Richard Gminski
University of Freiburg, Germany
Biography
Dr. rer. nat. Richard Gminski, is a senior scientist at the Institute of Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Germany. He holds a degree in pharmacy and was rewarded a doctorate in natural sciences by the University of Heidelberg, Germany. He was scientific assistant in various university departments and medical centers in Heidelberg, Mannheim, Trier, Giessen and Berlin. His current research interests are environmental toxicology and particle toxicology, i.e. molecular mechanisms of fine and ultrafine particles (nanoparticles) with respect to mutagenicity and DNA damage in humans. Further interests are nutrition, forensic medicine and urban global health. He develops new high-throughput assays for rapid screening of biological activity or toxicity of environmental toxins and chemical compounds. He has broad experience in mutagenicity, genotoxicity and carcinogenicity testing of environmental chemicals and has published many papers on these topics.