How to prevent AI-enabled bioterrorism
AI biodesign tools offer many beneficial uses, from engineered crops to vaccine development, but tools that can engineer biological agents could also be misused to cause harm.
Former Intern
Eva Siegmann
Eva Siegmann is an intern with NTI’s Global Biological Policy and Programs team. She focuses on disincentivizing state bioweapons development and emerging risks at the intersection of artificial intelligence and biology.
Siegmann is an MA candidate in Security Studies at Georgetown University, concentrating in technology and security. She previously worked as a Political Affairs Intern at UN Office for Disarmament Affairs in Geneva, where she supported the Biological Weapons Convention’ Implementation Support Unit. Her interest in biosecurity started as a research assistant in the CBWNet project at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg.
Before focusing on biosecurity, Eva researched nuclear policy at the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique in Paris and contributed to ICAN Germany. Since 2023, Eva is a member of the European Leadership Networks inaugural “New European Voices on Existential Risk”. She holds a Double Bachelor’s degree in social and political science from Sciences Po Paris and the Free University of Berlin, and speaks fluent German and French.
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