Head of the Senior Group
Chemical Risks
Phone: +49 / 231 1084 465
Email: degen@ifado.de
Curriculum Vitae:
- 1997 apl. Prof. at the Ruhr-University of Bochum (retired in 2016; continues as Senior Fellow Scientist)
- since 1992 head of the research group "Chemical toxicity" (since 2007 "Chemical risks")
- 1990 habilitation (Dr. med. habil.) for Biochemical Pharmacology and Toxicology; Priv. Doz. at the University of Würzburg, Germany
- 1983-1992 research associate at the Institute of Toxicology, Univ. of Würzburg and project leader in Special Center Grant (Sonderforschungsbereich 172)
- 1979-1983 postdoctoral fellow at the NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, NC/USA
- 1978 dissertation (Dr. rer. nat.; University of Würzburg, Germany)
- 1972 state examen completing the academic training in food chemistry (University of Würzburg)
Research topics:
- biochemical toxicology (bioactivation and detoxication of xenobiotics)
- genotoxicity of chemicals (mycotoxins, steroids, metals, others)
- Human biomotoring (Biomarker of Exposure)
- toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics of hormonally active compounds
- risk assessment of chemicals
- Boards and committees:
- editorial board member (since 2009) of Mycotoxin Research (Springer)
- vice president (2008-2010) of the Society for Mycotoxin Research (since 2008)
- member of the Scientific Committee for Consumer Products (SCCP since 2004), now Scientific Committee for Consumer Safety (SCCS), European Commission, Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General
- member of the Ausschuss für Gefahrstoffe (AGS) of the BMAS (German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs)
- chair of the AK "Grenzwerte und Einstufungen für CM Stoffe" of the UAIII in AGS
- 2003-2005 member of the International Peer Review Panel for the Uterotrophic Bioassay of the OECD
- 2000-2003 member of the (German) Risikokommision (gemeinsame ad hoc Kommission von BMG und BMU zur "Neuordnung der Verfahren und Strukturen der Risikobewertung und Standardsetzung im gesundheitlichen Umweltschutz der Bundesrepublik Deutschland")
