Isaac Heron

Isaac is a Policy Adviser, Biosecurity, at rani. He provides policy analysis to support the development and embedding of biosecurity safeguards in key policies, including mandatory nucleic acid synthesis screening. Isaac has specialised in this issue through roles at the International Biosecurity and Biosafety Initiative for Science, the Centre for Long-Term Resilience, and the Asia Centre for Health Security. He holds an MPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford and a double degree in Law and Science (Economics and Genetics) from the University of Otago in New Zealand. Outside of biosecurity, Isaac previously worked at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand on economic and financial stability policy, and for the last eight years, has used his spare time to work on projects aiming to improve the experience of people in foster care in New Zealand.