Wojciech Wasowicz
Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Poland
Biography
Wojciech Wasowicz is a full Professor at Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine. He is the Head of the Biological and Environmental Monitoring department. He has a background in Biochemistry, Analytical Chemistry and Toxicology. He has wide experience with Toxicology of metals and its interactions with microelements, oxidative stress markers and antioxidant enzymes. The next field of interest is potential protective role of some antioxidants against chemicals. He has experience in engineered nanomaterials, nanoparticles and health effect of nanoparticles. He shows a great scientific activity confirmed by numerous publications, and active participation in symposia, conferences and scientific meetings organized in Poland (Polish Society of Toxicology) and abroad (EUROTOX, IUTOX), and has given numerous lecturers as keynote and plenary speaker in international congresses. He is a Member of Polish MAK Value Expert Commission and a Member of OECD Expert in working party on manufactured nanomaterials. Since 2008, he is the President of Polish Society of Toxicology. He has 240 scientific papers published, mainly in journals of international recognition (more than 2000 citation).
Abstract
Abstract : Selenium and human cancer: From epidemiological data to molecular biology study