Huiping Tu USP

Dr. Huiping Tu’s current role in USP as Senior Principal Scientist is to manage the Microbiology Expert Committee and Statistics Expert Committee and lead the effort developing the microbiology and bioassay related USP standards. Her previous role in USP was the Director of the Biologics Laboratory to manage the bioanalytical, bioassay and microbiology teams. Prior to joining USP in 2012, she worked most recently at Merck, where she was a Senior Research Scientist at Cardiovascular Diseases Franchise to work in early drug discovery process. Dr. Tu received her M.S. in Organic Chemistry and Ph. D. in Physiology with deep and broad expertise in microbiology, molecular/cell biology, biochemistry, and analytical chemistry. She has more than 20 years’ experience in pharmaceutical industry, academia, and regulatory science with in-depth knowledge of USP-NF and the development of reference standards relevant to pharmaceutical products. Dr. Tu is the leading author or co-author of many prestigious peer-reviewed publications including Cell; J. Clinical Investigation and Neuron and holds several patents.