Who is Elliott Killian?
At the age of 19 years old, I was elected to public office as a Ferguson Township Supervisor in Central Pennsylvania. I served my local community in a four year term. Afterwards I started businesses and traveled the world for a year. Upon returning to the United States I worked in various organizations in project management.
During the COVID-19 pandemic I decided to go to grad school and received a Master’s of Science, Forestry from Lakehead University.
Mission Statement
My mission is to work on interesting problems. This includes:
- Plant Diseases
- Ecological imbalance and ecological services
- Synthetic Biology
- New forms of life
- Climate change
- Bioethics
- Institutional trust and distrust
- Increasing institutions number and diversity, so that institutions provide social services (education, healthcare, community)
- Fostering entrepreneurial activity for economic growth
- Economic inequality
Values
- Diversity and abundance of non-human life on earth.
- Reducing negative impacts from humans on other life and environment
- Fairness
Education
Bachelors of Science, Horticulture (Plant Science) from The Pennsylvania State University
Master’s of Science, Forestry from Lakehead University
Hobbies and Activities
For fun I write, learn languages (including Esperanto), and make video games.