About me
Volker Mostert
Dr. Volker Mostert
European Registered Toxicologist
Owner and founder of extera
 
 
Education/Training

 Institution and Location  Degree  Year(s)  Field of Study
 Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany  Diplom (MSc)  1990-1995  Chemistry
 Institute of Environmental Hygiene, Düsseldorf, Germany  Dr. rer. nat. (PhD)  1995-1999  Toxicology
 Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA    2001-2003  Toxicology

 

 

Positions and Employment

1999-2000: Institute of Environmental Hygiene, Düsseldorf, Germany, post-doctoral fellow

2001-2003: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, post-doctoral fellow

2003-2013: Knoell Consult, Mannheim, Germany, Senior Expert Toxicology

1 Nov 2013: Foundation of extera

 

Other Experience and Professional Memberships

2009  Full Member, Society of Toxicology (SOT)

2003  Member, German Society of Toxicology (GT)

 

Honors

1999: Poster Award: Mostert, V. et al. Transforming growth factor-beta 1 inhibits selenoprotein P expression in cultured human liver cells. Tenth International Symposium on Trace Elements in Man and Animals (TEMA-10). Evian, France, May 2-7.

1999: Poster Award: Mostert, V., et al. Protection by selenoprotein P in human plasma against peroxynitrite-mediated oxidation and nitration. 19th Workshop on Trace Elements. Jena, Germany, December 7-9

2001-2002: Research Scholarship, German Research Foundation (DFG)

2007: Certification as European Registered Toxicologist (ERT)