Smart Cities Initiative to Develop Policy and Tech for Phoenix

A partnership between the public, private industry, and Arizona State University will help use emerging technologies and data analytics to guide Phoenix into its smart-city future.  Faculty Fellow Diana Bowman heads up the Center for Smart Cities and Regions, which has partnered with the Arizona Institute for Digital Progress (IDP) and the Greater Phoenix Economic Council for the Greater Phoenix Smart Region […]

Bowman on Nanotechnology Environmental Health and Safety

Faculty Fellow Diana Bowman co-authored a recently published book covering the latest on the health and safety impacts of nanotechnology development and advancement. Nanotechnology Environmental Health and Safety: Risks, Regulation, and Management – 3rd Edition, was co-authored with Matthew Hull, Associate Director for Virginia Tech’s NanoEarth Center. Bowman and Hull led a team of authors in exploring the current state […]

Faculty Fellow Diana Bowman Selected as a Carnegie Fellow

Faculty Fellow and professor Diana Bowman is one of the 31 recipients of a 2018 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship. Bowman, who was selected for the prestigious fellowship from roughly 300 finalists, proposed a study of the legal and ethical implications of a new reproductive technology called mitochondrial donation, a technology that allows for three-parent families. “I’m still […]

Diana Bowman on Responsible Innovation in Neurotechnology

Faculty Fellow Diana Bowman co-authored the introduction to a special issue of the Journal of Responsible Innovation on advances in the field of neurotechnology. The Neurotechnology and Society Interface: Responsible Innovation in an International Context was co-authored by Hermann Garden, Clare Stroud, and David Winickoff. Advances in neurotechnology may have a profound impact on the social, economic, […]

Faculty Fellows Join Nature Nanotechnology Advisory Panel

Nature Nanotechnology, the preeminent journal on nanoscience and nanotechnology, has introduced an advisory panel of experts to guide the journal’s coverage at the intersection of nanotechnology and society. Faculty Fellows Andrew Maynard and Diana Bowman have been selected to be among seven or so experts from around the world to serve on this advisory panel. Scientific and technological progress […]

Faculty Fellows Bowman & Maynard to Study Gene Doping

Faculty Fellows Diana Bowman and Andrew Maynard we just awarded funding from ASU’s Global Sports Institute (GSI) for a project on “Gene Doping” – the use of CRISPR to alter genes in humans and produce perfect athletes. The award was part of GSI’s “Sport 2036” Grant Program to explore the future of sports. Emerging and cutting-edge technologies […]

Center Fellows on Regulating Nanomaterials in Cosmetics

Faculty Fellows Diana Bowman and Andrew Maynard, with ASU College of Law alum and Research Fellow Nathaniel May, authored a chapter on regulating nanomaterials in cosmetics in the recently published Analysis of Cosmetic Products, Second Edition. Cosmetics are big business with estimated global sales of $675 billion by 2020. Competition in the market drives innovation […]

Diana Bowman on Responsible Research and Innovation in Nanotech

Faculty Fellow and Associate Dean of International Engagement Diana Bowman recently co-authored a paper on responsible research and innovation (RRI) in nanotechnology. Devices of Responsibility: Over a Decade of Responsible Research and Innovation Initiatives for Nanotechnologies, published in Science and Engineering Ethics, discusses and takes stock of the international efforts to guide the responsible development […]

Bowman, Sylvester & Marino Publish Chapter on Nanotech

LSI Faculty Fellow, Diana Bowman, LSI Faculty Fellow and Dean of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Douglas Sylvester, along with JD Candidate, 2017, Anthony Marino, published a chapter on Patents and Nanotechnology in Biomedical Nanotechnology, Methods & Protocols.

Bowman on Nano Regulation & Governance

Diana Bowman LSI Faculty Fellow, Diana Bowman, recently published a thoughtful article on nanotechnologies utilizing the eight specific nano regulation and governance recommendations of the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering, published over ten years ago, as a springboard from then to now.   Below is an abstract: “It is now more than a […]