Nikola Biller-Andorno

Nikola Biller-Andorno is a German bioethicist, currently serving as Professor and Director of the Institute of Biomedical Ethics at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Her academic journey began with a medical degree from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, complemented by studies in philosophy and social sciences from the University of Hagen. She further enriched her expertise through research at renowned institutions such as the Hastings Center, Yale University, and Harvard Medical School. After completing her habilitation in ethics and theory of medicine, she contributed to the World Health Organization as an Ethicist. In 2004, she was appointed professor of medical ethics at the Charité, Faculty of the Free and Humboldt University in Berlin. Since October 2005, she has been a Full Professor of Biomedical Ethics at the University of Zurich. As Director of the Institute of Biomedical Ethics since 2007, she has led a center designated as a WHO Collaborating Center for Bioethics. Biller-Andorno is actively involved in professional organizations, serving on the board of the Swiss Society of Biomedical Ethics and the German Academy of Ethics in Medicine. She was elected President of the International Association of Bioethics in 2009. Her advisory roles include membership in the Central Ethics Committee of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences and the Ethics Committee of the University of Zurich. Additionally, she serves as deputy editor for the *Journal of Medical Ethics*.