Angela Anandappa is currently the Founding Executive Director of the Alliance for Advanced Sanitation and President of Cerulean Sky Corporation.
Her work involves providing scientific leadership, conducting research, providing training and mentorship to companies in the areas of product development, food safety and sustainability consulting services. Through her work at Cerulean Sky Corporation, she and her team of engineers, life scientists and mathematicians provide data analytical services to manufacturers that improves risk assessment science, conducts genomic and metagenomic analyses, and solves many other problems using advanced data analytical methods.
Dr. Anandappa is the current chairperson of the Food Fraud Prevention PDG at the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP), has previously served as a vice chair and chairperson of the Food Chemical Hazards and Food Allergy PDG from 2018-2022 at IAFP, is currently serving on the management committee for IAFP’s Food Protection Trends magazine, and on the editorial board of Food Safety Magazine. She is also a member of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), and the Institute for Thermal Processing Specialists (IFTPS).
She earned her B.S. in Biology with a focus on Microbiology, M.S. in Animal Science specializing in antimicrobials to preserve the safety of fresh produce, and Ph.D. in systems science for Food Safety Systems from the University of Kentucky. Dr. Anandappa earned credentials in ESG from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and in Lean Manufacturing from Toyota-UK Engineering.