Converge at the Nanoscale as well as Minds and Machines, and he
serves on the editorial board for Ethics and Information Technology and
Information, Communication & Ethics in Society. Dr. Moor is
currently president of the International Society for Ethics and Information
Technology (INSEIT) and also affiliated with a number of other professional
organizations such as Society for Machines and Mentality, APA Committee on
Philosophy and Computers, and many others.
Dr. Moor earned his B.S. in mathematics from Ohio State University in 1965;
M.A. in philosophy from University of Chicago in 1966; and Ph.D. in history
and philosophy of science from Indiana University in 1972.
