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Dr. Sofia Santillana Farakos

Interdisciplinary Scientist,
FDA

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FDA

Bio

I am an interdisciplinary scientist and risk modeler at the Risk Analysis Branch in the Division of Risk and Decision Analysis at the Office of Analytics and Outreach at CFSAN-FDA. In that capacity, I lead and coordinate risk assessment projects and develop quantitative and semi-quantitative models to inform risk assessment and decision analysis needs. I hold a B.S. and M.S. in Biology from the Autonomous University of Madrid (in Spain) and an M.S. in Food Science from Wageningen University (The Netherlands) and Ph.D. in Food Science from The University of Georgia. Outside work I love hiking, movies and spending time with my family!