Peter Fantke
Technical University of Denmark
Professor, Head of section
Dr. Peter Fantke is professor and head of the Section for Quantitative Sustainability Assessment at the Technical University of Denmark. He develops quantitative methods for evaluating exposure and toxicity impacts on humans and the environment related to harmful chemicals and air pollutants released throughout product life cycles, published in more than 150 scientific articles. He contributed to various international projects focusing on life cycle impact assessment, chemical substitution, high-throughput risk screening, and external cost analysis. He is director of USEtox, the UNEP/SETAC scientific consensus model for characterizing toxicity impacts of chemicals, and chairs global task forces under UNEP and OECD for quantifying and evaluating environmental and human health impacts.