Director of the “Health and the Technologization of Life” research group at the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Notable achievements: Overall coordinator of the transnational research and dialogue projects SYNENERGENE (2013–2017) on synthetic biology and FUTUREBODY (2018–2022) on neurotechnologies, neuroethics, and transhumanist visions; over 100 invited lectures; Policy consulting for, among others, the German Bundestag, the European Parliament, and the OECD; extensive work as an expert consultant in various countries

Books: C. Coenen et al. (eds.) (2010): Die Debatte über „Human Enhancement”; C. Coenen, U. Riehm (2008): Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien in Afrika

Other positions: Editor-in-Chief of the journal “NanoEthics: Studies of New and Emerging Technologies” (Springer Nature)