Austein McLoughlin

Austein McLoughlin is a Programme Management Officer at UN Biodiversity since January 2019, specializing in risk assessment and management of living modified organisms within the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and synthetic biology. Responsibilities include providing scientific and technical advice, liaising with stakeholders, and facilitating workshops and training courses on biotechnology and biodiversity. Austein has contributed significantly to technical resources, including guidance for the risk assessment of engineered gene drives and supporting comprehensive literature reviews in synthetic biology. Prior experience includes roles as Associate Programme Management Officer at the Convention on Biological Diversity, Biological Laboratory Technician, Teaching Assistant, and Fungal Biology Research Technician at the University of Manitoba. Austein holds a Master's Degree in Molecular Biology and a Bachelor's Degree in Genetics from the University of Manitoba.