Pauli Undesser is the director of regulatory and technical affairs for the national Water Quality Association. She holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a master’s degree in biochemistry from Northern Illinois University. After 12 years of applied laboratory work ranging from wet chemistry and organic chemistry to molecular biology and protein expression, her technical background was applied at the Water Quality Association managing third party certification of drinking water treatment products and developing a toxicology program. In 2010, Undesser transitioned into her current role as director of regulatory and technical affairs.