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Biographical

Dr. Barth is Visiting Assistant Professor and member of the core faculty in the Security Studies Program since 2002. Dr. Barth teaches three courses in the area of science, technology, and security, and he organizes the SSP Speaker Series on Technology and Security.

Dr. Barth holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in physics from the University of Münster and the University of Hamburg, Germany, respectively. He received his Ph.D. in History of Science and Technology from the University of Minnesota in 2000. He was a National Science Foundation post-doctoral fellow from 2000 to 2002 and served as a lecturer in the Science, Technology, and International Affairs (STIA) program at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. Before joining the Georgetown faculty he worked as an Analyst in Science and Technology Policy for the Congressional Research Service.

Dr. Barth is married to Katrin Scholz-Barth and they have a son, Per-Niklas.