Paul Thompson

Science Advisory Board

Paul B. Thompson holds the W. K. Kellogg Chair in Agricultural, Food and Community Ethics at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. He completed his Ph.D. studies on the philosophy of technology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and formerly held positions in philosophy at Texas A&M University and Purdue University. His research on ethical and philosophical questions associated with agriculture and food has led him to undertake a series of projects on the application of recombinant DNA techniques to agricultural crops and food animals. His first book-length philosophical treatment of agricultural biotechnology was published in 1997 and revised in 2007, and he has traveled the world speaking on the subject. Dr. Thompson has also published extensively on the environmental and social significance of agriculture and on the philosophical and cultural significance of farming.