Science Correspondent, Reason magazine

Ron is the science correspondent for Reason, the monthly national magazine on politics and culture. His new book, Liberation Biology: The Scientific And Moral Case For The Biotech Revolution, is a positive, optimistic, and convincing argument that the biotechnology revolution will improve our lives and the future of our children. Ron has been reporting on biotechnology over the past 15 years for the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Public Interest, Commentary, the Philadelphia Inquirer and other publications. He has also been a staff writer for Forbes magazine covering economic, scientific and business topics, and his articles and reviews have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Commentary, The New York Times Book Review, The Public Interest, Smithsonian, National Review, Forbes, The Washington Times, Newsday, and Readers Digest.

Ron speaks frequently on biotechnology topics. He recently debated Francis Fukuyama, author of Our Posthuman Future, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science on the ethics of significantly extending human lifespans. He has lectured at Harvard University, Yale University, Morehouse University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Medical University of South Carolina, the New America Foundation, Rutgers University, American University, the University of Virginia, McGill University, University of Alaska, Universite de Quebec, the Cato Institute, the Instituto de Libertad y Desarrollo (Chile), the Foundation for the Future, and the American Enterprise Institute.

The benefits of biotechnology are well known–the cure of diseases and disabilities for millions of sufferers; the production of more nutritious food with less damage to the natural environment; the enhancement of human physical and intellectual capacities—and all can be easily foreseen. It is the alleged dangers of biotechnology that are, in fact, vague, ill defined, and nebulous.