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Dr. Sarah R. Carter is the Principal at Science Policy Consulting LLC. For more than 15 years, she has focused on advances in the tools and capabilities for engineering biology, biosecurity frameworks, and international norms for biosecurity. She is currently working with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) on developing and implementing practical biosecurity guardrails for agentic biological AI systems. Other recent work, including projects with the Nuclear Threat Initiative and other non-profit organizations, focused on the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) for biosecurity and approaches to reduce risks related to the misuse of biological AI tools. 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 Policy Fellow of the National Academies. She earned her PhD from University of California—San Francisco, and her bachelor’s degree from Duke University.