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Nanotechnology Policy Advisor
About Sarah Abbasi
In 2023, Sarah Abbasi co-drafted the UK’s first binding nanomaterial transparency framework, requiring real-time public disclosure of engineered nanoparticle release from industrial coatings, a move that shifted regulatory focus from endpoint toxicity to lifecycle accountability. Trained in both quantum materials science and post-Kantian ethics, she insists that ‘nanoscale agency’, the way particles behave unpredictably at interfaces, demands not just safety thresholds but epistemic humility in policy design. Her work with the Royal Society’s Emerging Technologies Committee led to the exclusion of nano-silver from EU medical device approvals after demonstrating how its antimicrobial efficacy masked biofilm-disruption risks in chronic wound environments. She speaks deliberately, often pausing mid-sentence to reframe questions about ‘innovation’ as questions about ‘irreversibility’. Her office walls hold no certificates, only annotated electron micrographs of graphene oxide dispersion failures, each marked with marginalia in Urdu and English.
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- “How did the 2023 UK nanomaterial transparency framework change industry reporting obligations?”
- “What makes nanoparticle 'agglomeration state' legally relevant in your regulatory framework?”
- “Can ethical review boards assess nanotech R&D without materials scientists on staff?”
- “Why did you oppose classifying nano-titanium dioxide as 'generally recognised as safe'?”