Professional Profile
Dr. Ming Kung is a board-certified toxicologist and President of ToxStrategies. He has over 20 years’ experience in the petrochemical and biotechnology industry managing diverse technical and regulatory programs to enable safe use and regulatory compliance of products and effluents from research and development (R&D) to commercialization.
Dr. Kung’s experience includes planning and executing hazard and safety assessments, preparing and evaluating REACH registrations, developing and reviewing occupational exposure limits (OELs), and developing innovative informatics approaches to facilitate rapid and comprehensive chemical regulatory surveillance. A strategic leader with deep expertise in health, environmental, and regulatory hazard and safety assessment, Dr. Kung applies structured approaches to develop clear and actionable technical and business strategies. He uses sound regulatory scientific strategies to capitalize on opportunities or to understand and address potential threats throughout the product and process life cycle. These include developing and executing a digital strategy for health and environmental hazard and safety assessment, and establishing a technical strategy for quantitative read-across and hazard assessment for substances of unknown or variable composition, complex reaction products, or biological materials (UVCBs), including both in vitro and in silico approaches.
Dr. Kung received his Ph.D. and M.S. in toxicology from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, and a B.S. in chemistry from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Dr. Kung became a Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology (DABT) in 2016.