Insoo Hyun

Insoo Hyun, PhD

Director of the Center for Life Sciences and Public Learning at the Museum of Science, Boston

Affiliate, HMS Center for Bioethics

Insoo Hyun, PhD is the Director of the Center for Life Sciences and Public Learning at the Museum of Science, Boston. He received his BA and MA in Philosophy with Honors in Ethics in Society from Stanford University and his PhD in Philosophy from Brown University. Since 2005, Dr. Hyun has been heavily involved with the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), helping draft its international research guidelines and serving twice as the chair of the ISSCR Ethics Committee. Dr. Hyun’s research interests go well beyond stem cell ethics and policy to include emerging technologies in the life sciences and new strategies for community engagement in bioengineering. Dr. Hyun is also a member of NExTRAC, a federal advisory committee that provides recommendations to the NIH Director and a public forum for the discussion of the scientific, safety, and ethical issues associated with emerging biotechnologies.