MeiLin Wan
Vice President for Textiles
Applied DNA Sciences
MeiLin Wan is the Vice President for Textiles at Applied DNA Sciences based in New York. She is responsible for providing clients with innovative molecular business solutions to preserve the integrity of products, assure quality and enable responsible and sustainable sourcing practices globally. She leads the team to create commercial solutions under the CertainT platform for providing "forensic and authentic proof" for products that utilize materials such as cotton, synthetics, recycled PET, wool, viscose, leather, down and feather, and specialty coatings. For over 16 years, MeiLin has worked in the bioscientific field transforming the use forensic DNA and nanotechnologies into useful and novel consumer and industrial driven applications.
Applied DNA Sciences
Applied DNA makes life real and safe by providing innovative, molecular-based technology solutions and services that can help protect products, brands, entire supply chains, and intellectual property of companies, governments and consumers from theft, counterfeiting, fraud and diversion. Over 148,000 unique SigNature molecular tags have been made to date. For textiles, over 250 million lbs of fiber has been tagged, with over 7,000 DNA tests conducted and products sold in over 4,400 retail stores. The company has over 70 patents issued, with over 30,000 ft of manufacturing and laboratory space headquartered in Stony Brook, New York.
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MeiLin Wan's talk on DNA Traceability will take place at the Leather, Compliance & Sustainability Conference on 14th Nov 2019, Tapestry Inc headquarters in New York.