Leifan Wang is an associate professor of International Law at Tianjin University School of Law and Center for Biosafety Research & Strategy. Her research focuses on public international law, global biosafety and biosecurity governance, especially the impacts of emerging biotechnology on health and security. She co-drafted the Tianjin Biosecurity Guidelines for Codes of Conduct for Scientists with experts from Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and InterAcademy Partnership. She obtained her Ph. D in law from Renmin University of China, and was an attorney admitted to the bar of New York and P. R. China.