David Gillum, PhD, RBP(ABSA), University of Nevada—Reno, Reno, NV David R. Gillum, PhD is Associate Vice President for Compliance and Research Administration at the University of Nevada, Reno, where he oversees Animal Resources, Environmental Health & Safety, Research Integrity and Security, and Sponsored Projects. With more than three decades of experience in research compliance, safety, and risk management, he has led institutional programs that support safe, secure, and responsible scientific research. Dr. Gillum’s research focuses on biotechnology governance, including dual use research of concern (DURC), pathogens with enhanced pandemic potential (PEPP), synthetic biology, and genome editing. He is currently part of a National Institutes of Health–funded research project examining how biosafety and biosecurity policies are interpreted and implemented across U.S. research institutions. The project combines surveys, interviews, and practitioner workshops to understand how biosecurity governance functions in practice and where gaps exist between policy intent and institutional implementation. He has published on biotechnology governance and biosecurity policy in venues including Science, Issues in Science and Technology, STAT News, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Applied Biosafety, and Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. Dr. Gillum served as President of ABSA International in 2020 and received the FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award in 2019 for his contributions to biosecurity and public safety.