Mixture toxicity workshop

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Thomas Backhaus started his career at the University of Bremen where he obtained his PhD in aquatic toxicology in 1999. In 2002, he was co-founder of Faust&Backhaus Environmental Consulting that provides expert knowledge for the acquisition and execution of research and development projects in the area of chemical hazard and risk assessment as well as chemical regulation. In 2005 he moved to the University of Gothenburg as an associate professor and was there assigned University Lector in 2009. More information can be found on http://www.thomasbackhaus.eu/about/.

Claus Svendsen obtained his PhD in 2000 from the University of Reading (UK) working on terrestrial biomarker systems. Since 2000, he has worked on fundamental and applied environmental research at the NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UK). His current research interest includes comparative environmental genomics, bioavailability, mixture toxicity and how effects at these mechanistic levels translate to population effects and how organisms survive as populations in polluted habitats. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/StaffWebPages/DrClausSvendsen.html

Tjalling Jager worked as scientific researcher for almost ten years at the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment specializing on bioavailability and bioaccumulation. This work eventually led to his PhD in 2003 at the University of Utrecht. Since 2002 he is a scientific researcher at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam (The Netherlands), at the department of Theoretical Biology. His research focuses on explaining the effects of stressors (e.g. toxicants) on biological systems, using the DEB-theory. More information on Tjalling and on the research of the department can be found at http://www.bio.vu.nl/thb/.

Stefan Van Dongen After obtaining his PhD in 1997 at the University of Antwerp, Stefan Van Dongen worked as biostatistician in Janssen Pharmaceutica nv. In 2003 he returned to the academic world and was appointed University Lector at the University of Antwerp (Belgium), department of Biology, since 2003. His research focuses on evolutionary biology in a variety of organisms. His teaching duties are mainly in the area of biostatistics to biology and bioengineer students. More information can be found at http://www.ua.ac.be/stefan.vandongen.

Nathalie Vanhoudt performed her PhD on the Biological effects induced in Arabidopsis thaliana following uranium exposure, including mixed exposure to cadmium and external gamma radiation" at the unit Bisophere Impact Studies in collaboration with the University of Hasselt (Belgium) (2009) and now holds a post-doc position in the unit BIS. She is experienced in research concerning stress response mechanisms on molecular and genetic level in Arabidopsis thaliana after exposure to uranium, ionizing radiation and heavy metals.

Nele Horemans is plant physiologist who obtained her PhD in 1997 at the University of Antwerp (Belgium). In her ten-year post-doc position she acquired expertise in mechanisms of plant responses to various stresses. Since 2008 she is affiliated as senior scientist with the unit Biosphere Impact Studies of SCK•CEN where she is responsible for assessing effects of radionuclides, radiation and mixed contaminants on two model plants (Arabidopsis thaliana and Lemna minor) on physiological as well as molecular level.