Janet Martha Blatny

Dr. Janet Martha Blatny is the Research Director of the Total Defense division at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) and a member of FFI’s Executive Leadership. Her Division performs research on a wide range of topics within national defense, security and resilience, including climate and security. She is an Honorary Visiting Professor at the Institute for Security Science and Technology at Imperial College London, and she is a Special Advisor for NATO’s Chief Scientist at the Office of Chief Scientist, NATO Science and Technology Organization (STO) in Brussels.

Blatny was the Chair of the NATO STO Human Factors and Medicine Panel 2021-2023 and the Vice Chair 2019-2021.  She attended the Senior Executive Course at the Norwegian Defence University College in 2009 and the NATO Defense College Senior Course in 2024. Blatny received her PhD in Biotechnology Engineering in 1997 from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.