Bio

Nick Loschin, PhD, is a biological scientist and risk analyst with USDA APHIS Biotechnology Regulatory Services and a longtime member of the GES community. He earned his Ph.D. in Integrative Biology from NC State in 2026 under the mentorship of Khara Grieger. As an AgBioFEWS Fellow, he also completed the Graduate Minor in Genetic Engineering and Society.

Nick has contributed to numerous GES research, education and engagement projects. His work focuses on environmental governance, risk assessment, regulatory oversight and responsible innovation for emerging biotechnologies in food and agriculture. His dissertation, Interdisciplinary Approaches to Strengthen Environmental Governance for Genetic Engineering in Food and Agriculture, examined how governance systems can better keep pace with rapidly evolving GE tools.

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Area(s) of Expertise

- Environmental governance
- Risk assessment
- Regulatory oversight
- Responsible innovation

Publications

• Beyond the Hype: Stakeholder Perceptions of Nanotechnology and Genetic Engineering for Sustainable Food Production , Sustainability (2025)
• Environmental assessment and regulatory oversight of genetically engineered crops in the United States , Environmental Science & Policy (2025)
• Questions and Consequences of Omics in Genetically Engineered Crop Regulation , Plant-Environment Interactions (2025)
• Identifying sustainability assessment parameters for genetically engineered agrifoods , Plants People Planet (2023)
• Seizing the policy moment in crop biotech regulation: an interdisciplinary response to the Executive Order on biotechnology , Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (2023)
• The worsening divergence of biotechnology: the importance of risk culture , Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (2023)

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