Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecotoxicology and Risk Management

Anne Alix joined Dow AgroSciences, now Corteva Agriscience, in 2011, as Policy and Risk Management Leader for Europe, Middle East and Africa. She has been working in the area of plant protection products risk assessment for 20 years. After a PhD in Integrated Pest Management (IPM) at the University of Rennes, Anne joined the French National Institute for Research in Agronomy (INRA) as an ecotoxicologist in the scientific unit for the risk assessment of crop protection products. Anne was nominated head of the Environment and Ecotoxicology risk assessment unit at the French Agency on the safety of Food (AFSSA, now ANSES), where she initiated scientific collaborations with the pesticide unit of EFSA. Anne then joined the French Ministry of Agriculture as the deputy head of the Section for Regulation of Plant Protection Products and fertilizers, in charge of the implementation of risk mitigation measures for pesticides and of post registration monitoring.

Roman Ashauer is Eco-modelling Lead at Syngenta and Syngenta fellow. Roman is also an Honorary Fellow at the University of York, UK where he has previously worked as Associate Professor. He has won several awards for his research on effect modelling for environmental risk assessment of chemicals.

Ingrid Bremmer is currently working as a scientific assessor environment in the Green team of Ctgb. At Ctgb she has previously worked as an ecotoxicologist for chemical plant protection products and for biocides.

Harry Byers is a risk assessor in ecotoxicology at the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES). He has more than 6 years of experience in regulatory risk assessment of plant protection products.

Peter Dohmen is an independent consultant at Econ-Ecotoxicological Consulting. He has previously held a position as Senior Ecotoxicologist at the Agricultural Research Centre of BASF in Limburgerhof/Germany. Having occupied this position for several decades, he brings along profound knowledge and experience in the ecotoxicology field.

Steven Droge is an Environmental Scientist at Wageningen University & Research. Steven has built a career in science, holding several postdoctoral research positions over the years. He also has experience in the regulatory field, having worked as Ecotoxicology assessor for the Dutch Board for the Authorisation of Plant Protection Products and Biocides.

Achim Gathmann is the Head of the Group Product Use Management in the Department of Plant Protection Products at the German Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL). He has studied biology with the focus entomology and ecology. He holds a PhD in biology. His key qualifications are agroecology, plant protection, biological control, risk assessment and risk management of plant protection products and genetically modified organisms.

Thomas Gäbert holds a PhD in agricultural sciences and has been working for the Agrargenossenschaft Trebbin since 2013. He is mainly responsible for crop production, especially in the areas of precision and smart farming and pays special attention to sustainability and biodiversity.

Rena Isemer is an Ecotoxicology Expert specialising in non-target plants at Bayer AG in Germany. A molecular biologist by training, Rena has previously worked as research associate at the University of Kiel.

Mariana Ledesma has been working as a Regulatory Ecotoxicologist at the Swedish Chemicals Agency (KEMI) conducting ecotoxicology data evaluation and risk assessment, since 2009. As Swedish representative for the Northern Zone in the ecotoxicology section for plant protection products, she has led the work with the interim approach for bees as well as participated in the break-out group responsible for the update of the Higher tier for birds and mammals.

Eric Liégeois is a Senior Policy Officer at the European Commission in charge of Pesticides Legislation, moderating the Working Group on biopesticides and contributing to risk mitigation measures policy for DG SANTE. Formerly he was the Head-of-Sector for Fertilisers, Plastics and Circular Economy at DG GROW.

Arnd Nenstiel-Koehling serves as Senior Project Lead EU Green Deal for Bayer, leading a cross-functional project team across all three Bayer divisions on a business transformation journey to capture opportunities and mitigate risks originating from the EU Green Deal. In previous roles Arnd has been leading the global strategic marketing unit for Bayer’s Herbicides portfolio and has served as the Global Head of Public Affairs for the Crop Science division of the company.

Melissa Reed is a senior ecotoxicologist currently leading the ecotoxicology team in CRD-HSE. Over the last 18 years she has been involved in many activities related to ecotoxicological risk assessment including contributing to several EFSA scientific opinions related to effects modelling.

Ivo Roessink (PhD) is a Senior Scientist in Environmental Risk Assessment at Wageningen Environmental Research. He investigates the environmental impact of different stressors, ranging from chemicals such as plant protection products to exotic species. His research encompassed both aquatic and terrestrial topics dealing with chemicals, exotic species, pollinators and non-target arthropods or combinations thereof.

Laura Vilmmar Bouza is a scientific officer at the European Food Safety Authority in Italy, where she supports the work of the ecotoxicology team.

Jacoba Wassenberg is an environmental risk assessor at the dutch Ctgb, specialized in assessing the ecotoxicological risk of plant protection products to bees, birds and mammals.