Emilio Benfenati
Head of the Laboratory
Mario Negri Institute
Italy
Biography
Dr. Emilio Benfenati is head of the Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology at the Mario Negri Institute, Milan, Italy, since 1997. Previously he has been researcher at Stanford University, California, USA (in that period he also had a collaborative research at the Berkeley University, California, USA). He coordinates/coordinated 16 European projects (including CAESAR, CALEIDOS, ANTARES, PROSIL, ToxBank, IMAGETOX) and participates/participated to 27 others. Many of them are on toxicity and environmental modelling. His research activities include: toxicity and environmental modelling, molecular descriptors, QSARs, toxicity prediction, environmental management, characterisation and assessment of contaminants, risk assessment; development of QSAR models; analysis of environmental and food samples for pollutants such as dioxins, PCB, PAH, pesticides, endocrine disruptors, industrial pollutants; environmental assessment. He is author or co-author of 340 papers in international journals and edited a few books
Research Interest
Toxicity,Environmental modelling,computer chemistry,Environmental Management