Maria Soledad Lopez Distor
MMPA, Philippines
Biography
Maria Soledad Lopez Distor is a Registered Chemist and has completed her Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry from the University of the Philippines, Los Banos and Post-graduate studies in Management major in Public Administration from the Laguna College of Business and Arts. She is currently connected with the Philippine Accreditation Bureau as Technical Expert/Assessor in the field of Chemical Testing for ISO 17025 Laboratory Accreditation. She is also a part-time faculty of the Systems Technology Institute handling lectures on Chemistry, Physics and Biology. She is a former Senior Food Drug Regulation Officer of the Food and Drug Administration Philippines, a regulatory agency mandated to ensure the safety, quality and efficacy of pharmaceuticals, processed foods, cosmetics, household hazardous substances and medical devices. She was assigned at the ASEAN Reference Standards-Central Laboratory, tasked to establish and develop pharmaceutical Reference Standards in collaboration with other national and regional regulatory laboratories of ASEAN member states. She has a number of oral presentations on conventions and symposiums, both local and international invitations.