Dr. Sonia Ben Ouagrham-Gormley is an Assistant Professor in the Biodefense Program. Prior to joining George Mason, she served 10 years as a Senior Research Associate at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS), and Editor-in-Chief of the International Export Control Observer, a monthly newsletter devoted to the analysis of WMD export control issues in the world. Dr. Ben Ouagrham was also an adjunct professor at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, where she taught a course on WMD in the former Soviet Union (FSU). She received her Ph.D. in Economics of Development at the Advanced School of Social Sciences in Paris, France.

Currently Dr. Ben Ouagrham is conducting studies dealing with the nexus between WMD-related trafficking, organized crime and terrorism in the FSU; proliferation financing; and the role of tacit knowledge in the transfer of BW knowledge.