Ben Smith is the Director for the newly formed Innovations in Food and Chemical Safety Programme at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore’s lead government agency for innovation. He joins A*STAR from the specialty ingredients industry where he worked for the Swiss flavour and fragrance company Firmenich S.A. as their chief safety scientist.
Initially trained as a toxicologist and chemist he started his studies in environmental toxicology before switching his focus to applied toxicology. Nowadays his research efforts are focused on developing and...Read more