Eva Siegmann is a graduate student in Security Studies at Georgetown University, concentrating on technology and security. Her research interests revolve around mitigating existential and global catastrophic risks associated with advanced technologies, including nuclear weapons, synthetic biology, and artificial intelligence.
She previously worked as a Political Affairs Intern at the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs in Geneva, where she supported the Biological Weapons Convention’ Implementation Support Unit. Her interest in biosecurity started as a research assistant in the CBWNet project at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg.
Before focusing on biosecurity, Eva researched nuclear policy at the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique in Paris and contributed to ICAN Germany. Since 2023, Eva has been a member of the European Leadership Network’s inaugural “New European Voices on Existential Risk”. She holds a Double Bachelor’s degree in social and political science from Sciences Po Paris and the Free University of Berlin, and speaks fluent German and French.
