Harshini Mukundan leads the chemical and biological programs at LBL within the Office for National and Homeland Security. She is also a senior scientist and Department Head for Biomedical Sciences and Bioengineering in the Biosciences area; and is the Director of Convergence and Program Leaders Academy at LBL. Her personal interest is in developing agnostic strategies – diagnostics and countermeasures – for chemical and biological defense, at the digital-physical nexus. Harshini has authored over 100 publications, is an inventor on several provisional and issued patents, winner of several RD100 awards. She is a global leader in agnostic biodefense architectures. Harshi has briefed and advised several federal and international agencies, served on and chaired National Academy working groups and served as a reviewer for several defense programs. She is a AAAS Fellow, and IF/THEN STEM Ambassador. She has been recognized with the New Mexico Women in Technology Award, Principal Investigator Excellence Award, 500Before joining Berkeley Lab, Harshi worked at Los Alamos National Lab for over 17 years, leaving as group leader for Physical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy. She is still a visiting scientist at the institution. She is also adjunct professor at the University of New Mexico, a non-resident fellow at the University of California, Berkeley; and a Senior Policy Advisor for the Council on Strategic Risks.