Reiner Wittkowski

Reiner Wittkowski (born January 10, 1954 in Mahlow ) is a German food chemist who was Vice President of the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment until his retirement in September 2019 .

Life

Wittkowski studied food chemistry at the Technical University of Berlin , where he passed the state examination in 1979 and received his doctorate in 1984 . After a short work at the Institute for Toxicology and Embryonic Pharmacology at the Free University of Berlin , Wittkowski moved to Davis at the University of California . In 1995 he became a professor in food chemistry after von Pettenkofer Institute Max he of the Federal Health Office on dioxin as well as wine had worked and other drinks. From 1998 to 2003 he headed the analytics group at the Federal Institute for Consumer Health Protection and Veterinary Medicine . In 2003 he became an adjunct professor at the TU Berlin and Vice President of the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment.

Memberships

• Member of the Federal Committee for Wine Research of the BMELV
• Member of the advisory board of the DIN standards committee for food and agricultural products (NAL)
• Member of the board of trustees of Stiftung Warentest
• Member of the BAM's "Analytical Chemistry" scientific advisory board
• Chairman of the board of the Josef Schormüller Memorial Foundation
• Alternate member of the Advisory Board of EFSA
• Member of the Advisory Board of the TRACE research program in the 6th FP of the EU

Honors

• 1984 Awarded the Josef Schormüller Medal
• 2003 Awarded the “Chevallier de l'Ordre du Mérite Agricole” from the French government
• 2003 Award of the Romanian order "Pentru Merit"
• 2008 Awarded the “Officier de l ' Ordre du Mérite agricole ” by the French government
• 2009 Appointment as Honorary President of the Organization Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin , OIV
• 2010 Awarded the Professor Niklas Medal of the BMELV
• 2017 Joseph Koenig commemorative coin

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Professor Dr. Tanja Schwerdtle is the new Vice President of the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment. Retrieved March 29, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Professional career , website of the University of Hamburg
3. ↑ Professor Dr. Reiner Wittkowski new Vice President of the BfR - BfR. Retrieved March 29, 2020 . 

Web links

• Lecture in the public lecture system at the Hamburg School of Food Science : Safe food - but safe! January 31, 2011
• Quality management along the food chain Think Tank - Quality Management ( WiSe 12/13) Uni Hamburg Lecture2Go