Jo Anne Shatkin, Ph.D. is President and founder of Vireo Advisors, LLC, an international Woman Owned Small (nano) mission driven organization focused on advancing the bioeconomy -to achieve a more sustainable and healthier way of living. Jo Anne and @Vireo_Advisors advise public and private organizations on market and regulatory requirements toward advancing adoption of safer and more sustainable bio-based product development through risk management strategies and state of the art analyses. Dr. Shatkin is an environmental health scientist and recognized expert in environmental aspects of novel and emerging ingredients, bio-based and nanoscale technologies, health risk assessment, emerging substance policy and environmental science and policy. Areas of expertise include food safety, composites, public/private models of cooperation and 21st century testing strategies.
Since 2005, Jo Anne has provided leadership on the responsible development of nanotechnology. She served as an expert to several international committees on nanotechnology safety, including the National Academy of Sciences, Canadian Council of Academies and others. Her book, Nanotechnology Health and Environmental Risks Second Edition (CRC Press 2012) describes the use of LCRA - life cycle thinking in risk analysis for nanomaterials. Jo Anne is a fellow of the Society for Risk Analysis and serves on the boards of the Center for Environmental Policy at American University and the University of Maine Forest Bioproducts Research Institute. She and the team at Vireo Advisors work internationally on the safety and and sustainability of nanotechnologies and bio-based products.
Specialties: Nanotechnology health and environmental aspects
Screening level life cycle/risk analysis
Environmental health risk assessment
Strategic Risk Assessment and Management
Corporate Sustainability
Stakeholder Strategies and Outreach
Sustainable Product Development
Renewable Energy Development