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Peter Kearns

Peter Kearns

Senior Scientific Officer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Director, Sustainable Food Systems and Innovation at Re-Imagine Europa

  • Education

    • University of Cambridge

      1979 - 1983
      Ph.D. Genetics

      Activities and Societies: Member of Darwin College Genetics (PhD)

    • The Open University

      2009 - 2010
      Certificate in Legal Studies Law

      Legal studies

    • University of Nottingham, UK

      1976 - 1979
      B.Sc. (Hons) Genetics

      Genetics (BSc)

  • Experience

    • UK Department of Environment; now Defra

      Jan 1989 - Feb 1991
      Senior Scientific Officer

    • OECD

      Feb 1991 - Dec 2019
      Principal Adminstrator

      Responsible for work with intergovernmental programmes on: safety of nanomaterials; biosafety; safety of novel foods & feeds; and major chemicals accidents.

    • Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers

      Jan 2010 - Jun 2012
      Occasional Lecturer

    • SwiftEST

      Jan 2020 - now
      Director and Owner of SwiftEST SARL

    • Re-Imagine Europa (RIE)

      Sept 2020 - now
      Director, Sustainable Food Systems and Innovation

      I am currently working for Re-Imagine Europa (RIE) on the topic of genome editing. RIE is an “incubator” for new political ideas – a think tank for the 21st century – that acts as a convener, catalyst and communicator to reimagine our future.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • COVID-19: Tackling the Novel Coronavirus

      London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U. of London; & UK Public Health Rapid Support Team
      Apr 2020
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