The Survival Nexus

Charles Weiss is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, where he directed the Program in Science, Technology, and International Affairs. He has a BA, summa cum laude, and a PhD in chemical physics and biochemistry, both from Harvard University. Weiss was the first Science and Technology Advisor to the World Bank. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He has taught at Princeton University, the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Sao Paulo, Xing Hua University, and the Foreign Service Institute of the U.S. State Department. Weiss has also advised governments and lectured in more than two dozen countries. He is coeditor of Technology, Finance, and Development and Mobilizing Technology for Development, and he is co-author of Technological Innovation in Legacy Sector and Structuring an Energy Technology Revolution.