Professor Malcolm Dando trained originally as a biologist (BSc and PhD at St. Andrews University, Scotland). After post-doctoral studies in the United States (University of Michigan and University of Oregon) he held UK Ministry of Defence-funded fellowships in Operational Research at the University of Sussex during the 1970s. Since then he has worked on arms control and disarmament, particularly on chemical and biological issues (DSc University of Bradford). In recent years this work has been focused on awareness-raising and education of life scientists in regard to dual use and biosecurity. Malcolm is a Leverhulme Trust Emeritus Fellow.
Matteo Gerlini, PhD in history of international relations, is associate professor in the University of Siena. He chaired the International Nuclear Security Education Network, the academic partnership promoted by the IAEA. He has worked at the University of Rome La Sapienza, the University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, and Keio University, Tokyo. He was delegate of the University of Florence in the EU Non Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium. In 2020 he was Taiwan Fellow at National Chengchi University, Taipei. He is currently member of the ISEG panel in the NATO Science for Peace and Security Program, and member of the NATO Defence College Foundation board of directors. He is scientific coordinator of the Training in Radiological and International Nuclear Security (TRAINS), granted by OECD-NEA NEST program, and a visiting fellow at Alcide De Gasperi Center, European University Institute, on the history of Joint Research Centre – European Commission. He is a member of the scientific committee of the Specializing Master program in Nuclear safeguards, organized by the Polytechnic of Milan and the European Nuclear Education Network. and a lecturer on EURATOM history in the European Safeguards Research and Development Association (ESARDA) courses.
