Finan Adamson

Finan Adamson is a rationalist, effective altruist, and activist focused on reducing global catastrophic risks. He holds a BS in Evolutionary Biology from The Evergreen State College and has previously worked as a Lab Tech at the University of Alaska Fairbanks researching methane-digesting bacteria. He served as a communication coordinator at ALLFED (Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters), where he became their first full-time employee after volunteering under a Centre for Effective Altruism grant, and also ran events for Seattle Effective Altruists. He worked with the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI) and served as Events Coordinator and Community Manager at the Foresight Institute. His biosecurity work includes co-authoring the EA Forum post "Bioinfohazards" with Megan Crawford and Jeffrey Ladish, authoring a Nuclear Preparedness Guide, co-organizing Catalyst (a 100-person biosecurity summit), and completing an ORISE fellowship at the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education focused on holistic evaluation of field water surveillance and waterborne pathogen detection. He received a Long-Term Future Fund grant to upskill in biosecurity and explore possible career paths in the field.

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