Edward Perello

Edward Perello is the principal of Arkurity, a biotech and policy consulting firm conducting research at the interface of public policy, biotechnology, and national and natural security. He is also the lead on food and agriculture at Deep Science Ventures, where he invests in, or develops, applied science companies to transform agriculture. Perello formerly co-founded Desktop Genetics, a provider of CRISPR genome-editing tools, and has expertise in biosecurity policy and biological weapons. He currently serves on the IUCN Synthetic Biology Taskforce and previously worked for the EU Science and Technology section in Washington, D.C., and on the national implementation team at arms control charity, Vertic.