Dr Caroline Harris

Bio

Dr Caroline Harris is a Corporate vice president, Principal scientist and the Co-Director of the Centre for Chemical Regulation and Food Safety at Exponent International Ltd.

Dr Harris specialises in exposure and the assessment of consumer risk from chemicals in food and has a particular interest in agrochemicals and environmental contaminants. She has a specific interest in child and infant exposure and also models for estimating exposure.

Prior to this, Dr Harris worked for 15 years in the UK's Pesticides Safety Directorate with her latter posts being Head of Pesticide Chemistry and Manager of the Human Health Group. During this time she developed in-depth background knowledge of pesticides science and regulation, including physical and chemical properties, methods of analysis, metabolism, residues, and consumer risk assessment.

She was previously a member of the FAO panel of the Joint Meeting on Pesticides Residues (JMPR) and is a current member of the Advisory Committee on Crop Protection Chemistry for the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).

Dr Harris is a member of the Expert Committee on Pesticides (ECP).

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