Profile
Marie Isabelle Chevrier is Associate Professor of Public Policy and Political Economy at the University of Texas at Dallas and chair of the Scientists Working Group on Biological and Chemical Weapons at the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Washington DC.
She is the former Associate Director of the Harvard Sussex Program on Chemical and Biological Armaments and Arms Limitation at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University.
Dr. Chevrier’s research focuses on chemical and biological weapons, particularly the political aspects of negotiations and implementation of their respective arms control regimes, and bioterrorism.
She is an active member of the Pugwash Study Group on the Implementation of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions.
The Pugwash organization was the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995.
Dr. Chevrier has been designated a female expert on security and disarmament matters by The Weapons of Mass Destruction Committee of the Red Cross to develop “principles of practice” for industry and science.
She has been on the faculty of two NATIO Advanced Study Institutes on biological weapons control.
She received her Ph.D. from Harvard University.
Grants and Awards
“Developing Leaders in Conflict Resolution and Negotiation” Fulbright Scholar Program. Six month lecturing grant at Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India. Fall 2004.
Guest Scholar, lecture tour to Rangoon, Burma (Myanmar) to address ethnic conflict among pro-democracy political parties. Sponsored by the United States Embassy in Rangoon, Burma (Myanmar). December 2004.
Books
Chevrier, Marie Isabelle, Alan Pearson, and Mark Wheelies, eds. Biochemical Weapons: Scientific, Military, Legal and Policy Perspectives and Prospects. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books. Forthcoming, 2006.
Chevrier, Marie Isabelle, Krysztof Chomiczewski, Henri Garrigue, Gyorgy Granasztoi, Malcolm R. Dando and Graham S. Pearson eds, 2004. Implementation of Legally Binding Matters to Strengthen the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention. Amsterdam: Klewer Academic Publishers.
Book Chapters
Chevrier, Marie Isabelle. Forthcoming 2005. “The Politics of Biological Weapons Disarmament.” In The History of Biological Weapons Programs 1945-2000, eds. Mark Wheelies and Lajos Rozsa. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Public Lectures
Cecil and Ida Green Distinguished Lecture “Reconstructing Peaceful Society: Bosnia After Dayton”, University of Texas at Dallas, April 30, 2004.
Evaluating Implementation: Treaties Governing Chemical and Biological Weapons” inaugural lecture in the Vidvatya Series, India Habitat Center, New Delhi, India, September 28, 2004.
“Implementation Issues: The Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions”, invited lecture, Department of International Relations, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, November 3, 2004.
Conference Presentations
“Biochemicals and the Biological Weapons Convention” Symposium on Incapacitating the Biochemical Weapons: Scientific, Military, Legal and Policy Perspectives and Prospects, Geneva, Switzerland, June 11, 2005. Paper to be included in forthcoming edited book published by Lexington books.
“Assessing Bioterrorism: Risk, Threat and Vulnerability, Why Do Conclusions from the Experts Vary?” Center for Security Studies, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, “Meeting the Challenges of Bioterrorism: Assessing the Threat and Designing Biodefense Strategies” taking place in Furigen, Switzerland, from April 22-23, 2005. Paper selected for inclusion in forthcoming edited book published by Lynne Rienner.
- Updated: July 26, 2006
