Prof Jorgen Schlundt, Director of NTU Food Technology Centre (NAFTEC), Singapore. JS has a Ph.D. from the Royal Veterinary University in Denmark in 1983. From 1999-2010 he was Director Department for Food Safety and Zoonoses at the World Health Organization HQ in Geneva, and from 2011-2014, Director of National Food Institute in Denmark. JS has participated in international development of food safety Risk analysis principles and has overseen the creation of the International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) and the initiation of the first-ever estimation of the global burden of foodborne diseases. JS also initiated international evaluations of the importance of antibiotic use in agriculture, and the creation of the WHO list of critically important antibiotics for human health. He also chairs the Global Microbial Identifier.
