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Annegaaike appointed as SETAC Europe’s rep for European Commission’s high level roundtable to support new chemicals strategy!

Egesta Lab principal investigator Annegaaike Leopold has been appointed as the SETAC Europe’s representative, one of 32 organizations allotted a seat at the European Commission’s high-level roundtable to support the new chemicals strategy.

Congratulations, Annegaaike!

The round table will convene with the Commission on May 5th for their inaugural meeting to discuss the roundtable’s role and implementation of the strategy. It is also anticipated that much of the discussion will be on social and economic dimensions of industry transition to safe and sustainable chemicals.

More than 120 organizations competed for a position on the roundtable and it is an extraordinary honor to advise policy at this level! Annegaaike will be among representatives from industry, civil society, scientific and international organizations.

https://chemicalwatch.com/252896/eu-chemicals-strategy-roundtable-prepares-for-inaugural-meeting

Robin & Gunilla awarded 2021 Best Paper from Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Congratulations to a former postdoc student in Egesta Lab (Dr. Robin Harder) and Egesta Lab principal investigator (Dr. Gunilla Oberg) on winning the 2021 Best Paper Award from Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. The paper “Recycling nutrients contained in human excreta to agriculture: Pathways, processes, and products” is available on the publications page.

Great work Robin and Gunilla! 🎉

Brianne Successfully Defends her Master’s Thesis

Congratulations to Brianne for defending her thesis entitled Investigating Local Preparedness for Managing Endocrine Disruptors!

Her work is now published in the UBC Library

Best Wishes!

MA Defence

Brianne to present on Regulating Emerging Chemicals and Lessons of Science Communication

At the end of the month, Brianne will be presenting her work and lessons about science communication at the CHPA’s 2020 Regulatory, Scientific & Quality Conference!

Her work will be featured as a ‘Current Sustainability Topic’ and will reach audiences of industry, government and researchers!

https://www.chpa.org/news/2020/08/chpas-first-ever-virtual-regulatory-conference-be-held-september-1-3-2020

Good Luck Brianne!

Egesta