Dr. Birgit Neumann has been leading Regulatory Toxicology for crop protection solutions at Bayer AG since 2019. After graduation in Chemistry at the University of Hamburg she did her research thesis in Environmental Analytics at the Helmholtz Research Centre in Geesthacht. In 1999, she joined Bayer AG as a lab leader for plant and animal metabolism studies. In the following years she held several positions within Environmental and Human Safety functions within Bayer AG gaining a broad perspective on safety data generation and risk assessments for agrochemicals and related products. This was followed by other positions within Regulatory Science including Head of Metabolism and Kinetics lab unit before she took over her current role.