Jake Swett is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at IFP and the Executive Director of Blueprint Biosecurity.

Previously, Jake co-founded altLabs, a research non-profit focused on advancing biosecurity technologies, and was the Chief Technology Officer and Vice President for an early-stage startup developing novel biosensors interfacing semiconductor electronics with synthetic biology. He served as a consultant to the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense and worked for several years at Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Technology Center as a Research Scientist on nanotechnology and biomedical applications. Jake has had fellowships with the Foresight Institute, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, and the Council on Strategic Risks, where he focused on topics from biosurveillance to health security to mitigating biological weapons.

With a PhD in nanotechnology from the University of Oxford, Jake’s research encompassed molecular diagnostics, nanoelectronics, and biosecurity innovations. He has contributed to more than 60 articles and patents and authored op-eds for The New York Times and STAT News. Jake’s academic background includes bachelor’s degrees in physics and applied mathematics from Missouri State University.