Mayra Ameneiros is a Senior Fellow at the International Biosecurity and Biosafety Initiative for Science (IBBIS). She has over 18 years of experience working at national, regional, and international levels, where she has acquired expertise in biosecurity, biorisk management, biological threats, and research security. She is from Argentina.
Ameneiros is a member of the WHO Health Security Interface Technical Advisory Group (HSI-TAG), Roster of Experts for the WHO Joint External Evaluations (JEEs), and serves on the Board of Directors of NextGen, acting as liaison to the Global Health Security Agenda Consortium’s (GHSAC) Steering Committee and APP3 Group on Biosafety and Biosecurity. In addition, she is part of the NGO working group of the Biological Weapons Convention.
She serves as a senior advisor to several organizations, supporting capacity-building efforts across Latin America and globally to advance biosecurity, biorisk management, cyber-biosecurity, research security, the responsible use of science, and dual-use research awareness.
Ameneiros was a 2022 Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Initiative (ELBI) Fellow at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and a 2022 Arms Control Negotiation Academy (ACONA) Fellow at Harvard University’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies. Before her current engagements, she served as a Research Associate at King’s College London, Centre for Science and Security Studies.
Ameneiros is a member of the Safety and Security Committee at the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) and a member of The International Working Group on Strengthening the Culture of Biosafety, Biosecurity and Responsible Conduct in the Life Sciences.
Ameneiros holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) and a Master of Science (MSc) in Biochemistry, with a specialization in Biotechnology. She is a certified professional in biorisk management and biosecurity, accredited by the International Federation of Biosafety Associations (IFBA), where she has also acted as a Mentor of the IFBA Global Mentorship Program.
