Anya Plutynski
Cluster:
Agency and Directionality in Development
Agency and Directionality in Development
Role:
Cluster Coordinator
Cluster Coordinator
Institution:
Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Professor Plutynski is a historian and philosopher of biology and medicine. Her most recent book is Explaining Cancer: Finding Order in Disorder (2018, OUP). She has also written on the history and philosophy of evolutionary biology and genetics, the role of modeling in science, and scientific explanation. Other research interests include biomedical research ethics, particularly issues surrounding precision oncology, cancer genomics, and risk communication.