AAAS Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion

Biography

Paul B. Thompson, Ph.D., holds the Joyce and Edward E. Brewer Chair in Applied Ethics at Purdue University, where he is also Director of Purdue's Center for Food Animal Productivity and Well-Being. He has written over 100 journal articles and book chapters on ethical issues associated with risk, food and agriculture. As Director of Texas A&M University's Center for Biotechnology Policy and Ethics from 1990 to 1997, he participated in many of the early discussions and debates over genetic engineering in agriculture. He served on the USDA Agricultural Biotechnology Research Advisory Committee and the National Research Council Subcommittee on Ecological Risks from Transgenic Crops. He is a founding member and former President of the Agricultural, Food and Human Values Society.