Safety assessor credentials 

Dr Sara Robb

Qualifications:

B.A. Iowa State University USA

M.A. University of South Dakota, USA

Pharmacognosy and Toxic Natural Products Philadelphia College of Pharmacy & Science, USA

Ph.D. Hershey Medical School, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Winner of the Marian Kies Award for Outstanding Thesis Research (Mechanisms of Oxidative Stress in Neurodegenerative Disease) from the American Society for Neurochemistry.

Post-doctorate Research Fellow University of Dundee, UK and University College London, UK

Member of The Society for Cosmetic Scientists

Experience:

After leaving academic research in 2003, Dr Sara Robb began making honey soaps and beeswax creams.  Formulating for nearly 20 years, Sara's recipes are available in books (Dr Sara’s Honey Potions, Beauty & the Bees, Making and Selling Cosmetics: Honeycomb Cleansing Cream) and numerous journal articles (British Beekeeping Journal, Bee Craft, BBKA News, Bees for Development Journal).

Dr Robb has a keen interest in teaching others to formulate cosmetics (running workshops at the British Beekeepers Association Spring Convention and The National Honey Show) and helping small producers by providing Cosmetic Product Safety Reports.