Randall Mayes

Randall Mayes served as a 2009 fellow of the IEET. Mr. Mayes is a science writer and policy analyst with a focus on athletics and performance enhancement. He is author of The Cybernetics of Kenyan Running, which examined the role of cultural, historical, environmental, and physiological factors contributing to Kenyan running success. He is now working on a book on athletic performance enhancement. He holds a Masters in Environmental Management from Duke University where he worked on cybernetic approaches to solving environmental problems and developing policy solutions, and policy analysis of government failures in science policy. He has managed athletes and worked in the private sector. His areas of interest include evolution, evodevo, environmental policy, athletic enhancement, Kenyan runner physiology, genomics, synthetic biology/ biological engineering, bio-nanotechnology, epigenetics, systems biology, biological anthropology/ evolutionary anthropology, Smart Homes, DNA patenting, government failures in science policy, risk assessment of biotechnology, and transhumanism.

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Articles

"Is Nanotechnology Regulatable? Reporting from the Nano Summit"   Ethical Technology  Oct 15, 2009

"All Hell Breaks Loose (The End of Science My Ass 2.0)"   Ethical Technology  Aug 17, 2009

"In Defense of Patenting DNA: A Pragmatic Libertarian Perspective"   Ethical Technology  Jul 26, 2009

"Don’t become a Cyborg by Accident (literally) - It can be Fatal"   Ethical Technology  Jul 2, 2009

"Do We have a Right to DNA Evidence in Trials?"   Ethical Technology  Jun 20, 2009

"Can Synthetic Biology Cure Bad Air? (It’s not what you think)"   Ethical Technology  Jun 15, 2009

"Openness and Biosecurity: Can They Co-exist?"   Ethical Technology  Jun 7, 2009