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Alex John London is the K&L Gates Professor of Ethics and Computational Technologies at Carnegie Mellon University, where he directs the Center for Ethics and Policy and serves as Chief Ethicist at the Block Center for Technology and Society. He co-leads the K&L Gates Initiative in Ethics and Computational Technologies and is an elected Fellow of the Hastings Center.
- Research Focus: Ethical and policy challenges in AI, medicine, and biotechnology; cross-national justice in research; methodological rigor in theoretical and practical ethics.
Key Contributions: Author of For the Common Good: Philosophical Foundations of Research Ethics (Oxford University Press, open access) and co-editor of the widely used textbook Ethical Issues in Modern Medicine. Served on WHO expert panels for AI governance, U.S. National Academy of Medicine committees, and contributed to international guidelines like the CIOMS Ethical Guidelines and Declaration of Helsinki revisions.
Recent Awards:
- Fellow of the Hastings Center
Leadership Roles: Ethics core co-leader for the NSF AI Institute for Collaborative Assistance and Responsive Interaction for Networked Groups (AI-CARING); program committee member for major AI ethics conferences (FAccT, AIES).
Public Engagement: Active in shaping biosecurity policy through the U.S. National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) and consulted for NIH, WHO, and World Bank.
