Nils Justen completed an Executive Branch fellowship with the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (2025-2026). During his first fellowship term, he was an Executive Branch fellow with the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology (2024-2025).
Nils is an Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Initiative (ELBI) Fellowship Alumnus from the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and an Ending Bioweapons Fellowship Alumnus with the Council on Strategic Risks. He previously worked with the Biological Weapons Convention in Geneva where he assisted with the implementation of the Ninth Review Conference and supported youth involvement in the Convention. Nils also previously completed a biosecurity governance fellowship at Stanford University focused on mitigating biological threats in the context of US defense policy and worked as an emerging technology intern with the US Environmental Protection Agency. Throughout his academic career, Nils has gained valuable international experience through various public and private sector roles, as well as academic research positions. He holds an engineering graduate degree from the Technical University of Munich, where he worked as a research assistant with the Helmholtz Institute of Virology, and a BSc in mechanical engineering from Michigan Technological University.