Dr. Sarah R. Carter is the Principal at Science Policy Consulting LLC where she focuses on societal and policy issues related to the bioeconomy, including government oversight and regulation, industry practices, responsible innovation, and biosecurity. In recent years, she has supported the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) on projects related to DNA synthesis screening and the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) for biosecurity. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Federation of American Scientists, where she works on issues related to the broader bioeconomy, including U. S. government policy for biotechnology and biomanufacturing and its intersections with environmental sustainability. Previously, she worked in the Policy Center of the J. Craig Venter Institute and at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). She is a former AAAS S&T Policy Fellow and a former Mirzayan S&T Fellow of the National Academies. She earned her Ph. D. from UCSF, and her bachelor’s degree from Duke University.