====== Gryphon Scientific ======

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**Gryphon Scientific** is an American scientific consulting company based in [[united_states:maryland:Takoma Park]], [[united_states:Maryland]].

===== History =====

Gryphon was founded in 2005.

In April 2015, Gryphon sought to hire a Lead Scientist with "secret" level [[security clearance]] to join the [[Joint Vaccine Acquisition Program]] at [[Fort Detrick]], [[united_states:Maryland]].((//Lead Scientist.// Gryphon Scientific. Retrieved October 28, 2022, from https://archive.ph/kXxHs)) In December 2015, Gryphon released a draft report of a study conducted in collaboration with [[Abt Associates]] and [[Signature Science]] between March and December examining the risks and benefits of [[gain of function research]], funded by the [[National Institutes of Health]].((Casagrande, R., Signature Science, & Abt Associates. (2015). //Preface: A Brief Guide to Gryphon’s Risk and Benefit Analysis of Gain of Function Research.// Gryphon Scientific. https://web.archive.org/web/20221022094317/https://osp.od.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Risk%20and%20Benefit%20Analysis%20of%20Gain%20of%20Function%20Research%20-%20Draft%20Final%20Report.pdf)) ((Bender, M. (2022, October 22). //Yes, Scientists Made a Deadlier COVID Virus. No, It’s Not Bad.// The Daily Beast. https://web.archive.org/web/20221028151931/https://www.thedailybeast.com/deadlier-omicron-covid-made-by-boston-university-researchers-is-not-as-bad-as-you-think))

In May 2020, [[Open Philanthropy]] awarded Gryphon a $2,000,000 grant over three years "to support the generation of empirical data to fill critical gaps in biosafety," and to "analyze lab safety measures, with the aim of reducing the probability of catastrophic accidents."((//Gryphon Scientific — Empirical Biosafety Research.// (2020, June 17). Open Philanthropy. https://web.archive.org/web/20221028140929/https://www.openphilanthropy.org/grants/gryphon-scientific-empirical-biosafety-research/))

In September 2022, Gryphon participated as an exhibitor at [[OPTIONS for the Control of Influenza|OPTIONS XI]], a conference on the control of [[influenza]] and [[COVID-19]], in [[united_kingdom:england:Belfast]], [[united_kingdom:England]].((//Meet the Exhibitors.// OPTIONS XI. Retrieved October 26, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221026234139/https://www.optionsxi2022.org.uk/exhibition-and-sponsors2/meet-the-exhibitors))

==== Personnel ====

^  Leadership((//Our Staff.// Gryphon Scientific. Retrieved October 28, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221028062700/https://www.gryphonscientific.com/our-staff/))  ^^^
^ Name  ^ Position  ^ Notes  ^
| [[:Corey Meyer]]  | CEO  | [[:University of Virginia]], [[:Stanford University]], [[:California Institute of Technology]], [[:Harvard University]], [[:National Institutes of Health]], United States [[:Department of Defense]], [[:National Science Foundation]]  |
| [[:Joan Mullen]]  | Executive VP of Finance and Administration  | [[Abt Associates]]  |
| [[:Kimberly Legrow]]  | VP of Accounting  | -  |
| [[:Margaret Rush]]  | Chief Scientific Officer  | [[:Broad Institute]], [[:Idaho National Laboratory]], [[:Global Health Security Agenda Consortium]]  |
| [[:Rocco Casagrande]]  | Chair of the Board  | [[:pharmaceutical_companies:Surface Logix]], [[:Abt Associates]]  |
| [[:Ryan Ritterson]]  | Executive Vice President of Research  | [[:University of California San Francisco]], [[:SynBio LEAP]], [[:Boston Consulting Group]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Genentech]]  |
^  Practice Directors and Scientific & Technical Fellows  ^^^
| [[:Emily Billings]]  | Director of Data Management & Communications  | [[University of Virginia]], [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]], [[Raven Society]]  |
| [[:Jennifer Corbin]]  | Director of All-Hazards Preparedness and Response & CBRN Defense  | Defense Threat Reduction Agency [[:DTRA]], [[:New York University School of Medicine]], [[:National Institutes of Health]]  |
| [[:Mark Kazmierczak]]  | Director of Biosafety, Biosecurity, and Emerging Technologies  | [[:National Institutes of Health]], [[:Cornell University]], Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), [[:Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA), [[:Harvard Medical School]]  |
| [[:Jim Nolan]]  | Director of Data Science  | [[:SafeHarbor AI]], [[:Decisive Analytics Corporation]], [[George Mason University]]  |
| [[:Robert Stephan]]  | Technical Advisor/Executive Director  | [[:Operation Desert Storm]], United States [[:Department of Homeland Security]], [[:United States Air Force]] (USAF), [[:Frontier Security Strategies]], [[U.S. Steel]], [[:U.S. Energy Corp]], [[:Raytheon]], [[:United States Chamber of Commerce]], [[:Executive Office of the President]] of the United States  |
| [[:Gautham Venugopalan]]  | Director of International Engagement  | [[Future Scientist]], United States [[:Department of State]], [[:American Association for the Advancement of Science]] [[:AAAS]], [[Community Resources for Science]], [[medical_technology_companies:Boston Scientific]], [[:Modine Manufacturing]]  |
^  Scientific and Technical Staff  ^^^
| [[:Timothy Adams]]  | Scientist  | [[:Oregon State University]], [[:American Board of Health Physics]], [[:Alpha Nu Sigma]], [[Health Physics Society]]  |
| [[:Audrey Cerles]]  | Senior Analyst  | -  |
| [[:Kent Duke]]  | Senior Analyst  | [[:Pentagon Force Protection Agency]]  |
| [[:Mikaela Finnegan]]  | Senior Analyst  | [[:George Washington University]]  |
| [[:Adam Fleming]]  | Senior Analyst  | [[George Mason University]]  |
| [[:Christian Garnier]]  | Senior Analyst  | [[:University of Virginia Health System]], [[:Biomedical Engineering Society]] (BMES)  |
| [[:Froggi Jackson]]  | Scientist  | [[:The Tauri Group]], [[:University of Maryland Baltimore]], [[:Stevenson University]], [[:Anne Arundel Community College]], [[:American Association of Immunologists]], [[:Institute of Marine & Environmental Technology]], [[:University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute]]  |
| [[:Beatrice Kondo]]  | Senior Analyst  | [[:Johns Hopkins Center for Biotechnology Education]]  |
| [[:Katharyn Kryda]]  | Senior Analyst  | [[:Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health]], United States [[:Department of Transportation]], [[:National Emergency Management Basic Academy]]  |
| [[:Eric Lauer]]  | Senior Analyst  | -  |
| [[:Laurel MacMillan]]  | Principal Technical Specialist  | [[:American University]], [[:NASA Langley Research Center]], [[:Measuring Success]], [[:Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University]]  |
| [[:Holly May]]  | Senior Analyst  | [[:Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio]] (NMRU-SA), [[:American Society for Microbiology]]  |
| [[:Glen Noble]]  | Senior Analyst  | [[pharmaceutical_companies:GlaxoSmithKline]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Eli Lilly]], [[:National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases]] [[:NIAID]]  |
| [[Jonathan Pinney]]  | Senior Technical Specialist  | [[:University of Virginia]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Abcam]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:ICON]], [[Colgate University]]  |
| [[Lauren Plaine]]  | Senior Analyst  | [[:Sentara Healthcare]], [[:Cross Country Healthcare]], [[:Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing]], [[:Emergency Nurses Association]], [[:International Association of Emergency Managers]], [[:Tidewater Emergency Medical Services Council]]  |
| [[:Ken Stroech]]  | Principal Technical Specialist  | [[:White House Office of Homeland Security]], United States [[:Environmental Protection Agency]] (EPA), United States [[:Department of Housing and Urban Development]], United States [[:Department of Homeland Security]] (DHS), [[:Federal Emergency Management Agency]] (FEMA), [[:Blue Ridge Consulting]], [[:Tetra Tech]], [[:National Defense University]]  |
| [[:Louise Sumner]]  | Scientist  | [[:University of Virginia]], [[:Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health]]  |
| [[:Landy Sun]]  | Senior Technical Specialist  | [[:Johns Hopkins University]]  |
| [[Stephen Tarnacki]]  | Principal Technical Specialist  | [[:United States Army]], [[National Guard]], [[:Pentagon Force Protection Agency]]  |
| [[Nicole Tensmeyer]]  | Senior Analyst  | [[:Brigham Young University]]  |
| [[Henry Wyneken]]  | Principal Technical Specialist  | [[:University of Minnesota]], [[:Syngenta]]  |
===== Organization =====

==== Affiliations ====

Gryphon is a member of the [[Global Health Security Agenda Consortium]].((//Member Profile Archives.// Global Health Security Agenda Consortium (GHSAC). Retrieved August 16, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220816152920/https://ghsacngs.org/pl-categs/member-profile/))

Some of the firm's project partners include [[Abt Associates]], the [[Airlangga Disease Prevention and Research Center]], [[American University of Beirut]], [[Arizona State University]], [[Association of American Medical Colleges]], [[Association of Public Health Laboratories]], [[General Dynamics Information Technology]], [[Healthcare Ready]], [[Human Link]], the [[Indonesia One Health University Network]] (INDOHUN), [[Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security]], [[Malaysian Science and Technology Research Institute for Defence]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Merck]], [[Metabiota]], [[Moroccan Biosafety Association]], [[National Defense University]], [[National Marrow Donor Program]], [[Parsons]], [[Rhodium Group]], the [[Royal Scientific Society of Jordan]], the [[University of Batna 1]], [[University of Maryland]] and [[University of Wisconsin]].((//Development of Innovative Training Materials on Research Translation to Strengthen Zoonotic Disease Prevention, Detection, and Response Capabilities.// Gryphon Scientific. Retrieved October 28, 2022, from https://archive.ph/VaXbi)) ((//Analysis of Chemical Structures and Therapeutic Activity of Agents for HIV and Tuberculosis.// Gryphon Scientific. Retrieved October 28, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221028063325/https://www.gryphonscientific.com/our-work/analysis-of-chemical-structures-and-therapeutic-activity-of-agents-for-hiv-and-tuberculosis/)) ((//Middle East and South Asia Conference on Epigenetics and Genomics of Infectious Diseases.// Gryphon Scientific. Retrieved October 28, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221028063914/https://www.gryphonscientific.com/our-work/middle-east-and-south-asia-conference-on-epigenetics-and-genomics-of-infectious-diseases/)) ((//Roadmap for Implementing Biosecurity and Biodefense Policy in the United States.// Gryphon Scientific. Retrieved October 28, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221028064217/https://www.gryphonscientific.com/our-work/roadmap-for-implementing-biosecurity-and-biodefense-policy-in-the-united-states/)) ((//Training Materials for Practical Implementation of Laboratory Biosafety, Biosecurity, and Biorisk Management.// Gryphon Scientific. Retrieved October 28, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221028065547/https://www.gryphonscientific.com/our-work/training-materials-for-practical-implementation-of-laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity-and-biorisk-management/)) ((//Dual Use Risk Analysis Training Materials for Malaysian Life Scientists.// Gryphon Scientific. Retrieved October 28, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221028065855/https://www.gryphonscientific.com/our-work/dual-use-risk-analysis-training-materials-for-malaysian-life-scientists/))

==== Clients ====

Gryphon's clients include:((//About Us.// Gryphon Scientific. Retrieved October 28, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221028053855/https://www.gryphonscientific.com/about-us/#clients))

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  * [[:Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality]] (AHRQ)
  * [[:Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless]]
  * [[:Battelle Memorial Institute]]
  * [[:Center for Social Innovation]]
  * [[:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC)
  * [[:Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance]] (CEIRS)
  * Defense Threat Reduction Agency [[:DTRA]]
  * [[:DHS Science and Technology Directorate]]
  * [[:Federal Emergency Management Agency]] (FEMA)
  * [[:Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA)
  * [[:Georgetown University]]
  * [[:National Cancer Institute]] (NCI)
  * [[:National Center on Family Homelessness]]
  * [[:National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health]] (NIOSH)
  * [[:National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases]] (NIAID)
  * [[:National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences]]
  * [[:National Institutes of Health]] (NIH)
  * [[:National Multiple Sclerosis Society]]
  * [[:Naval Postgraduate School]]
  * [[:Open Philanthropy]]
  * [[:Pentagon Force Protection Agency]] (PFPA)
  * [[:Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria]] (PACCARB)
  * [[:Raytheon]]
  * [[:Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration]] (SAMHSA)
  * United States Agency for International Development [[:USAID]]
  * [[:United States Air Force Academy]]
  * [[:United States Army Engineer Research and Development Center]] (ERDC)
  * [[:United States Coast Guard]]
  * United States [[:Department of Agriculture]] (USDA)
  * United States [[:Department of Homeland Security]] (DHS)
  * United States [[:Department of State]]
  * [[:United States Marine Corps.]]
  * United States [[:Naval Research Laboratory]]
  * [[:United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission]]
  * [[:World Bank]]
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The firm also has long-term contracts with the [[United States Government]] through the [[:General Services Administration]] (GSA), [[:Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense]] (JPEO-CBRND), [[:Naval Sea Systems Command]] (NAVSEA), and [[:Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Office]] (CBRN), as well as the [[:World Health Organization]].