John Fagan, received his bachelor of science from the University of Washington and a doctorate in biochemistry, and molecular and cell biology from Cornell University. At the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) and subsequently in academia, Professor Fagan conducted cancer research using cutting edge molecular biological techniques and he has received prestigious Research Career Development Award.
He was an early voice in the GMO debate, and is now recognized as one of the world’s leading authorities on GMO testing and non-GMO certification. Dr. Fagan pioneered the development of DNA tests to detect genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food and agricultural products. He founded and serves as the chief scientific officer of the Global ID Group, whose subsidiaries include Genetic ID, Cert ID and Food Chain Global Advisors.
Fagan and his scientific team have made presentations to national and international regulatory organizations, such as the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, as well as to hundreds of government, industry and consumer organizations.
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Michael W. Fox is a veterinarian with doctoral degrees in ethology/animal behavior and medicine from the University of London, England. Spending most of his professional life in the US as a resident alien advocating the bioethics of animal welfare, rights holistic health and environmental protection, he has published over 40 books and writes the syndicated newspaper column Animal Doctor. His latest books explore genetic engineering in agriculture, —Killer Foods: What Scientists Do To Make Better Is Not Always Best—and manufactured pet foods—Not Fit For A Dog: The Truth About Manufactured Dog And Cat Food. He lives in Minnesota with his wife and co-worker Deanna Krantz, and two good dogs. Website www.doctormwfox.org
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Mae-Wan Ho B.Sc. (First Class) and Ph.D. Biochemistry, Hong Kong University, embarked on a distinguished academic career that included Postdoctoral Fellow in Neurosciences, University of California at San Diego, Fellow of the National Genetics Foundation, USA, Senior Research Fellow, University of London, Lecturer in Genetics then Reader in Biology, Open University, UK, from which she retired in 2000. She is currently Director and co-founder of the Institute of Science in Society (www.i-sis.org.uk); Editor of Science in Society; scientific advisor to Third World Network.
She is best known for pioneering work on the physics of organisms and sustainable systems; also a major critic of genetic engineering biotechnology.
She has published more than 150 papers in scientific journals and volumes and more than 400 popular articles. Her books include The Rainbow and the Worm, the Physics of Organisms (1993, 2nd ed.1998, reprinted 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005; 2006, 3rd ed, 2008); Bioelectrodynamics and Biocommunication (1994), Bioenergetics (1995); Genetic Engineering Dream or Nightmare? (1998, 1999, reprint with extended introduction, 2007); Living with the Fluid Genome (2003); The Case for a GM-Free Sustainable World (2003, 2004); Unravelling AIDS (2005); Which Energy? (2006), Food Futures Now (2008).
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Peter Saunders, co-founder of ISIS, obtained his first degree in Mathematics in the University of Toronto, Canada, and his Ph.D. in Relativity and Cosmology in King’s College, London, where he is now Emeritus Professor of Applied Mathematics. He has more than 40 years experience in teaching and scientific research, and is an authority on complex dynamical systems, with key contributions to Gaia theory and physiological regulation. He is a Vice-President of the UK Parliamentary and Scientific Committee, Honorary Secretary and Newsletter Editor of the Campaign for Science and Engineering in the UK, and also a former member of council of both the London Mathematical Society (the national mathematical society in the UK) and the European Mathematical Society. He has more than 90 scientific publications including 4 books.
Thomas Stanton Cox is a senior scientist at The Land Institute in Salina, KS, USA. He received a Ph.D. in plant genetics from Iowa State University in 1983. He worked as a wheat geneticist for the US Department of Agriculture from 1984 to 1996, where he developed disease-resistant germplasm. His work at The Land Institute since 2000 is on breeding perennial grain crops, including perennial wheat, sorghum, and sunflower. He has published more than 90 articles in scientific journals and chapters in books. His book Sick Planet: Corporate Food and Medicine was published in March by Pluto Press (London). He contributed to another book published this year, Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn (Metropolis Books). An earlier book, Intellectual challenge of self-destruction technology (Matica hrvatska, Krizevci, 2003) was written with Marijan Jost.
His environmental commentaries have appeared in newspapers across the US. He writes approximately monthly for the top tier of progressive web magazines: AlterNet, CounterPunch, and Common Dreams.
