Adj.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Fantke

Name: Adj.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Fantke

Room: Currently at CEO, substitute ApS, Copenhagen, Denmark
Phone: +45 5030 3850
Mail: fantke@em.uni-frankfurt.de

Position: Adjunct Professor/RobustNature Fellow at Goethe University Frankfurt | CEO of substitute ApS | Managing Director of the USEtox Team

Research fields

Chemical impact assessment
Multimedia fate modelling
Exposure and risk screening
Toxicity/ecotoxicity characterization
Chemical substitution
Life cycle impact assessment
Chemical data prediction

More info about my expertise and research interests: https://substitute.dk

Work experience

Nov 2024 – Current	Adjunct Professor/RobustNature Fellow Goethe University Frankfurt Developing quantitative data, methods and tools for translating impacts from chemicals, plastics and other stressors into damage on biodiversity, and application in decision-support contexts from life cycle assessment (LCA) to chemical substitution, absolute environmental sustainability assessment (AESA), and safe and sustainable-by-design (SSbD); bridging digitalization with chemistry and biology for sustainable chemical, material and product development
Jun 2024 – Current	CEO substitute ApS (https://substitute.dk ) Development and application of quantitative data, methods and decision-support tools for life cycle assessment (LCA), exposure assessment, air pollution modelling, chemical alternatives assessment, chemical substitution, risk screening, absolute environmental sustainability assessment (AESA), and safe and sustainable-by-design (SSbD); and bridging digitalization with sustainable chemistry for chemical and plastic pollution management
Oct 2012 – Current	Managing Director USEtox Team (https://usetox.org) Scientiﬁc consensus building, research development, project management, interface between scientiﬁc team and user community in consulting, industry, government, non-governmental and private sectors, organization and implementation of training
Feb 2021 – May 2024	Professor Technical University of Denmark Project coordination (H2020), UNEP SAICM and GLAM projects coordination, teaching MSc and PhD levels, research in quantitative sustainability assessment, life cycle impact assessment, alternatives assessment, chemical pollution, chemical substitution, exposure assessment, risk screening, integrated assessment modelling
Apr 2016 – Jan 2021	Associate Professor Technical University of Denmark Project coordination (EU-FP7), global consensus eﬀorts coordination, teaching MSc and PhD levels, research in quantitative sustainability assessment, life cycle impact assessment, alternatives assessment, technology assessment
Mar 2014 – Mar 2016	Assistant Professor Technical University of Denmark Project coordination (EU-FP7), teaching MSc and PhD levels, research in quantitative sustainability assessment, life cycle impact assessment, health impact assessment
Oct 2012 – Mar 2014	Postdoctoral Researcher Technical University of Denmark Project coordination (EU-FP7), research in quantitative sustainability assessment, life cycle impact assessment, socioeconomic analysis
Oct 2006 – Sep 2009	Scientific Employee University of Stuttgart, Institute of Energy Economics and the Rational Use of Energy (IER) Project contribution (EU-FP5/FP6, national, international), research in technology assessment, health impact assessment, cost-beneﬁt analysis, socioeconomic analysis
May 2002 – Sep 2006	Technical Employee Greenworks Organic Software GbR 3D modelling of virtual landscapes and organic structures, ecological consulting, content development

Education and training

Oct 2009 – Sep 2012	Ph.D. in Technology Assessment and Environment (Dr.-Ing.) University of Stuttgart, Institute of Energy Economics and the Rational Use of Energy Thesis: Health Impact Assessment of Pesticide Use in Europe
Oct 2000 – May 2004	Diploma in Geoecology (M.Sc.) University of Potsdam Thesis: Analysing Shrub Encroachment of Acacia mellifera in the Southern Kalahari – A Spatially Explicit Modelling Approach
Oct 1997 – Sep 2000	Pre-diploma in Landscape ecology (B.Sc.) University of Münster
2017	Student Member of the appeal committee of the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Science of RWTH Aachen University
Since 2016	Lecture and practical supervision of the MSc. Laboratory and Animal Science (MLAS) course of the University Hospital, RWTH Aachen University
Since October 2015	Member of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)

Honors and awards


Sep 2023	Award for Developing Teaching and Learning Awarding institution: Technical University of Denmark
Aug 2020	Joan M. Daisey Outstanding Young Scientist Awarding institution: International Society of Exposure Science
Mar 2014	Support for training & career development of researcher - Marie Curie Actions Career Integration Grant (CIG) Awarding institution: European Commission
Aug 2009	Exchange researcher fellowship Awarding institution: German Research Foundation

Memberships and committees

Since Nov 2020	Member of the NORMAN network
Jan 2022 – Dec 2023	Appointed member of the Novo Nordisk 'Sustainability Advisory Council'
Jan 2021 – May 2024	Member of the OECD «Working Party on Risk Management» Since Jan 2016 Founding member of scientiﬁc societies 'Association for the Advancement of Alternatives Assessment' and 'Europe Regional Chapter of the International Society of Exposure Science'
Since Jan 2014	Co-chair and evaluator of research projects and programmes for the European Research Council, Norwegian Research Council, Singapore Research Council
Since Jan 2014	Member of PhD examination committees at universities in Denmark, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, and United Kingdom
Since Jan 2013	Co-chair and task force chair of ﬂagship project of the 3rd phase of the UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative ‘Global Guidance on Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) Indicators’