Christian Prohaska

I studied at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (Vienna) Food- and Biotechnology (1984 – 1993). From 1994 to 2000 I worked for different public bodies (Federal Institute for Food Control and Research; Federal Chancellery; Department for Toxicology; Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management) dealing with various risk assessment issues in the field of plant protection products (risk assessment for consumer; evaluation of plant protection products with respect to residue behaviour; fate and behaviour of plant protection products in the environment with respect to drinking water contamination). In 2000, I completed a postgraduate programme in toxicology at the Medical University Vienna, Institute for Cancer Research. In 2002, I started to work in the field of toxicology at AGES (deputy head of department of toxicology) dealing with risk assessment for operator, bystander and worker; evaluation of plant protection products with respect to toxicology as well as classification and labeling. By 2005, I became head of the Department of Residue Behaviour at AGES. I am member at EU Commission WG “post approval issues” (chair since 2019) and national contact point for zonal evaluation (central zone Steering Committee).