SPEAKER 1: Birgit Geueke

Short Bio: Birgit Geueke is a Senior Scientific Officer at the Food Packaging Forum (FPF) in Zurich, Switzerland. She is co-leading the Food Contact Chemicals and Human Health (FCCH) project, investigating chemicals in food packaging and their potential effects on human health. At FPF, Birgit has been involved in different projects over the last years and co-authored highly cited scientific articles.

Previously, she has been working in the fields of environmental microbiology, biocatalysis, and biochemistry at the Research Center Julich, Germany, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag). Birgit holds a PhD from the Heinrich-Heine University Dusseldorf, Germany.

Contact Info:
Dr. Birgit Geueke
Senior Scientific Officer

Food Packaging Forum Foundation
Tel. +41 44 515 5255
birgit.geueke@fp-forum.org | www.FoodPackagingForum.org
Staffelstrasse 10 | 8045 Zurich | Switzerland

SPEAKER 2: Jane Muncke

Short Bio: Jane Muncke is the managing director of Food Packaging Forum, a charitable foundation that she set up in 2012 in Zurich, Switzerland. Jane holds a PhD in ecotoxicology and an MSc in environmental science from ETH Zurich. She specializes in science communication about chemicals in all types of food contact materials and articles, and their impacts on human health and the environment. Jane has published many scientific articles and studies on hazardous chemicals in food contact plastics and has been working on this issue since 2007.

Contact Info:
Dr. Jane Muncke
Managing Director

Food Packaging Forum Foundation
Tel. +41 44 515 5255 | Mobile +41 76 316 8145
jane.muncke@fp-forum.org | www.FoodPackagingForum.org
Staffelstrasse 10 | 8045 Zurich | Switzerland