Science Diplomacy and Policy Work

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05/2025

Member   (Party)

UNEP/CBD Open-ended   Online Forum on Risk Assessment and Risk Management

Nominated by the   German Government (Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation,   Nuclear Safety)

10/2024

Participant   (Academia)

COP 16 -Twelfth meeting of the Conference   of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

COP MOP 11 - Seventh meeting of the   Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the   Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Cali, Colombia

Nominated by The   European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility   (ENSSER)

12/2022

Participant   (Academia)

COP 15 -Twelfth meeting of the Conference   of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

COP MOP 10 - Seventh meeting of the   Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the   Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Montreal, Canada

Nominated by   NORCE Norwegian Research Center, Norway

01/2021-01/2024

Scientific   & Policy Advisor

Advisor to German   Government (Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation,   Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection and German Federal Agency for Nature   Conservation - BfN)

Through Research   project “SeqApp: Sequencing strategies and their applicability for the   molecular characterization of current and next generation GMOs”

01/2021

Participant   (Academia)

Informal sessions   of SBSTTA 24 and SBI 3

Nominated by   GenØk Center for Biosafety, Norway

11/2020

Participant   (Academia)

CBD EXCOP 2   -Second extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the   Convention on Biological Diversity

Online

Nominated by   GenØk Center for Biosafety, Norway

01/2021-12/2023

Scientific   & Policy Advisor

Advisor to European   Food Safety Authority (EFSA) – several occasions)

Through submission   of technical opinions on behalf of GenØk Center for Biosafety (Norway)

03/2019-12/2020

Member   (Academia)

UNEP/CBD Ad Hoc   Technical Expert Group on Synthetic Biology (Ref.: SCBD/CPU/KG/MA/MW/87944)

Nominated by   GenØk Center for Biosafety, Norway

01/2019-12/2023

Scientific   & Policy Advisor

Advisor to Norwegian   Government (Ministry of Climate and Environment and Norwegian Environment   Agency)

Through advisory   work of GenØk Center for Biosafety, Norway

01/2019-12/2023

Biosafety   Expert (Academia)

UNEP/CBD -   Biosafety Clearing House (BCH-CON-SCBD-57245-3)

· Open-ended Online Expert Forum on Synthetic Biology

· Open-ended Online Expert Forum on Risk Assessment and Risk   Management

· Network of Laboratories for the Detection and Identification of   Living Modified Organisms

Nominated by   GenØk Center for Biosafety, Norway

01/2018-07/2021

Scientific   & Policy Advisor

Advisor to German   Government (Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation,   Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection and German Federal Agency for Nature   Conservation - BfN)

Through Research   project “GMOmics Omics techniques as useful tools for addressing emerging   gaps in GMO risk assessment”

04/2018

Invited   Participant

24th European Food Safety Authority - EFSA   colloquium

‘OMICS in risk assessment:   state-of-the-art and next steps’

Nominated by   GenØk Center for Biosafety, Norway

06/2015

Invited Speaker/Participant (Party)

UNEP/CBD Workshop of the Network of   Laboratories for the Detection and Identification of Living Modified   Organisms to be held in Ispra, Italy (SCBD/BS/CG/MPM1DA184428)

Nominated by   Ministry of Agrarian Development, Brazil

10/2014

Participant (Party)

COP 12 -Twelfth meeting of the Conference   of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

COP MOP 7 - Seventh meeting of the   Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the   Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

Nominated by   Ministry of Agrarian Development, Brazil

11/2013

Invited Speaker/Participant (Party)

UNEP/CBD Workshop of the Network of   Laboratories for the Detection and Identification of Living Modified   Organisms to be held in Ispra, Italy (SCBD/BS/CGIMMIDA/82651)

Nominated by   Ministry of Agrarian Development, Brazil

04/2013-12/2018

Biosafety   Expert (Party)

UNEP/CBD -   Biosafety Clearing House (BCH-EXP-BR-104838-2)

· Open-ended Online Expert Forum on Risk Assessment and Risk   Management

· Network of Laboratories for the Detection and Identification of   Living Modified Organisms

Nominated by   Ministry of Agrarian Development, Brazil