Wibke Busch

Dr. Wibke Busch is the Department Leader of Ecotoxicology and Group Leader of "iTox-Integrative Toxicology" at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ in Leipzig, Germany. With a career spanning over 15 years at UFZ, she has led interdisciplinary research on molecular and systems toxicology, chemical mixtures, and environmental risk assessment.

• Key Roles: Department Leader (2024–present), Group Leader (2018–2023), Scientist (2011–2018)
• Education: PhD in Toxicity of Engineered Nanoparticles (2010), Dipl. Ing. (FH) in Process Engineering (2005)

Her research focuses on toxicogenomics, data-driven toxicology, and hazard assessment of chemical mixtures, particularly PFAS and nanoparticles. She has developed frameworks for integrating multi-omics data and pioneered FAIR-compliant workflows for high-content screening.

Selected Scientific Awards

• 2019 UFZ Research Award with EU SOLUTIONS Team
• 2016 Cefic-LRI Innovative Science Award
• 2011 SETAC GLB Best PhD Thesis Award

Over 2021–2025, her 15 most recent publications reveal trends in zebrafish embryo models, computational toxicology, and environmental data infrastructure. She collaborates extensively with European institutions and contributes to tools like the INTOB Database and ChEOS Project.

Grants & Projects include EU H2020 initiatives, nanoINHALE (2024–2025), and SafePol (2025–2027). Her work bridges experimental and computational approaches to address real-world pollutant mixtures in aquatic systems.