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published: 02 Apr 2014 last updated: 25 Jan 2018
General Information
Profile of the expert
Birgit Winkel is an expert on environmental risk assesment working since 11 years in the field. Since more than 10 years she is senior scientist in division "GMO Regulation, Biosafety" at the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. She is expert in the subworking group "Microorganisms" of the OECD WG "Harmonization of regulatory oversight in Biotechnology" Her background is in microbiology, biochemistry and (soil)ecology.
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Person:
Birgit Winkel
Konstantinstrasse 110
Bonn, North Rhine Westphalia
53179, Germany
Phone: 49 228 84911867,
Fax: 49 228 84911869,
Website: http://www.bfn.de,
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  • German
Details of current employment
Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN)
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Government agency (National/Federal)
GMO regulation, Biosafety
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2003-01
Government agency (National/Federal)
Assessment of experimental and market release applications, biosafety
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Employment history
  • Germany
Federal Environment Agency (UBA)
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GMO
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Government agency (National/Federal)
Assessment of experimental and market release applications, biosafety
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Post-secondary education A. Formal education
First Degree
Intermediate Diploma, Biology
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University of Cologne
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1987-01
1990-01
Second Degree (e.g. M.Sc. in Microbiology)
Diploma, Biology
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Technical University of Braunschweig
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1990-01
1994-01
B. Other professional qualifications
  • Training in applied environmental engineering
Areas of expertise
  • Food safety
  • Environmental risk assessment
  • Risk management
Publications
  • Scale implications for environmental risk assessment and monitoring of the cultivation of genetically modified herbicide-resistant sugar beet : a review, Frieder Graef; Gesine Schütte ; Birgit Winkel ; Hanka Teichmann ; Martha Mertens (2010), Living Reviews in Landscape Research 4 (3) pp. 1-36 .
  • Koexistenz aus ökologischer Perspektive, Beatrix Tappeser, Frauke Grimm, Thomas Meise, Mathias Otto, Wolfram Reichenbecher, Hanka Teichmann und Birgit Winkel (2010), Mitt. Ges. Pflanzenbauwiss. 22, 19-24.
  • Gentechnisch veränderte Organismen und Naturschutzgebiete- Ist das vereinbar? Birgit Winkel, 2009, Jahrbuch für Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege, Bd. 57, 2009, S. 318-323.
Professional memberships
  • Deutsche Bodenkundliche Gesellschaft
  • OECD-working group on harmonization of regulatory oversight - subworking group microorganisms
  • Drafting group environmental considerations- soil
Language proficiency
  • German
Language Level
English excellent
French fair
Any other relevant information
Nomination Type
Open-ended Online Expert Forum on RA&RM
Birth Place
Germany
Other Publications links
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Publication_Winkel.dochttps://bch.cbd.int/database/attachment/?id=14905
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