Mark Teo

Mark Teo is a Senior Policy Advisor at WorkSafeBC’s Policy, Regulation & Research Department. He has 20+ years of academic, regulatory and industrial work experience in nanotechnology and occupational health & safety (OHS). Mark obtained his B.Sc. & Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of British Columbia, and has experience in synthesizing & characterizing engineered nanomaterials used in coatings, thin films and fuel cells. Mark is a member of the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Nanotechnology OHS Technical Committee. He is also a Vice-Chair of the Canadian Mirror Committee for ISO/TC 229 Nanotechnologies, and has represented Canada internationally in developing consensus nanotechnology standards on terminology, analytical sampling methods, and OHS. Mark is a steering committee member on nanotechnology research groups, and is a member of NanoCanada's Canadian Safety & Health Initiative for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials (CASHINAM) Committee.