Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Nicholas G. Evans recently completed his PhD in Applied Philosophy and Biosecurity at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Australian National University, Canberra. Prior to this, he completed his BSc (Hons) in Physics at the University of Sydney.
His research interests include Professional and Applied Ethics, Ethical Theory, Public Health, Science Policy, and the History and Philosophy of Science. His first edited collection, "The Routledge Handbook of Ethics and War," (coedited with Adam Henschke and Frtiz Allhoff), was released in July 2013. In 2013 Nick was also an investigator with the ANU National Security Centre grant "Cyberwarfare, Cyberterrorism, Cybercrime: Mapping the Ethical Terrain." In the beginning of 2014, he was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Monash University Centre for Human Bioethics in Melbourne.
Nick recently immigrated to the United States, where he lives in Pennsylvania with his wife, Kelly (and their cats). In July 2014, he'll commence as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Advanced Biomedical Ethics at the University of Pennsylvania.
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