Leonard A. Cole, Bio

Dr. Leonard A. Cole, an adjunct professor of political science at Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, is an expert on bioterrorism and terror medicine. Trained in the health sciences and public policy, he holds a Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University.

He is a Fellow of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and has been a recipient of grants and fellowships from the Andrew Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Rockefeller Foundation. Cole has written for professional journals as well as general publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Scientific American, and The Sciences.

He has testified before congressional committees and made invited presentations to several government agencies including the U.S. Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Office of Technology Assessment.

He has appeared frequently on network and public television and has been a regular on MSNBC. He is the author of eight books including The Anthrax Letters: A Medical Detective Story and, most recently, Terror: How Israel Has Coped and What America Can Learn.

He is also co-editor of the forthcoming Essentials of Terror Medicine.