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Josephine Pepper

Member since 2025

Occupation: Associate - European & UK Patent Attorney at J A Kemp

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Bio

Josie Pepper is a fully qualified European and UK Patent Attorney. She advises biotechnology and life sciences inventors and companies and helps them obtain (or knock out) patents for inventions in fields like immunology, crop science and genetics. She has an academic background in molecular and cellular biochemistry, lab experience in molecular genetics and structural microbiology, and study and work experience in pandemic policy.

Josie is passionate about how technologies can be responsibly and sustainably leveraged to tackle challenges like climate change, antimicrobial resistance, and food security.

Roles

  • Science & Tech Diplomacy in a Changing World

Interests

  • Antimicrobial resistance
  • Climate change
  • Critical thinking skill development in education
  • Cross-sector skill sharing
  • Education - responsibilities and influences
  • Evidence based governance
  • Food security
  • Societal impact of research
  • Sustainability
  • Young women in STEM
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