Luca Pozzoli
Dr Luca Pozzoli, PhD serves as Senior scientist, Manager of the European Topic Centre on Human health and the Environment (ETC-HE), currently posted at Kjeller, Norway.
He has a MSc degree in Environmental Sciences from the Faculty of Science, Milano-Bicocca University, Milano, IT. His PhD in Environmental Engineering is from the Faculty of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, CH.
His research interests include the relationship between atmospheric chemistry and climate interactions, human health and well-being and the environment, integrated assessment, human exposure assessment for air pollution, and the science for policy support.
Luca started at NILU as a senior scientist in June 2023, to be part of the management and coordination team of the ETC-HE, a consortium of 10 partners with expertise in air quality, air pollution, industrial emissions, chemicals, noise and environmental health. The ETC-HE is one of the eight centres of thematic expertise in environmental issues contracted by the European Environment Agency (EEA). The ETC-HE is a partner of the European Environment Information and Observation Network (Eionet) to gather and develop data, knowledge, and advice to policy makers about Europe's environment.
Before joining NILU, he worked for eight years at the European Commission – Joint Research Centre. He conducted scientific research and acted as project leader and manager of two projects about the Arctic, on the impacts of European and global air quality and climate policies on the environmental, climate and societal impacts of a changing Arctic. He also contributed to the further development and application of an Impact Assessment Model that provides information about the air quality impacts and costs on health, crops and ecosystems.
Pawel Rostkowski
Dr. Pawel Rostkowski is a Senior Scientist in the Department of Environmental Chemistry and Health Effects at NILU (Norway). He specializes in environmental analytical chemistry, focusing on identifying and characterizing emerging contaminants, particularly through non-target and suspect screening methods using high-resolution mass spectrometry.
Throughout his career, Rostkowski has developed innovative methods for detecting organic contaminants across various environmental matrices, products, and food contact materials.
In addition to his research, he plays an active role in various international scientific and regulatory organizations. He is a member of the Steering Committee for the NORMAN Association, which addresses emerging pollutants in Europe, and represents Norway in the European Environment Information and Observation Network (EIONET) Chemicals Expert Group.
He is also involved in BP4NTA (Benchmarking and Prioritization of Non-Target Analysis), an initiative focused on advancing non-target analytical techniques and establishing best practices for prioritizing unknown environmental contaminants. Furthermore, Rostkowski contributes as an expert in the ISO technical committee ISO/TC 147/SC 2/WG 85, dedicated to developing standards for non-target screening and enhancing methods for environmental monitoring and chemical risk assessment.
Richard Olav Rud
Roles
- System developer
- UX (user experience) coordinator
Responsibility
- UX (user experience) coordinator
- ACTRIS Data Portal/DVAS services
- ATMO-ACCESS services
- Metadata Services related to EBAS
- IRISCC services
Elise Rundén-Pran
Dr. Elise Rundén-Pran is senior scientist and section leader for Health Effects Laboratory and ERT registered toxicologist.
She has extensive experience in toxicology, nanotoxicology, nanosafety, cell cultures, 3D-cellular models, nanogenotoxicology, DNA damage, intracellular cell death signaling, microscopy (confocal, TEM), immunohistochemistry, tissue slice cultures and neurodegeneration.
She was part of the Centre for Excellence in Molecular Neurobiology and DNA repair (UiO) for several years (PhD and Postdoc). She is experienced with human risk assessment and regulatory toxicology, partner leader in EURONANOMED II projects GEMNS and INNOCENT, and NILU project leader for several projects funded by EU and NFR. She has extensive experience in GLP, and is appointed member of the national committee for approval of European registered toxicologists (ERT), The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment, and member of the national expert group for toxicology.
The Health Effects Laboratory is certified for Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) for in vitro human toxicity studies. The laboratory is among the leading laboratories in Europe in nanotoxicology and nanosafety, and main areas of interest are genotoxicity, carcinogenicity in vitro, epigenetics, advanced in vitro models, regulatory aspects of nanosafety, high-throughput approach to toxicity testing, intelligent testing strategy and adverse outcome pathways.
