Gary Abel

Gary Abel is co-founder and Chief Scientist of Fourth Eon Biosecurity, where he leads research on adaptive safeguards and function-based screening. His expertise spans chemistry, molecular biophysics, biosecurity, and sequencing technology. He's spent nearly two decades studying how DNA, RNA, and proteins behave and interact. Gary is also a Contributing Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, supporting the Center's work to understand and mitigate global catastrophic biological risks from advanced AI. He has previously mentored Research Fellows through SPAR, MATS, Cambridge ERA, and the Coefficient Giving CDTF. Gary holds a BS in Physics from San Jose State University and a PhD in Chemistry from the University of California, Merced.