Ans Punt
RIKILT Wageningen University and Research CenterWageningen Netherlands
Biographical Sketch: Dr. Ans Punt earned her PhD degree (Cum Laude) in Toxicology from Wageningen University in 2009 in collaboration with Nestlé Research Centre. Between 2010 and 2015 she worked as is assistant professor at the division of Toxiciology at Wageningen University. Within her research she successfully developed various physiologically based kinetic and dynamic (PBK/D) models to simulate the fate and effects of naturally dietary ingredients in intact organisms and has over 35 publications in this field. Dr. Punt is both a Dutch and European Registered toxicologist and currently works as Food Toxicologist at RIKILT Wageningen University and Research Center. Dr. Punt chairs the ILSI Europe Expert Group on ‘Exploitation of ToxCast Data on Food Chemicals for Risk Assessment’ of the ‘New Approaches to Chemical Risk Assessment Task Force’.