Prof. James Giordano, Ph.D. is Director of the Center for Neurotechnology Studies and Vice President for Academic Programs at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, Arlington, VA; Senior Research Associate at the Oxford Centre for Neuroethics and Uehiro Centre for Practical Philosophy at the University of Oxford, UK, and University Affiliate Professor of Molecular Neuroscience at the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Studies, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA. As well, he is William H. and Ruth Crane Schaefer Distinguished Visiting Professor of Neuroscience and Ethics at Gallaudet University, Washington, DC.

Prof. Giordano is Editor-in-Chief of the journals Philosophy, Ethics and Humanities in Medicine, and Synesis: A Journal of Science, Technology, Ethics and Policy; Associate Editor for the international journal Neuroethics, neuroscience and ethics editor (and former Deputy Editor-in-Chief) for the journal Pain Physician, and Editor-in-Chief of the book series Advances in Neurotechnology: Ethical, Legal and Social Issues (published by Taylor-Francis/CRC Press).

Prof. Giordano is the author of over 150 publications in neuroscience, pain, neurophilosophy, and neuroethics. His recent books include: Scientific and Philosophical Perspectives in Neuroethics (with Bert Gordijn, Cambridge University Press); Pain: Mind, Meaning, and Medicine (PPM Press); Pain Medicine: Philosophy, Ethics and Policy (with Mark Boswell; Linton Atlantic Books), and Maldynia: Multi-disciplinary Perspectives on the Illness of Chronic Pain (CRC/Taylor-Francis).

His ongoing research addresses the neuroscience and neurophilosophy of pain, and the neuroethics of pain research and treatment of human and non-human subjects. Specifically, his work seeks to engage and explore the bio-psychosocial aspects of human scientific and technological progress, moral sense and decision making, and the amelioration of pain and suffering in striving for flourishing.