Martin Lo
CEO & President of Biointellipro
Dr. Y. Martin Lo, CEO & President of Biointellipro, decided to step away from his 20 years as a faculty at the University of Maryland in 2014 to focus on helping developing countries. He has organized interdisciplinary teams to tackle food safety and ecological issues in different countries, and was invited to speak on “Healthy Cities” at the United Nations headquarter in NYC during December 2017. A food bioprocess engineer by training at the Ohio State University, Dr. Lo’s expertise ranges from intervention for microbial control to recovery of renewable ingredients and assessment of nano-safety. Dr. Lo received the Outstanding Food Safety Research Award from UN Human Health Organization in 2017, and the Presidential Volunteer Service Silver Medals from Presidents Obama and Trump in 2015 and 2016, respectively. He is a Fellow of the World Food Preservation Center, a FDA-recognized Process Authority, the Ambassador of the International Union of Food Science and Technology, and the founding Editor-in-Chief for Food Science & Nutrition.
Present Position
CEO & President of Biointellipro
Education
Bachelor of Department of Animal Science and Technology in National Taiwan University
Master and PhD of Food Science in Ohio State University
Experience
Director, Institute of Food Science, University of Maryland
Founding Chief Editor of the International Journal of "Food Science and Nutrition"
The first ambassador of the International Union of Food Science and Technology(IUFoST)
Elected as a Fellow of the World Food Preservation Center (WFPC)
President of "Chinese American Food Association"
Chairman of Food Engineering Department of "Institute of Food Technology (IFT)"
Head of Food Safety HACCP, Food Safety Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Maryland
Main trainer of the Joint Institute of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN)