Dr. Helen Wallace is the Director of GeneWatch UK, a not-for-profit organisation which aims to ensure genetic science and technology is used in the public interest.

She has published widely on the social, environmental and human rights issues associated with the use of genetic technologies worldwide, ranging from genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to human genetic databases. Since 2010, her research has included issues associated with open releases of genetically modified insects into the environment.

Before joining GeneWatch UK in 2001, she worked as an environmental scientist in academia and industry and as Senior Scientist at Greenpeace UK.
Dr. Wallace has a degree in physics from Bristol University and a PhD in applied mathematics from Exeter University.