Ilise L. Feitshans

Ilise Feitshans is an American global health lawyer working in the field of nanotechnology.

Education Feitshans attended Barnard College for her undergraduate degree. She received her JD from Georgetown University in 1983. She went on to earn her Master's of Science from Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, and her doctorate in International Relations from Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations. She holds the first Swiss doctorate in nanotechnology law.

As of November 2023, Feitshans was a Master of Law Candidate in National and Global Health at Georgetown University. There, she contributed to an update of the UN's Encyclopedia of Occupational Health and Safety. Ms. JD, a development and networking for women lawyers and law students, gave her its 2016 Superwomen award. Her PhD thesis in international relations was awarded the Lausanne Prix de la Fondation de médecine sociale et preventive prize for the best research in social medicine and prevention at the University of Lausanne in 2014.

Personal life Feitshans splits her time between Haddonfield, New Jersey and France, where her husband, Dominique, works. She has two children.