Rudolf Krska

Rudolf Krska is full professor for (Bio-)Analytics and Organic Trace Analysis at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU). He is head of the Center for Analytical Chemistry at the Department of Agrobiotechnology (IFA-Tulln) at BOKU with some 50 staff. As member of JECFA (Joint Expert Committee for Food Additives) of the FAO/WHO he has evaluated the impact of trichothecene mycotoxins on humans. 2009/2010 he worked for one year as A/Chief of Health Canada´s Food Research Division. Prof. Rudolf Krska has received 10 scientific awards and is (co )author of more than 300 SCI publications. Since 2015, Thomson Reuters (Web of Science) has identified Prof. Krska as one of the world’s most influential contemporary researchers due to his ranking among the top 1% most cited authors in the field of agrobiotechnology. Since 2016 Prof. Krska is coordinator of the European Commission funded project MyToolBox (Safe Food and Feed through an Integrated ToolBox for Mycotoxin Management) in cooperation with China with a funding volume of more than 6 Mio Euro. He is Green Area Leader at the recently founded Austrian Competence Centre for Feed and Food Quality, Safety and Innovation (FFOQSI) with 18 company partners. In 2018, he has been jointly appointed Professor within the Institute for Global Food Security, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences, Queen´s University, Belfast, UK.