Dr. Allhoff completed his Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of California, Santa Barbara and his J.D. at the University of Michigan Law School, where he graduated magna cum laude. Following law school, he clerked for the Honorable Chief Justice Craig F. Stowers of the Alaska Supreme Court. He is the author or editor of over twenty-five books, including What Is Nanotechnology and Why Does It Matter?: From Science to Ethics (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010; with Patrick Lin and Daniel Moore) and Terrorism, Ticking Time-Bombs, and Torture (University of Chicago, 2012); his popular work has been featured in Slate, The Atlantic, and The Huffington Post. Dr. Allhoff is currently working on a grant pertaining to ethical issues in cyberwarfare, funded by the National Science Foundation.