Laura Cabrera, MA, PhD

Dr. Cabrera is the Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Neuroethics. She is Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, and Philosophy at Penn State University. She is a Senior Research Associate at the Rock Ethics Institute, and Associate Director of Neuroethics and Engagement with the Center for Neural Engineering. Trained both as an engineer and an applied ethicists her work is at the interface of normative, conceptual and empirical approaches, exploring attitudes and ethical concerns of professionals, patients and members of the public toward brain interventions and other technologies. Dr. Cabrera's research interests focus on the ethical, societal, policy, and cultural implications of the design, development and use of neurotechnologies and other disruptive technologies. Dr. Cabrera is chair of the P7700 -Recommended Practice for the Responsible Design and Development of Neurotechnologies - Standard Development Group, member of the International Neuroethics Society (INS) Board of Directors and Advisory Board of IEEE BRAIN. She is also past chair of the IEEE Brain Neuroethics Subcommittee. She is a Senior IEEE Member.