Biocides North America 2023

Vanessa has covered biocides, occupational health and various other topics for Chemical Watch News & Insight since 2013. Having spent more than a decade writing about the international chemical industry and chemical sciences, she combines her role at Chemical Watch News & Insight with freelance writing for several other publications in the chemistry sphere.

Adrian is a Master of Science graduate from the University of Maryland who worked briefly for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the area of immunotoxicology. Since 1988 he has been involved in various aspects of chemical regulation for Troy Chemical Corporation, a division of Troy Corporation. In this role he addressed chemical regulation for Troy in the biocidal area as well as agricultural products domestically and internationally. Since the acquisition of Troy Chemical Corp. in 2020 he has continued in his role as Director, Product Registration under Arxada.

Dennis R. Deziel provides great depth of insight to the regulatory process and government advocacy, honed through a career of senior leadership roles at agencies and multinational chemical companies.  Prior to joining Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. as Senior Government Affairs Advisor, Mr. Deziel was Assistant Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Division 1. 

Meibao Zhuang, Ph.D., possesses exceptional understanding of and experience in agricultural, biochemical, and industrial chemical product development and commercialization honed over a 20-year career as a researcher, project leader, product developer, stewardship strategist, and regulatory affairs director at Corteva, Dow, and B&C®.

Hal is the Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Policy Manager for the US Home & Hygiene Brands at Reckitt Benckiser. His responsibilities are to ensure that the company’s products are in full compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations and to work with the various government agencies on new regulations.

Lisa Amadio is a Principal Regulatory Consultant at Ramboll with more than 25 years of industry experience. In her current role, her experience and educational background in toxicology and exposure assessment assist clients in registering their biocide products at EPA.

Chuck Peck is a senior fate scientist with over 15 years of experience in EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs.  He has experience with aquatic and air modelling and evaluating the potential ecological exposure from the use of conventional and antimicrobial pesticides. Mr. Peck has been involved in OPP’s efforts to address its requirements under the Endangered Species Act since 2013. 

Jamie Venable is a Senior Regulatory Consultant at Scientific & Regulatory Consultants, Inc., where she specializes in antimicrobial pesticide registrations with US EPA, California DPR, & Health Canada, Ingredient Communication assessments, SDS authoring, TSCA consulting, Proposition 65 consulting, consumer product consulting, and VOC calculations and consulting.

James Tauber, PhD, is a microbiologist in the Efficacy Branch of the Antimicrobials Divison since early 2021. In addition to reviewing efficacy data at the EPA, James is involved in various workgroups, and he strives to protect human health through multiple avenues. James earned degrees in Microbiology where the motivation focused on understanding intermicrobial interactions via natural products and how microbes may influence invertebrate health.

Tajah is Senior Scientist in the Efficacy Brach (EB) in the Antimicrobials Division (AD) at EPA. She also served as an international pharmaceutical investigator with the FDA, specializing in high-risk sterile inspections in China, India, Europe, South Korea, New Zealand, and Australia, and as Section Chief at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Rhonda, RM (NRM), is the CEO of Scientific & Regulatory Consultants, Inc. (SRC). With over 30 years of experience in Federal Regulatory affairs, she has unique insight into antimicrobial product development including test method design, management of studies, product development, technical support, quality control, manufacturing, and facility auditing.

Diane’s specialty includes project management and fostering cross functional relationships between companies, contract facilities, regulators and trade associations. As Senior Managing Scientist she has worked on projects meeting global microbiology regulations, registered various EPA end-use antimicrobial products and been involved in writing policies and guidelines alongside Federal EPA, state agencies and trade associations.

Dr Bio Aikawa is Director of the Bureau of Product Review and Assessment in Health Canada’s Natural and Non-prescription Health Products Directorate. She has held various positions in Health Canada prior to this role in a broad range of programs including research, risk assessment and pesticide management.