Senior Scientist, Environmental Defense

Dr. Goldburg is a Senior Scientist at Environmental Defense’s New York City headquarters. Trained as an ecologist at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Goldburg is active in public policy issues centered on food production—primarily ecological and food safety issues concerning agricultural biotechnology, aquaculture, and antibiotic use in agriculture. Dr.Goldburg was instrumental in urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to establish scientific protocols for release of bioengineered organisms and ensure that the public is notified before they occur. She will discuss the environmentally responsible use of biotechnology, the role of regulatory agencies in protecting both the environment and the food supply, and will provide her views on how the public perception of biotechnology research is affecting both the funding and the credibility of science.