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SETAC Europe Council Candidate

Ute Feiler

Professional Details

Country: Germany
Affiliation: Government
Organisation: Federal Institute of Hydrology
Position: Research assistant
To contact Ute Feiler, please e-mail to SETAC Europe and mention "to Ute Feiler " in the subject line.

Career

I studied biology at the University of Regensburg, Germany. After my graduation as Diplom-Biologist, I joined Prof Hartmut Michel's group at the Max-Plank-Institute of Biophysics in Frankfurt/Main to do my doctoral thesis. During this time I was working in biochemistry and biophysics (isolation and characterisation of photosynthetic membrane proteins.). In 1991, I went as a postdoc to the Centre d' Etudes de Saclay, France, where I was involved in the investigation and characterisation of certain bacterial photosynthetic proteins. Since 1996 (after parental leaves 1994/95 and 1998/99), I have been working as a research assistant in the Department of Biochemistry and Ecotoxicology at the Federal Institute of Hydrology in Koblenz, Germany. My research topics relate to all kinds of phytotoxic effects. I am responsible for the developement and application of macrophytic bioassays in the risk assessment of water quality.

SETAC Involvement

Since 2001 I have presented research projects at several SETAC conferences (Europe, North America) and I have participated in meetings of the Sediment Advisory Group. Since 2007 I am a member of the SETAC.

Motivation for standing for election

I would like to join the SETAC because I think that it is an ideal platform for the exchange of information and ideas of multidisciplinary scientific principles in the fields of ecotoxicology and sustainability. It connects science and decision-making in environmental policy. I would like to contribute to this by becoming a member of the SETAC-Europe council.