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Ali Nouri

Dr. Ali Nouri is a lecturer at Princeton University. He was formerly a Deputy Assistant to President Biden, and an Assistant Secretary in the US Department of Energy.


Articles by Ali Nouri

Ballot with word AI written on it going into ballot box.

On November 5, AI is also on the ballot

By Ali Nouri | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies
closeup of coronavirus through microscope

Let evidence, not talk radio, determine whether the outbreak started in a lab

By Ali Nouri | Biosecurity, Opinion
Research on smallpox continues today. Photo credit: Centers for Disease Control

Synthetic biology: A call for a new culture of responsibility

By Ali Nouri, Shahram Seyedin-Noor | Opinion, Synthetic biology