Active participation in committees
Dr. Annette Bitsch
Working committee on probabilistic exposure and risk assessment “Probabilistische Expositions- und Risikoabschätzung”
Expert panel 110 on cooling lubricants “Kühlschmierstoffe” of the Association of German Engineers (VDI) Technical Division 1 “Production Technology and Manufacturing Methods”
Reviewer for international journals published by Elsevier (incl. “Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology”)
Katharina Blümlein Ph.D.
Working group on analyses in biological materials “Analysen in biologischem Material” of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
Prof. Dr. Armin Braun
MD/Ph.D. commission “Molecular Medicine” of the Hannover Medical School
Scientific advisory committee of the German Society for Allergology and Clinical Immunology (DGAKI)
German Center for Lung Research (DZL)
External assessor for international foundations
Reviewer for international journals in respiratory medicine and immunology (incl. “Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology”)
Dr. Otto Creutzenberg
Reviewer for international journals in particle and fiber toxicology (“Particle and Fibre Toxicology”, “Inhalation Toxicology”)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Theodor Doll
VDE/VDI Society Microelectronics, Microsystems and Precision Engineering GMM, chair of the expert panel on microsystems in medicine/functional surfaces “FA 4.6 Mikrosysteme in der Medizin/Funktionale Oberflächen”
German Society for Biomedical Engineering DGBMT, expert panel on sensor technology ”Sensorik”
Reviewer in the European Commission’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) program, expert in the work packages “Biomedical Technologies” and "Sensors" of the EU Graphene Flagship
ASIIN reviewer for biomedical engineering careers
Guest editor of the journal “Physica Status Solidi (a)”
Uta Dörfel
Working groups on GLP analytics “GLP-Analytik” and medical devices “Medizinprodukte” of the German Quality Management Association (GQMA)
Dr. Jens Gerdelmann
Working groups on GLP quality assurance/monitoring “GLP: Qualitätssicherung/Überwachung”, GCP quality management “GCP-Qualitätsmanagement”, and medical devices "Medizinprodukte" of the German Quality Management Association (GQMA)
Dr. Stefan Hahn
Chair of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) Division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology
Working committee on chemical risk assessment of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) division of environmental chemistry and ecotoxicology “Umweltchemie und Ökotoxikologie”
Reviewer for international journals in environmental and exposure sciences (incl. “Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management", "Environmental Science & Technology", "Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry", "Annals of Work Exposures and Health", and "Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology")
Martina Heina
IT division of the International Association for Pharmaceutical Technology (APV)
Dr. Martin Hoffmann
Working group on bioinformatics at Comprehensive Cancer Center Ostbayern (CCCO)
External assessor for the Klaus Tschira Foundation (mathematical oncology)
Reviewer for the international journal "Nature Communications"
Prof. Dr. Jens Hohlfeld
External assessor for the German Research Foundation (DFG)
Steering committee of the research network “Biomedical Research in Endstage And ObsTructive Lung Disease Hannover” (BREATH) within the German Center for Lung Research (DZL)
Board member of the interdisciplinary allergy center of the Hannover Medical School
Reviewer for international journals (incl. "American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine", "European Respiratory Journal", and "Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology")
Dr. Olaf Holz
IABR (International Association of Breath Research) Standardization Focus Group
Reviewer for international journals (incl. "American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine", "Journal of Breath Research", "European Respiratory Journal", "PLOS ONE", "Respiratory Research", and "BMC Pulmonary Medicine")
Dr. Kamran Honarnejad
Chair of the Knowledge Content and Delivery Council (KCDC) of the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS)
Reviewer for the journal "SLAS Discovery"
Dr. Rupert Kellner
Councilor for electronic communication and member of the Executive Board of the European Society of Toxicologic Pathology (ESTP)
Global Editorial and Steering Committee (GESC) for the initiative "International Harmonization of Nomenclature and Diagnostic Criteria for Lesions in Rats and Mice" (INHAND)
Prof. Dr. Christoph Klein
External assessor for numerous national and international organizations and foundations: German Research Foundation, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Wilhelm Sander Foundation for Cancer Research, ERC, Deutsche Krebshilfe, Christian Doppler Research Association, Dutch Cancer Society, Association for International Cancer Research, EU-FP7, MRC, Cancer Research UK, Kegg-Foundation
Deputy chairman of the scientific committee of Comprehensive Cancer Center Ostbayern (CCCO)
Advisory committee of the Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research Committee
Scientific advisory board of the AIRC (Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro) 5x1000 project "Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP): the archetype of metastatic disease"
Reviewer for international journals in oncology (incl. “Nature”, “Nature Biotechnology”, “Nature Cell Biology”, “Nature Medicine”, “Cancer Cell”, “Science”, “PNAS”, “American Journal of Pathology”, “Cancer Research”, “Clinical Cancer Research”, “International Journal of Cancer”, “Nucleic Acid Research”, “European Journal of Immunology”, “Lancet Oncology”, “European Journal of Cancer”, “PLOS ONE”, and “Oncotarget”)
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Koch
Reviewer for international journals in aerosol physics and aerosol technology (incl. “Journal of Aerosol Science”, “Aerosol Science and Technology”, and “Annals of Work Exposures and Health”)
Prof. Dr. Norbert Krug
Scientific advisory committee of the German Society for Allergology and Clinical Immunology (DGAKI)
Chair of the Clinical Trial Board of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL)
Steering committee of the research network “Biomedical Research in Endstage And ObsTructive Lung Disease Hannover” (BREATH) within the German Center for Lung Research (DZL)
External assessor for the German Research Foundation (DFG)
Steering committee of the Fraunhofer Research Cluster “Immune-Mediated Diseases” (Fraunhofer CIMD)
Advisory board of the expertise network “Asthma und COPD”
Working group “Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and Deutsche Hochschulmedizin”
Reviewer for international journals in allergology, immunology, and respiratory diseases
Dr. Oliver Licht
Working group on sustainable chemicals policy “Nachhaltige Chemikalienpolitik” of the 8th Lower Saxony Governmental Commission on sustainable environmental policy and digital change
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) Committee for Contaminants in the Food Chain; panel on perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl substances “Per- und Polyfluoralkylsubstanzen (PFAS)”
Expert panel “Basic moduleFraunhofer Group for Life Sciences and perfluorinated tensides” of the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment’s MEAL (= meals for exposure assessment and analysis of foods) study within the Total Diet Study (TDS) in Germany
Working committee on regulatory toxicology “Regulatorische Toxikologie” of the German Society of Toxicology within the German Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology (DGPT)
Public relations delegate of the German Society of Toxicology
Dr. Meike Müller
Network of ombudspersons in Lower Saxony
Dr. Neophytos Papamichael
Working committee on quality management “Qualitätsmanagement im VLS” in the Fraunhofer Group for Life Sciences
GMP discussion group "GMP-Gesprächskreis" of the Lower Saxony business inspectorate
Dr. Gerhard Pohlmann
International Society for Aerosols in Medicine (ISAM)
Dr. Bernhard Polzer
External assessor for the Wilhelm Sander Foundation for Cancer Research
External assessor for the Swiss Cancer League
Reviewer for international journals in pathology and oncology (“British Journal of Cancer”, “Chemical Science”, “International Journal of Cancer”, “Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry”, “Journal of Visualized Experiments”, “Oncotarget”, “Scientific Reports”, “Expert Reviews of Molecular Diagnostics”, “iScience”, and “Molecular Oncology”)
Prof. Dr. Antje Prasse
External assessor for the German Research Foundation (DFG)
Board member of the Scientific Working Group for the Therapy of Lung Diseases (WATL)
Board member of Deutsche Atemwegsliga e. V.
Board member of the World Association of Sarcoidosis and other Granulomatous Disorders (WASOG)
Coordinator of the ILD group in the European Reference Network on Respiratory Diseases ERN-LUNG
Spokesperson for the disease area “DPLD” in the research network “Biomedical Research in Endstage And ObsTructive Lung Disease Hannover” (BREATH) within the German Center for Lung Research (DZL)
Spokesperson of the Cell Biology Section in the German Respiratory Society (DGP)
Reviewer for international journals (incl. “American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine”, “European Respiratory Journal”, “Journal of Clinical Investigation”, “JCI Insights”, “American Journal of Respiratory and Cell Biology”, and “Thorax”)
Associate editor of “PLOS ONE”
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Susanne Rittinghausen
Co-optive member of the European Society of Toxicologic Pathology (ESTP) board: representative for nomenclature
“Guess What” committee of the European Society of Toxicologic Pathology (ESTP)
Global Editorial and Steering Committee (GESC) for the initiative "International Harmonization of Nomenclature and Diagnostic Criteria for Lesions in Rats and Mice" (INHAND)
INHAND (International Harmonization of Nomenclature and Diagnostic Criteria) organ working groups “Respiratory System”, “Endocrine System”, “Soft Tissue”, and “Special Senses”, and working group “Apoptosis”
Ad-hoc working group on inflammatory parameters and inflammatory effects "Entzündungsparameter – entzündliche Effekte" of the DFG Senate Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area (MAK Commission)
Reviewer for the international journals “Toxicologic Pathology” and "Toxicology"
Dirk Schaudien Ph.D.
INHAND (International Harmonization of Nomenclature and Diagnostic Criteria) working groups “Non-rodents: Minipig”, "Respiratory System", and "Skeletal Tissues (Bones, Joints, and Teeth)"
“Pathology 2.0” committee of the European Society of Toxicologic Pathology (ESTP)
“Guess What” committee of the European Society of Toxicologic Pathology (ESTP)
Examination board of the European College of Veterinary Pathology
Dr. Stefanie Scheffler
Working group on e-cigarettes and liquids for e-cigarettes of the DIN Standards Committee "Food and Agricultural Products"
Dr. Sven Schuchardt
Treasurer of the German Society for Metabolome Research
Working group on air analyses “Luftanalysen” of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften – ISAS – e. V. (Leibniz Institute for Analytical Sciences)
Scientific committee for the EU project FACTS (investigations to find FACTS on the subject of aircraft cabin air quality)
Dr. Florian Schulz
DFG Senate Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area (MAK Commission): working group on the definition of threshold limit values for dusts
Committee on Hazardous Substances (AGS) under the German Federal Minister of Labor and Social Affairs: Subcommittee III for the evaluation of hazardous substances “Gefahrstoffbewertung”, working groups on metals and fibers/dust
Advisory Board of the European Certification Board for Mineral Wool Products (EUCEB)
External expert in the quality control committee of the mineral wool quality assurance association "RAL-Güteqemeinschaft Mineralwolle" (GGM)
Dr. Katherina Sewald
Steering group of the workshop “Respiratory Toxicity”
German Center for Lung Research (DZL)
Executive committee on basic research in the research network “Biomedical Research in Endstage And ObsTructive Lung Disease Hannover” (BREATH) within the German Center for Lung Research (DZL)
Mentor in the Fraunhofer career program for female scientists TALENTA
External assessor for international research grants
Reviewer for the international journals “Toxicology Letters”, “Toxicology in vitro”, “Nanotoxicology”, “ATOX”, and “PLOS ONE”
Prof. Dr. Lena Wiese
Special interest group "Digital Health" and working group "Data Science and Data Engineering" of the German Informatics Society
Dr. Dorothee Winterberg
Working group "Respiratory Toxicology" of the German Society of Toxicology (DGT)
Association of Inhalation Toxicologists (AIT)
German Center for Lung Research (DZL)
Dr. Sabine Wronski
Reviewer for the international journal “European Respiratory Journal”
Prof. Dr. Holger Ziehr
Association of German Engineers (VDI) committee “Technical Good Manufacturing Practice”
GMP discussion group "GMP-Gesprächskreis" of the Lower Saxony business inspectorate
Center for Pharmaceutical Process Engineering (PVZ) at Technische Universität Braunschweig
BioPharma-Translationsinstitut e. V.
Dr. Christina Ziemann
Chair of the working group on statistics of the German Society for Environmental Mutation Research (GUM)
Working group “Genotoxicity” of the DIN Standards Committee "Water Practice“
Working group on carcinogenesis “Carcinogenese” of the German Society of Toxicology
OECD pool of experts of the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment
External assessor for applications submitted to the German Federal Environmental Foundation
German Pharm-Tox Summit program committee
Reviewer for international journals in genetic toxicology, nanomaterials, and quartz (incl. “Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology”)