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Paul van den Brink

Professional Details

Country: The Netherlands
Affiliation: Academia
Institute/ Organisation: Alterra, Wageningen University and Research centre
Position: Scientific researcher
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Career

Dr. Paul J. Van den Brink (21-06-68) works at the research institute Alterra and the Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management Group of Wageningen University, both belonging to the Wageningen University and Research centre. He is involved in supervising and executing international projects on the scientific underpinning of higher tier risk assessment procedures for contaminants. He is also experienced in the analysis of complex ecological data sets. Recent research topics are the development of effect models (e.g. food web, recovery and expert base models), the validation of risk assessment procedures (e.g. Uniform Principles and Species Sensitivity Distribution concept) and human and ecological risk assessment of pesticide use in developing countries in Asia and Africa. In 1999 he finished his PhD on higher tier aquatic risk assessment for pesticides at the Wageningen University. Since 1994, Paul van den Brink has published over 65 papers and reports, for two of which he won an international prize. He also organized and took part in many international workshops and courses. Paul van den Brink is presently a member of the SENSE research school (www.sense.nl), a Council Member of SETAC Europe and editor of the journal: ‘Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry’.

SETAC Involvement

• Member of the SETAC Europe Council
• Editor of ET&C
• Member of the Publication Advisory Committee of the SETAC World Council
• Founder of the RASCAL (Risk assessment of Anthropogenic Stressors in the tropiCAL environments) working group within the International Programs Initiative of SETAC World Council
• Session chair at several annual meetings
• Short course organiser at several annual meetings
• Member of the Local Organising Committee of the 2006 Annual Meeting in The Netherlands