About us
Reducing biological risk in the age of AI.
We bring together founders, scientists, doctors and policymakers to strengthen global resilience and reduce the risk of catastrophic pandemics in the age of advanced AI.
The AIxBiosecurity Fellowship supports researchers working on concrete ways to reduce biological threats, including those amplified by frontier AI. Over ten weeks in Cambridge, fellows work with expert mentors to advance technical and policy safeguards against engineered and natural biological risks.
Our team
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Dr. Grace Braithwaite
Co-Founder of CBH
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Nandini Shiralkar
Founder of ERA
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Jonathan Dannevig
Programme Director
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Marcus Norton
Director of Operations
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Dr. Christopher Stamper
Research Manager
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Dr. Mila Noor
Research Manager
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Dr. Patrick Peel
AIx Programme Manager
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Genevieve Gaul
Senior Programme Associate
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Ruqaiya Takreem
Senior Operations Associate
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Oscar Lloyd
Programme Associate
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Grace Reuben
Community Associate
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Libby Simmons
Office Manager
Our Partnership
The AIxBio Research Fellowship is run by ERA, in partnership with the Cambridge Biosecurity Hub.
ERA runs one of the world’s largest, longest-running AI safety and governance research programmes in the world. We are a talent organisation founded by Cambridge alumni, and based at Cambridge, UK, with strong ties to the University of Cambridge. We support researchers and entrepreneurs working to mitigate risks from frontier AI. In 2025, we ran a Summer ERA:AI Research Fellowship, hosted 30+ speakers & workshops over the 8 weeks, ran a Technical AI Governance Forum, and co-organised the 2025 Vegas AI Security Forum. You can see some of our past research here.
In 2026, we are running 5 programmes across technical AI Safety, AI governance, technical AI governance, AI security & biosecurity. Over the past 5 years, we have supported over 200+ researchers from 10+ countries through our research fellowship and conferences, leading to high counterfactual impact on their careers. We provide our fellows with mentorship from organisations such as UK AISI, CAISI, RAND, GovAI, Google Deepmind etc., and our alumni have gone on to lead work at impactful institutions in this space.
The Cambridge Biosecurity Hub (CBH) is a team of researchers investigating and raising awareness of the risks associated with rapidly developing biotechnologies. We help people learn more about biosecurity and impactful career pathways into AIxBio, while building a supportive community for those working to reduce pandemic risk.
CBH has run a number of projects, including 'Biosecurity Fundamentals' reading groups, an 8-week speaker series, and biosecurity research sprints.
Our largest event to date was the inaugural Cambridge Pandemic Prevention Symposium on October 7, 2024, which brought together over 100 attendees, including experts, academics, and industry professionals from across the UK, for discussions spanning key areas in pandemic policy and technical interventions.