Dr Felicia Wu

Felicia Wu is the John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor of Food Safety, Toxicology, and Risk Assessment at Michigan State University, University Distinguished Professor and immediate Past-President of the Society for Risk Analysis. She is appointed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer as a Commissioner of Agriculture and Rural  Development for the state of Michigan, USA. Dr Wu works at the nexus of agriculture, food safety and nutrition, and public health to improve global human health outcomes. Currently she has five extramural grants with topics ranging from assessing the health risks of foodborne lead, arsenic, and cadmium; improving resilience of food systems against shocks; and reducing presence of mycotoxins, heavy metals, and pathogens in food crops. Dr Wu is a Member of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), and is Co-Chair of the US National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Committee on Environmental, Biosafety, and Biosecurity Considerations of Synthetic Cell Research & Development. She earned her PhD in Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, and AB and SM in Applied Mathematics/Medical Sciences at Harvard University.