Pandemic Center

Dr. Lagoudas is bringing her expertise on biosecurity, pandemic response, and indoor air quality to her role as Senior Fellow at the School of Public Health’s Pandemic Center. She recently served as Senior Advisor for Biotechnology and Bioeconomy at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. During her time at the White House, she coordinated a variety of initiatives, including drafting and implementation of an Executive Order on Advancing the American Bioeconomy, as well as launching a White House Initiative to improve indoor air quality.

Prior to the White House, Georgia was a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the Department of State in the Office of Biological Policy Staff. She worked on international and domestic biological policy, helping to coordinate U.S. involvement in the Biological Weapons Convention and leading efforts in biosecurity and biosafety policy and programs. Georgia also served as a AAAS Congressional Science Policy Fellow in the U.S. Senate and worked on climate policy, air pollution, bioeconomy, and the COVID-19 response in Senator Markey’s office. She led the writing and introduction of three bills in the Senate, one of which has become law through the CHIPS and Science Act. Before coming to D.C., Georgia worked as a scientist in the DSM Innovation Center in Boston, leading an initiative to develop products to reduce antibiotic usage in animal agriculture. Georgia received her Ph.D. in Biological Engineering from MIT, working at the intersection of infectious disease, genomics, and microfluidics at the Broad Institute.