Anemone Franz
Postdoctoral Research Associate
- afranz@nd.edu
Biography
Anemone Franz is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values at the University of Notre Dame and a Visiting Research Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
Previously, Dr. Franz worked as a clinical trial physician at the biotech startup Alvea and as an adviser for the nonprofit organization 80,000 Hours. She was a 2024 fellow in the Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity program at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and a 2025 International Mid-Career Biosecurity Fellow at the Council on Strategic Risks. Her research focuses on biosecurity, biosafety, and emerging technology governance. Her work has appeared in publications such as STAT News, the Hill, and the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
Dr. Franz holds a master's in public health policy from Harvard University and a doctorate in medicine from Julius-Maximilians University of Würzburg.