Hafer,  Nathaniel 

Full Name:  Hafer,  Nathaniel 

Program Name: Biosecurity

Title: Biology Research Associate

Phone Number: (202) 454-4677

Fax: (202) 675-1010

Email: nhafer (at) fas.org

Biography

Nathaniel Hafer was hired as a biology research associate at the Federation of American Scientists in November 2007. Prior to working at FAS, Hafer was a summer 2007 Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellow at The National Academies. At FAS he is working on biosecurity education and outreach.

Before moving to D.C., Dr. Hafer completed his Ph.D. in molecular biology at Princeton University, where his research focused on a novel gene that regulates RNA localization and expression in the nervous system and male germline. He also received a B.S. in Biology from Penn State with a minor in Science, Technology, and Society.