{"239761":{"#nid":"239761","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Professor Kosal Discusses Syrian CW Use on CNN HLN","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENunn School Assistant Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.inta.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/margaret-e-kosal\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMargaret E. Kosal\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003Ewas interviewed Saturday on CNN\u2019s Headline News Network\u2019s \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.hlntv.com\/shows\/weekend-express-natasha-curry\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EWeekend Express\u003C\/a\u003E\u201d on the alleged chemical weapons use in Syria and the potential geopolitical implications.\u0026nbsp; Kosal\u0026nbsp;made points about the role of US leadership in nonproliferation and the connections between technology and national security policy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EVideo:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_EWqSvbqZFA\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EKosal Interviewed on CNN\u2019s HLN\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWorking at the intersection of science and security, Kosal is among the foremost young experts on the weapons of mass destruction and the national security implications of emerging and dual-use technologies; such as nanotechnology, biotechnology, and the cognitive neurosciences.\u0026nbsp;She earned a doctoral degree in Chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and has served previously in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), and\u0026nbsp;as an advisor to the Chief of Staff of the US Army as part of his\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/csa-strategic-studies-group.hqda.pentagon.mil\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EStrategic Studies Group\u003C\/a\u003E(SSG).\u0026nbsp;Her book\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.springer.com\/materials\/nanotechnology\/book\/978-1-4419-0061-6\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ENanotechnology for Chemical and Biological Defense\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E(Springer Academic Publishers, 2009) explores scenarios and strategies regarding the benefits and potential proliferation threats of nanotechnology and other emerging sciences for national security.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27866","created_gmt":"2013-09-23 20:41:59","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:56","author":"Ava Roth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-09-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-09-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"239751":{"id":"239751","type":"image","title":"Professor Kosal Discusses Syrian CW Use on CNN HLN","body":null,"created":"1449243670","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:41:10","changed":"1475894914","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:34","alt":"Professor Kosal Discusses Syrian CW Use on CNN HLN","file":{"fid":"197994","name":"mek_at_hln_28aug2013_1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mek_at_hln_28aug2013_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mek_at_hln_28aug2013_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":63160,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/mek_at_hln_28aug2013_1.jpg?itok=ICiep1J4"}}},"media_ids":["239751"],"groups":[{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"496","name":"CNN"},{"id":"922","name":"Kosal"},{"id":"167781","name":"Syria"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFariah Majmundar\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022tel:404-894-5601\u0022\u003E404-894-5601\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["fariah@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}