Dr. Elizabeth “Libbie” Prescott works at the intersection of science, technology, and policy at the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. Previously, Libbie was a Professor of the Practice for the Science, Technology and International Affairs program in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Libbie has served in government at the Department of State, Department of Defense, and the intelligence community as well as the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions as an AAAS S&T Policy Congressional Fellow working for the Health Office of Senator Edward M. Kennedy.
Outside of government Libbie worked as Practice Head for Biosecurity at the Eurasia Group; a Research Fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies-US; a Mirzayan Fellow at the National Academy of Science’s Board on Science, Technology & Economic Policy; and consulted for the Strategy Division of the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. Libbie has been on the Steering Committee for the Aspen Institute’s Socrates Program and is a former Council on Foreign Relations Term Member; Center for New American Security Next Generation National Security Leader; German Marshall Fund Young Strategist; GPPi Global Governance Futures Fellow 2027; and Truman National Security Project Fellow.
Libbie has her doctorate in molecular biology from the University of Oxford, Balliol College and dual degrees with high honors in Economics and Molecular & Cell Biology from the University of California, Berkeley. As a recovering scientist, in her downtime Libbie enjoys scuba diving and the challenges of urban gardening.