Jeffrey Stoff

Jeffrey Stoff is the founder and president of the Center for Research Security & Integrity, a US non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of research and innovation from harmful foreign influence and interference. He previously spent over 18 years in the US government as a China analyst and linguist. He advised the US White House, senior Department of Defense leaders; the departments of Commerce, Energy, and State; the National Science Foundation; and the National Institutes of Health. Mr. Stoff has presented at dozens of conferences and seminars for US and foreign government, academic, and private sector leaders on research security and technology protection issues.

Mr. Stoff is a contributing author of China’s Quest for Foreign Technology: Beyond Espionage (Routledge, 2020), coauthor of “Global Engagement: Rethinking Risk in the Research Enterprise” (Hoover Institution, 2020), coauthor of “Eyes Wide Open: Ethical Risks in Research Collaboration with China” (Hoover Institution, 2021), author of Should Democracies Draw Redlines around Research Collaboration with China? A Case Study of Germany (Center for Research Security & Integrity, 2023), and coauthor of “Transparency and Integrity Risks in China’s Research Ecosystem: A Primer and Call to Action” (Center for Research Security & Integrity, 2024).