Curriculum Vitae for Gunnar Johanson

Date of birth / 26 March 1951
Nationality / Swedish
Current position / Professor of Occupational Toxicology and Risk Assessment, and
Head of Unit, Work Environment Toxicology (since 2002)
Address
Phone
Fax
Email / Work Environment Toxicology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
+46 8 5248 7752
+46 8 336 981

Web sites / Karolinska Institutet:
Institute of Environmental Medicine:
Work Environment Toxicology:
Nordic Expert Group:

Academic degrees

1988 / Doctor of Medical Sciences in toxicology, Karolinska Institutet. Thesis title: “Toxicokinetics of 2-butoxyethanol. Uptake, distribution, metabolism, and excretion in man and laboratory animals”
1984 / MSc in toxicology, Karolinska Institutet
1973 / BSc in chemistry and biology, Uppsala University

Employments

2002- / Professor of Occupational Toxicology and Risk Assessment and
Head of Unit, Work Environment Toxicology
2000-2001 / Professor of Occupational Toxicology and Risk Assessment, Sw National Institute for Working Life (NIWL)
1999-2002 / Adjunct professor of Occupational Toxicology, Dept of Medical Sciences, Uppsala university
1999-2001 / Program Director, Toxicology and Risk Assessment, NIWL
1991-1999 / Associate Professor in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Dept of Medical Sciences, Uppsala university
1989-1990 / Occupational Hygienist/Toxicologist, Dept of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Academic Hospital, Uppsala
1988-1997 / Researcher, Sw National Institute of Occupational Health and NIWL
1984-1988 / Research Engineer, Sw National Board of Occupational Safety and Health

Publications and presentations

Author or coauthor of about 140 internationally published peer-reviewed scientific papers, 11 edited books and book chapters, 23 risk assessment reports and criteria documents, over 300 conference presentations (whereof over 30 as invited or keynote speaker), and about 40 popular scientific articles and other scientific reports.

Supervision of PhD students

Ongoing:
MSc Ulrika Carlander, MSc Joakim Ringblom, MSc Mia Johansson, MSc Aishwarya Mishra Dwivedi.

Previous supervision (year of PhD degree):
Anna-Karin Mörk (2013), BSc Anna Beronius (2013), Stephanie Juran (2012), Kristin Stamyr (2011), Matias Rauma (2008), Sara Gunnare (2007), Lena Ernstgård (2003), Fredrik Jonsson (2001), Annsofi Nihlén (2000), Jill Järnberg (1998), Agneta Falk Filipsson (1995).

Mentorship of post-doctoral fellows

Marc-André Verner (2011-2012), Tao Liu (2011-2012), Matias Rauma (2010-2012), Martin Fransson (2013-2015), Anna-Karin Mörk (2014-2015), Stephanie Juran (2014-)

Awards (selection)

2006 / Paper of the Year Award, Society of Toxicology Dermal Toxicology SS
2001 / Recipient of the Herbert E. Stokinger Award for “outstanding achievement in industrial toxicology” by the American Conference for Industrial Governmental Hygienists

Expert committees

2011 - present / Member of the EU-LCI Working Group (
2010-2012 / Member of the NRC Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels (AEGL), US National Academies
1999 - present / Chairman of the Nordic Expert Group for Criteria Documentation of Health Risks from Chemicals (NEG) (
1999 - present / Member (vice chair since 2015) of the Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Limits (SCOEL), European Commission
1993 - present / Member and vice chair of the Swedish Criteria Group for Occupational Standards

Expert tasks (selection)

2014 / International evaluator of toxicology, nanosafety and microbiology research conducted 2009-2013 at the Danish National Research Centre for the Working Environment (NRCWE)
2014 / Invited to review the US National Research Council (NRC) review of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) process, US National Academies
2013 - present / Associate Editor, Toxicological Sciences
2011-2014 / Personal deputy, the Swedish Gene Technology Advisory Board
2010-2012 / Member of the NRC Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels (AEGL), US National Academies
2010 / Member of the Science Advisory Board - Trichloroethylene Review Panel, US EPA
2005 - present / Member of the Editorial Board of Critical Reviews in Toxicology
2005 - 2006 / Member of the National Research Council Study on Human Biomonitoring for Environmental Toxicants, US National Academies
2004 - 2009 / Personal deputy, the Regional Ethical Review Board in Stockholm
2003 - 2005 / Scientific Advisor on toxicology to the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare
2003 - 2008 / Member of the advisory board, Knowledge Center in Emergency Toxicology, Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare
2001 - 2003 / Member of the Advisory Expert Group for Cancer, Swedish Chemicals Inspectorate
1993 - 1995 / Scientific secretary of the Toxicological Council, Swedish Chemicals Inspectorate, Stockholm