Jason Delborne

Jason Delborne is an associate professor in the La Follette School of Public Affairs at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Hired to focus on science and technology policy, He is an STS scholar with strong policy interests, especially focused on the governance of emerging technologies. His research addresses public and stakeholder engagement as tools to promote responsible innovation, with recent projects on genetic biocontrol of aquatic invasive species in the Great Lakes region, the genetically engineered American chestnut tree, and gene drive organisms for biodiversity conservation. Delborne holds a bachelors in human biology from Stanford University and a doctoral degree in environmental science, policy, and management from University of California-Berkeley. He completed an NSF postdoctoral fellowship at UW Madison in STS and then went on to faculty positions at Colorado School of Mines and North Carolina State University. At NC State, he helped found the Genetic Engineering and Society Center and directed the STS undergraduate program for three years. Prior to joining the UW faculty, Delborne completed a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship in Washington DC, serving in the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office.