Dr. Benjamin Rosenthal, USDA Scientist at the Agricultural Research Service’s Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in Beltsville, MD serves as Lead Scientist for the project Foodborne Parasites and their Impact on Food Safety and as Research Leader for the Animal Parasitic Disease Laboratory. His professional service includes membership on the International Commission on Trichinellosis, handling editor at the journal Infection, Genetics, and Evolution, and Academic Editor for PLoS One. He has published widely on parasite biology, epidemiology, evolution, and control. The National Institute of Food and Agriculture, The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the National Institutes of Health, The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, and the Center for Produce Safety have provided additional support for his research program. Dr. Rosenthal completed his undergraduate at Oberlin College and his doctorate at the Harvard School of Public Health.