Gary Ackerman has served as a GCRI Senior Advisor since 2018. He advises GCRI in particular regarding organization development and the national and international security dimensions of global catastrophic risk. Dr. Ackerman is Associate Professor in the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity at the University at Albany, State University of New York, where he co-leads the Center for Advanced Red Teaming. He is also CEO of Nemesys Insights LLC, a strategic analysis and advisory company. He was previously a GCRI Associate and also Director of the Unconventional Weapons and Technology Division at the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), based at the University of Maryland.