bioneer

== English == === Etymology === Blend of biological +‎ pioneer or biological +‎ engineer, possibly coined by Kenny Ausubel. === Noun === bioneer (plural bioneers) (neologism) A biological pioneer, an inventer of environmental solutions and biotechnology; a crafter of creative solutions to environmental and sociocultural problems. (chiefly science fiction) A biological engineer, an engineer of creatures, especially partially artificial/mechanical ones. ==== Related terms ==== biotechnology === Verb === bioneer (third-person singular simple present bioneers, present participle bioneering, simple past and past participle bioneered) (neologism) To pioneer biologically. 2006, John Logan, NASA physician, at the Space Frontier Foundation's "New Space Return to the Moon Conference" (2006): Panel SFF1484 at 1:15:25: The only thing you can truly say, and I think this is a very safe statement, is if you can't figure out how to bioneer, bioneer with a b, you're not going anywhere. (chiefly science fiction) To engineer biologically. ==== References ==== Chris Collet and David Wyatt, Education + Training (2005), "Bioneering" - teaching biotechnology entrepreneurship at the undergraduate level, 47(6): 408-421 (retrieved on 2007-03-20) Kenny Ausubel and J. P. Harpignies (editors), Nature's Operating Instructions: The True Biotechnologies (2004), The Bioneers Series (Sierra Club Books)