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Curriculum Vitae 1 GRANT FISHER Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon 34141 Republic of Korea Tel: +82-42-350-4855 Mobile: +82-(0)10-2800-4303 Email: [email protected] Research interests. Philosophy of science, ethics and governance of emerging technologies, history and philosophy of chemistry. Education. October 1999- University of Leeds Ph.D. in Philosophy September 2003 Specialization: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Chemistry Supervisor: Steven French October 1998- University of Leeds M.A. in History and Philosophy of Science September 1999 Pass with Distinction. September 1995- University College London B.Sc. (Honours) in History and Philosophy of Science, June 1998 University College London, 1998. Class I (First Class Honours). Academic appointments. August 2013-present Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy. August 2010-August 2013 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Associate Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Science; Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy. August 2008-August 2010 Boğaziçi University Lecturer in Humanities (fixed term) June 2005-July 2008 University College London Research Fellow in Philosophy of Science, Department of Science & Technology Studies. Worked on the research project “Evidence in the Natural Sciences” (Project Leader: Hasok Chang) as part of the UCL Research Programme: “Evidence, Inference and Enquiry: Towards an Integrated Science of Evidence”. (Principle Investigator: Philip Dawid). September 2004-May 2005 University of Leeds Temporary Lecturer in Philosophy of Science, Department of 2 Philosophy. October 2003-June 2004 Durham University Temporary Lecturer in History of Science, Department of Philosophy. Publications Books. • With Eric Scerri, (eds.) Essays in the Philosophy of Chemistry (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016). Papers. • “Content, Design, and Representation in Chemistry”, Foundations of Chemistry 19 (1) (2017): 17-28. • “Diagnostics in Computational Organic Chemistry”. Foundations of Chemistry, 18 (3) (2016): 241-262. • “Divergence, Diagnostics, and a Dichotomy of Methods”, in Scerri, E. and Fisher, G. (eds.). Essays in the Philosophy of Chemistry (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015), pp. 306-331. • “Orbital Symmetry, Idealization, and the Kairetic Account of Scientific Explanation”, in Scerri, E. and McIntyre, L (eds.). Philosophy of Chemistry – Growth of a New Discipline. Boston Studies on the Philosophy and History of Science, Vol. 306 (Dordrecht: Springer 2015), pp. 201-218. • With Hasok Chang, “What the Ravens Really Teach Us: The Intrinsic Contextuality of Evidence”, in William Twining, Philip Dawid and Dimitra Vasilaki (eds.). Evidence, Inference and Enquiry – Proceedings of the British Academy, Vol. 171 (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2011), pp. 345-370. • “Synthesizing the Philosophy of Chemistry”. Metascience, 16 (2007): 455-459. • “The Autonomy of Models and Explanation: Anomalous Molecular Rearrangements in Early Twentieth-century Physical Organic Chemistry.” Studies in History and Philosophy of Science A, 37 (2006): 562-584. • “Explaining Explanation in Chemistry.” The Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. 988 (2003): 16-21. Proceedings. • “Understanding in Chemistry: Models, Explanation, and Contextuality” Exploring Science – Contributions from History, Philosophy and Education of Science. Proceedings of the first Asian Regional Conference of the International History, Philosophy, and Science Teaching Group (2012). • “Models, Methods, and Autonomy in Physical Organic Chemistry” Proceedings of the Korean Society for Analytic Philosophy (2011). Professional affiliations. • British Society for the Philosophy of Science • Philosophy of Science Association • Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice • International History, Philosophy, and Science Teaching Group Research activities and organization. • 2016 – Associate Editor Foundations of Chemistry (Springer). 3 • 2015 Organizer (with Buhm Soon Park) of “Practical Ethics, Responsible Innovation, and New Regulatory Regimes of Science and Technology” workshop, KAIST, August 2015. • 2013 – 2015 Advisor to the KAIST School of Business and Technology Management project on Genetically Modified Organisms (Principle Investigator: Hong-Tak Lim). • 2008 Organizer of the Third Annual Integrated History and Philosophy of Science workshop “Styles and Ways of Knowing”, University College London. • 2007 Organization committee member for “Evidence, Inference, and Facts” conference, University College London. • 2006 – 2008 “Evidence in the Natural Sciences” research group coordinator, University College London. • 2007 – 2008 “Pragmatism, Phenomenology, and Pluralism” reading group coordinator, University College London (as part of the “Evidence in the Natural Sciences” project). • 2005 Coordinator of interdisciplinary postdoctoral research group in Evidence, Inference and Inquiry and contributor (2005 – 2008). Scholarships and awards. • Foundations of Chemistry, Springer Notable Reviewer 2015. • Arts and Humanities Research Board Postgraduate Studentship awarded for doctoral research, 1999 – 2003. • British Academy Postgraduate Studentship awarded for M.A. studies, 1998 – 1999. Presentations. • “Mapping, Making, and Exploration in Chemistry”. Invited talk at workshop on Exploration and Epistemic Corruption in Science, Department of Philosophy, National University of Singapore, December 9-13 2016. • “Diagnostics and the ‘Deconstruction’ of Models”. Invited talk at special session on Philosophy of Chemistry at the Philosophy of Science Association Biennial Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 3rd-5th 2016. • “Computational Diagnostics and Scientific Modelling in and Exploratory Mode”, 3rd Conference on Contemporary Philosophy in East Asia, Seoul National University, August 19-20. • “Content, Design, and Representation in Chemistry”, International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry Summer Symposium, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL., 1-4 August 2016. • Invited workshop participant for the Epistemology of Technology and Technoscience Group, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, 23-30 July 2015. • “Convergence and Contestation: The Epistemology and Ethics of Contemporary Stem Cell Research and Policy”, the Second International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group Asia Regional Conference, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, December 2014. • “Checks and Balances: Orbital Symmetry and Quantitative Methods in Late Twentieth Century Quantum Chemistry”, Fifth Conference of Integrated History and Philosophy of Science (&HPS5), University of Vienna, June 2014. • “It Might Work, But Do We Want It? Emerging Biomedical Science, Contextual Robustness, and Public Policy”, Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy colloquium, KAIST, May 2014. • “Contextual Robustness, Practical Ethics, and Public Policy”, New Zealand Bioethics Conference, University of Otago, January 2014. • “Applied Philosophy of Science and the ‘Dilemma of Power and Truth’”, Asia- Pacific Science, Technology and Society Network Biennial Conference, National University of Singapore, July 2013. 4 • “Passions and Punctilios: Models, Methods, and Controversies in Late Twentieth Century Physical Organic Chemistry”. Invited talk at the Unit for the History and Philosophy of Science, University of Sydney, October 2012. • “Understanding in Chemistry: Models, Explanation, and Contextuality”, Exploring Science – Contributions from History, Philosophy and Education of Science. The first Asian regional conference of the International History, Philosophy, and Science Teaching Group, Seoul National University, October 2012. • “Passions and Punctilios: Models, Methods, and Understanding in Twentieth Century Physical Organic Chemistry”. Invited talk at the National University of Singapore, March 2012. • “Towards an Interventionist Account of Scientific Understanding”. Invited talk at the Integrated History and Philosophy of Science in Practice Workshop, National University of Singapore, March 2012. • “Models, Methods and Autonomy in Physical Organic Chemistry”, Korean Society for Analytic Philosophy Conference, Hangnam University, Seoul, April 2011. • “Evidence in the Context of Action”. Invited talk for the Department of Philosophy, University of California Santa Cruz, USA, 13th March 2008. • “Chemistry between Sciences”, Invited talk for Hypotheses and Heuristics workshop, Department of Philosophy, University of Bristol, February 2008. • “Are Expert Opinions Giving Us Both Sides of the Story?”, with Gianluca Baio and Amanda Helper. Evidence, Inference and Facts: An Interdisciplinary Conference. The British Academy, London, December 2007. • “Evidence, Inference and Action: Towards a New Philosophy of Evidence”. Evidence, Inference and Facts: An Interdisciplinary Conference. The British Academy, London, December 2007. • “Total Evidence and Empirical Indispensability”. First Biennial Conference of the Society for the Philosophy of Science in Practice. University of Twente, the Netherlands, August 2007. • “What can Philosophy of Art Teach us about Models and the Resources of Representation in Science?”, Invited talk for the Department of Philosophy, University of Leeds, October 2004. • “Developmental Models and Pericyclic Reactions: The Cope and Claisen Rearrangements”. International
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