The Life Sciences and Society Program is housed in the Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center on the University of Missouri campus. Initially called the "Biotechnology and Society Program," the program was created in 2000 to study the ethical, legal, social and economic issues raised by modern life science research. It has since continued to develop and broaden its scope to serve the scientific community of the MU campus and beyond. The program is managed by the Director who is assisted by the Steering Committee. Professors Phil Peters and Leonie Marks directed the LSSP over the 2000-06 period.

Life Sciences and Society Program
105 Bond Life Sciences Center
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, MO 65211

Phone: 573-882-4886
Email: lssp@missouri.edu

 

 

 

Dr. Kalaitzandonakes serves as Interim Director of the Life Sciences and Society Program. He is the MSMC endowed professor of agricultural economics and the director of the Economics and Management of Agrobiotechnology Center (EMAC) at the University of Missouri-Columbia. His research, teaching and outreach focus on the economics and policy of agrifood biotechnology and other agribusiness innovations. Over the past five years, Dr. Kalaitzandonakes has authored articles on the economic and environmental impacts of biotechnology; its impacts on the structure of the agrifood supply chain; the evolution of the agrifood biotechnology industry; and issues of biotechnology public acceptance and regulation.  He is the editor of AgBioForum, and has been an editorial board member for several other academic journals. He is a member of the US Secretary of Agriculture Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) and the Missouri Governor’s Advisory Council for Plant Biotechnology.
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Peter Hall Sociology
Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes Agricultural Economics
Brian Kierland Philosophy
Bruce McClure Agricultural Biochemistry
Philip Peters, Jr. School of Law
Sandy Rikoon Rural Sociology
James Spain Animal Sciences
Peter Vallentyne Philosophy
Lee Wilkins Journalism
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