Matthew E. Walsh

Experience

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  Boston University Medical Center

  May 2009 - Aug 2010

  Mass Spectrometry Resource Intern
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  Biochemistry Research Lab of Dr. Kelly Sheppard

  May 2011 - May 2013

  Research Assistant
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  MassBiologics

  Nov 2013 - Jul 2014

  Research & Development Associate I
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  MIT Lincoln Laboratory

  Jul 2014 - Aug 2021

  Biological and Chemical Technologies Group

  • Associate Staff

    Apr 2018 - Aug 2021

  • Assistant Staff

    Jul 2014 - Mar 2018
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  Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

  Jan 2018 - Jan 2018

  Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Initiative Fellowship

  Launched in 2012, ELBI is a highly competitive, part-time program that provides an opportunity for talented graduate students and professionals to deepen their expertise, expand their network, and build their leadership skills through a series of events coordinated by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.

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  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  Aug 2021 - now

  Doctoral Candidate

  PhD candidate in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Health Security track.My dissertation focuses on the impact of AI on the deliberate biological threat landscape.

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  Association for Politics and the Life Sciences

  Feb 2023 - Feb 2024

  Graduate Student Representative

  https://www.aplsnet.org/

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  Self-employed

  Jan 2024 - now

  Biosecurity Red Teaming Consultant

  I provide biosecurity subject matter expertise in various capacities to support the development of frontier large language models.

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  In Vivo Group

  Jan 2024 - Mar 2024

  Biosecurity Expert

  I help academia and industry understand and plan for the impact of AI on the biosecurity landscape and support the responsible development of AI.

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  National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology (NSCEB)

  Mar 2024 - Dec 2024

  Science Technology Policy Fellow