Dr. Andrea Haase is a German toxicologist and Head of the Unit “Fibre and Nanotoxicology” at the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment in Berlin, where she leads research on the health risks of nanomaterials and fibres, particularly at the cellular and molecular level, while contributing to European regulatory frameworks such as REACH. She is actively involved in major EU-funded projects including POLYRISK (on micro- and nanoplastics and their health effects), HARMLESS (developing Safe-by-Design approaches for advanced materials), NanoHarmony (harmonizing OECD test guidelines for nanomaterials), and NAMS4NANO (advancing non-animal New Approach Methodologies for risk assessment). Alongside her project work, she has co-authored numerous peer-reviewed publications in journals such as ALTEX and Journal of Cheminformatics, focusing on grouping and read-across strategies, proteomics and omics-based toxicity analysis, and the development of innovative, regulatory-relevant testing frameworks, helping to shape modern nanosafety science and policy in Europe.
Dr. Jörg Radnik is Senior Scientist at the Federal Institute for Material Research and Testing, Berlin in the Division 6.1 “Surface analysis and Interfacial Chemistry” and working in the competence centre nano@BAM. His research focuses on the chemical analysis of nanostructured materials with the aim to enhance the accuracy and conformity of the applied methods. In this field, he is involved in different EU projects. Since October 2023, he is leading the standardisation and regulation task in the Graphene Flagship CSA. Furthermore, he is member of different national and international Standardisation Committees, in prenormative research and metrological activities.
Dr. Resch-Genger is head of Biophotonics at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM). Her interests span photophysics of molecular and nanocrystalline UV/vis/NIR/SWIR emitters, stimuli-responsive optical probes, signal enhancement, multiplexing, and barcoding strategies, and methods for surface analysis of nanomaterials. She is also responsible for the development of optical reference materials and nanoscale reference materials and for concepts for validating optical-spectroscopic measurements.
Dr. Resch-Genger also serves as vice chair of the steering committee of the Methods and Applications in Fluorescence (MAF) conference series, and is on the editorial boards of Bioconjugate Chemistry, Scientific Reports, and Methods and Applications in Fluorescence (MAF)
Dr. Habilitated François-Xavier Ouf is a leading expert in aerosol metrology and the physico-chemical characterization of nanomaterials and advanced materials. He holds a PhD in Physics (2006) and an Habilitation to Supervise Research (HDR) in Energetics (2016), both from the Université de Rouen, France. His academic background also includes a DEA in Aerothermochemistry and Energetics.
With over twenty years of experience, Dr. Ouf began his career as a researcher at the French Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN), where he specialized in aerosol physics, filtration, and nuclear safety. In 2021, he joined the Laboratoire National de métrologie et d’Essais (LNE) as R&D Coordinator of the NanoMesureFrance innovation center, and in December 2024, he became Program Director for Advanced Materials and Aerosols still at LNE. His work focuses on developing scientific strategies, participating to national, European and international entities to harmonize characterization methods and fostering collaboration between industry, research, and regulatory bodies.
Dr. Ouf is the author of over 50 scientific publications and is actively involved in standardization and international initiatives. He currently serves as co-chair of the French standardization commission AFNOR X457 on Nanotechnologies, represents France in the VAMAS (Versailles Project on Advanced Materials and Standards) and the OECD’s WPMN (Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials), and is the secretary and treasurer of the NanoMesureFrance association.
Dr. Robin Schürmann is a senior scientist in X-ray radiometry at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB). He holds a PhD in chemical physics on the physicochemical mechanisms of radio-enhancement in cancer therapy from the University of Potsdam and has broad expertise in the characterization of nanoparticles and surfaces. He is an expert in traceable measurements of nanomaterials with synchrotron radiation.