Advisory Board

The advisory board comprises representatives of the Swiss Centre of Applied Human Toxicology (SCAHT), federal and cantonal administration, industry and research. It gives feedback on the activities of the Ecotox Centre, support and advice, promotes the Ecotox Centre externally and reviews the development plan.

Dr. Bettina Hitzfeld (Chair), Head of Division Soil and Biotechnology, Federal Office for the Environment

Dr. Annette Aldrich, Section Biocides and Plant Protection Products, Federal Office for the Environment

Jörg Beck, Nutrition and Agricultutre, scienceindustries (Business Association Chemistry Pharma Biotech)

Prof. Dr. Stéphane Burgos,  School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (HAFL), Bern University of Applied Sciences

Dr. Nathalie Chèvre, Faculty of geosciences and the environment, University of Lausanne

Loïc Constantin, Head Section Waste and Polluted Sites, Environmental Protection Agency, Canton Fribourg

Prof. Dr. Ellen Fritsche, Director, Swiss Centre for Applied Human Toxicology

Dr. Andreas Gubler, Head of Soil Monitoring Section, Office for Landscape and Nature, Canton of Zurich

Dr. Andreas Häner, Environmental Risk Assessor, F. Hoffmann-La Roche

Dr. Elisabeth Klenke, Head of Department of Preclinical Review, Swissmedic

Dr. Katja Knauer, Pesticide Department, Federal Office for Agriculture

Dr. Eva Lammer, Product Safety, BASF Switzerland

Prof. Dr. Bernd Nowack, Head of Environmental Risk Assessment and Management Group (ERAM), EMPA St. Gallen

Dr. Kristina Rehberger, Laboratory for the Protection of Water and Soil, Office for Water and Waste, Canton of Bern

Dr. Jennifer Schollée, Surface Water Specialist, Department of the Environment, Canton of Aargau