Fiona Simpson, PhD.

Senior Fellow, Strengthening Multilateral Approaches to Nuclear and Other WMDs

Contact: (212) 998-3605

Email: fiona.simpson @ nyu.edu

Dr. Simpson currently works with Chris Wing on the project entitled Strengthening Multilateral Approaches to Nuclear and Other WMDs. Immediately prior to joining CIC, Dr. Simpson worked in the Weapons of Mass Destruction Branch of the UN’s Department for Disarmament Affairs on biological and chemical weapons issues. Prior to that, she spent two years as an External Relations and Policy Officer at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna. During her time at the IAEA, she worked closely with the Director General’s Expert Group on Multilateral Approaches to the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, as well as on other issues related to nuclear verification and security policy and has continued to serve as a consultant to the IAEA (in 2006 and in 2007) on fuel assurances. She began her career working for two London-based NGOs, focusing on arms control and disarmament issues, and holds a PhD in international relations from the University of St. Andrews. Recent publications include "IAEA Special Inspections After Israel's Raid on Syria" The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (The Bulletin Online, February 11, 2008), as well as 'Atoms for Peace and the Nuclear Fuel Cycle,' Atoms for Peace: A Future after Fifty Years? (2007, Joseph F. Pilat, ed.) co-authored with Tariq Rauf; “The Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Is It Time for a Multilateral Approach?” Arms Control Today (December 2004) also co-authored with Tariq Rauf.

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