Our philosophy is simple. Achieving regulatory compliance through the application of good science, innovative thinking and clarity; ensuring that all submissions are prepared efficiently and to a high standard.
Craig Anderson
Senior Consultant
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Craig Anderson
Senior Consultant
Craig is a senior environmental fate scientist, providing expert advice on the fate and behaviour of plant protection products, biocides and chemicals in the environment.
Craig is an experienced environmental fate scientist and modeller with over 10 years experience in the laboratory. During his career Craig has worked with some of the most challenging agrichemicals which has helped develop his invaluable pragmatic approach to solving problems encountered during the conduct of studies and with interpretation of results.
Ayesha Begum
Technical & Financial Administrator
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Ayesha Begum
Technical & Financial Administrator
Ayesha is a technical and financial accountant who joined Blue Frog Scientific in January 2021. Ayesha assists with Blue Frogs Scientific’s Only Representative service, consortium management and support with the day-to-day finances. Ayesha experience varies from assisting with finances from a number of industries and sectors. Ayesha has a strong understanding of regulation in relation to accounting and the regulations in place for data sharing including ECHA and REACH.
Leaving Swansea University with a Master’s in accounting, she is currently progressing towards her Chartered Certified Accountants qualification in order to become ACCA qualified accountant.
Martin Bowyer
Senior Consultant
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Martin Bowyer
Senior Consultant
Martin leads Blue Frog's activities in the environmental risk assessments for human and veterinary medicinal products.
Martin is a qualified marine biologist, a graduate of the world leading School of Ocean Sciences at Bangor University. During his career, Martin has gained extensive experience performing GLP-compliant aquatic ecotoxicity studies. He has worked at several contract research organisations, including helping with the set-up of a new testing facility. Martin additionally gained valuable experience in conducting outdoor mesocosm studies, when working at a renowned UK specialist test facility.
Martin joined Blue Frog after a 6 month sabbatical in South East Asia. Martin’s primary focus at Blue Frog is the performance of environmental risk assessments for human and veterinary medicinal products, including placing and monitoring full laboratory testing programs and production of environmental risk assessments reports. Additionally, Martin supports environmental risk assessments and dossier preparation of agrochemicals and has particular experience utilising the FOCUS surface water and groundwater modelling tools.
Liam Burns
Consultant
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Liam Burns
Consultant
Liam is an experienced scientist with over 17 years industrial experience in contract research supporting regulatory requirements for the agrochemical, pharmaceutical and animal health sectors. Liam Burns specialises in environment fate and ecotoxicology within our regulatory teams. Liam graduated from Heriot Watt University with an honour’s degree in Chemistry in 2003 and subsequently worked for several contract research organisations performing laboratory environmental fate and ecotoxicology tests.
Virginie Burosse
Senior Regulatory Chemist
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Virginie Burosse
Senior Regulatory Chemist
Virginie is a senior regulatory chemist for Blue Frog Scientific. She started her career in industry for 7 years, with development of agricultural products (fertilisers, Natural Defence Stimulator), formulation and related regulations, including Classification/Labelling and Safety data Sheets, where she now has continued 25 years of experience. Virginie then moved to regulatory consultancy, first in Plant Protection Products area, then to Chemicals, managing technical and regulatory aspects for REACh, from testing strategy and monitoring, substance identification to IUCLID dossier compilation. From the variety of products faced, she gained some knowledge in most of chemicals-related legislations. She is also a certified Safety Advisor for transport of dangerous goods (road, classes 3 to 9 but 7).
Damien Carson
Director
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Damien Carson
Director
Damien is a senior chemical regulatory expert with >15 years’ experience providing strategic, scientific and technical support to the chemical and biocide sectors.
Responsible for scientific and regulatory affairs services to the chemical and biocide industries. Provides strategic consultancy for a global Client base for compliance with EU chemical regulations. Designs testing programmes (physical chemistry, toxicology, ecotoxicology, environmental fate, endocrine disruption) and has conducted hazard and risk assessments in support of >100 regulatory dossier submissions in the EU. Provides product defence and advocacy services to companies in support of regulatory processes such as compliance check and evaluation.
Damien co-founded and sits on the Board of Directors of Blue Frog Scientific.
Nigel Halsall
Associate Director
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Nigel Halsall
Associate Director
An expert in environmental hazard and risk assessment with more than 25 years experience in the agrochemical industry.
Nigel has been working on agrochemical ecological risk assessments for over 25 years, with 15 years experience in the laboratory conducting terrestrial ecotoxicology tests with honey bees, non-target arthropods and soil organisms. Furthermore Nigel is a specialist in higher tier studies, such as field tests with non-target arthropods in arable crops; orchards and citrus groves; field and tunnel tests with honey bees; litter bag tests and field tests with worms and other soil macro-organisms. For more than a decade Nigel has established himself as a leading expert in environmental risk assessment for agrochemicals.
Nigel leads the ecotoxicological agrochemical team at Blue Frog Scientific, supporting Clients’ registrations for active ingredients and products in the EU. Nigel is very much “hands on” in his approach, directly getting involved with all aspects, from study design and monitoring to representing the Clients at meetings with regulatory authorities and post submission advocacy.
Tom Hargreaves
Director
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Tom Hargreaves
Director
With >20 years of experience, Tom has become a recognised expert in environmental risk assessment and is well known in industry for his pioneering approach, particularly with substances with a poor environmental profile.
A veteran of several CROs and consultancies, Tom is one of the co-founders of Blue Frog. Tom believes that the basis of a reliable risk assessment is a blend of science, maths, lateral thinking and creativity.
Tom co-founded and sits on the Board of Directors of Blue Frog Scientific.
Aurélie Herbelet
Senior Regulatory Toxicologist
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Aurélie Herbelet
Senior Regulatory Toxicologist
Aurélie is a senior regulatory toxicologist for Blue Frog Scientific. Aurélie has a MSc in Health Engineering with a specialisation in Environmental, health and professional risks combined with project management. She has > 10 years’ experience working within consultancy on worldwide chemical regulations. She is experienced in hazard assessment under REACH, from data gap analysis to DNEL derivation, including intelligent testing strategies, read-across justification and study monitoring. Aurélie is skilled in human exposure assessment and specialised in Consumer risk assessment using tools such as Chesar (ECETOC-TRA), AISE-REACT and ConsExpo. She worked on the Tier 2 scenario implementation from ConsExpo to CHESAR in collaboration with ECHA and RIVM (2016). She has a broad expertise in Fragrances. In addition, Aurélie is an experienced multi-project coordinator.
Rachel Hill
Senior Consultant
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Rachel Hill
Senior Consultant
Rachel is a Senior Consultant for Blue Frog Scientific, with extensive experience working under EU and UK regulations such as REACH, BPR and CLP. Rachel is responsible for the management and delivery of projects for these sectors of the chemical industry, including the preparation and update of technical dossiers, support during evaluation by regulatory authorities and strategic planning to assist companies in navigating the ever-changing regulatory landscape
Rachel is a chemist by training and graduated top of her class from the University of Edinburgh with an MChem in Chemistry with Environmental and Sustainable Chemistry. During her studies, Rachel gained industrial experience developing and validating analytical methods for pharmaceutical intermediates and active ingredients.
Lauren Hypson
Consultant
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Lauren Hypson
Consultant
Lauren is an experienced chemical regulatory specialist with a background of working within government regulatory affairs under EU regulations such as BPR and PPP. Lauren started working at HSE for the UK Competent Authority in Chemical Regulation Division in 2016 focusing on human exposure risk assessments and project management, predominantly in Biocides legislation (BPR) but has also worked briefly on EU Agrochemical legislation undertaking Operator Exposure risk assessments. Lauren has experience in preparing regulatory dossiers specific to BPR legislation for Biocides Products and Product families.
Lauren is a graduate of Liverpool John Moores University holding a qualification in Animal behaviour (BSc). She has also gained experience of working in the sector for a chemical manufacturer producing insecticide and rodenticide product types, and looking after the regulatory affairs for EU, and wider EU sales for Rest of the World including South Americas, Africa and Middle East countries.
Steve Kent
Managing Director
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Steve Kent
Managing Director
With a BSc in Biochemistry and MSc in Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology Steve brings decades of first class technical, regulatory affairs and commercial experience to the organisation. Steve has spent an entire career in the chemical industry, regulatory affairs and substance and product testing, general chemical regulation and risk assessment. In recent years he has been responsible for marketing and sales activities for contract research organisations and consultancies.
Steve provides additional leadership to our expanding Blue Frog Scientific group of companies. Steve provides our Clients with strategic advice on the complex process of navigating regulatory requirements in the EU and wider, in addition to taking a leading role in implementing our commercial strategy for growth and development. Steve runs our new company based in France, managing growth of our team in mainland Europe as well as developing our global Client base. Steve works closely with Senior Managers in the Blue Frog Group of Companies to ensure that our growing organisation will continue to provide Clients with the highest quality and value services in the industry.
Jiri Kulhavy
Consultant
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Jiri Kulhavy
Consultant
Jiri is an experienced inorganic chemist and nanomaterials scientist, and a consultant for Blue Frog Scientific focusing on in silico assessment and risk assessment of chemicals and nanomaterials. Jiri built his skillset throughout his undergraduate masters in Chemistry at Cardiff University and via his recent EPSRC and industry-funded doctorate studies at the University of Oxford. He is an expert in the fields of inorganic and bioengineered nanomaterials and electrochemical storage systems as he spent almost 9 years in research and development environment in both academia and industry prior to joining Blue Frog Scientific.
Holly-Hannah Maguire
Consultant
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Holly-Hannah Maguire
Consultant
Holly-Hannah is a skilled toxicologist who provides support to our Client’s toxicology programmes. Holly-Hannah assists Clients with strategic planning, data review, testing strategies and study monitoring, in addition to conducting in silico assessments for human health endpoints as part of an intelligent testing approach.
Holly-Hannah holds a Master’s Degree in Toxicology from the National University of Galway and a BSc in Forensic and Environmental Chemistry from TU Dublin. Holly-Hannah has extensive experience working as a toxicologist for a wide range of Clients, primarily in the biocidal, chemical and personal care products sectors. Over her career Holly-Hannah has developed a reputation for her effective communication and ability to provide innovative solutions to clients.
Sarah Mariottino
Consultant
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Sarah Mariottino
Consultant
Sarah’s background is in Health Biotechnologies (BSc hons) and Biomedical Sciences (MSc). She has been working around the globe as a Scientist in diverse research fields, from drug design to inorganic chemistry including peptide synthesis, to bioengineering with organoids 3D cell culture and organs-on-chip bio-fabrication with 3D printer. Sarah also tutored students and helped them with their projects. More recently, Sarah has worked for the Trinity College and the DCU, in Dublin, Ireland, for a MSCA EU funded project based on pancreatic cancer and organoids with a focus on gene therapy of DNA repair mechanisms mutations.
Jamie Marshall
Senior Consultant
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Jamie Marshall
Senior Consultant
Jamie is a Senior Consultant for Blue Frog Scientific with 13 years of experience spanning EU and UK REACH, along with other global regulations (Canada, Australia, US, Philippines), and also GHS, CLP, and classifications for transport (ADR/IMDG/IATA). Outside of registrations and notifications, Jamie has extensive experience of in silico assessment, specifically in relation to skin sensitization for REACH, assessment of toxicological potential of impurities of agrochemical TGAIs, and assessment of metabolites in line with the EFSA guidance on residue definition.
Jamie has a BSc in Chemistry, and an MSc in Drug chemistry from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, and a background in analytical chemistry in various industries prior to working in regulatory affairs.
Isla Mathieson
Principal Consultant
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Isla Mathieson
Principal Consultant
Isla has over 20 years of experience assisting companies in the chemicals and polymers sector with their regulatory and development needs.
Isla provides REACH and CLP strategy for EU and in particular non-EU companies; helping them navigate both the detailed and high-level requirements for those employed in regulatory/product stewardship, R&D or management. She manages the technical dossier delivery of new and updating projects and tackles substance identity challenges for ECHA Inquiries or evaluations.
John Miller
Senior Consultant
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John Miller
Senior Consultant
John is a Senior Consultant for Blue Frog Scientific with extensive experience in EU and UK regulations such as REACH and CLP. John is involved in the management of REACH consortia and responsible for Blue Frog Scientific’s Only Representative function under EU and UK REACH, managing regulatory compliance for non-EU and non-UK manufacturers respectively, including but not limited to, strategic planning of dossier updates to ECHA and the HSE, preparation of technical dossiers and downstream user communication.
John graduated with a first class masters in chemistry (MChem) from the University of Huddersfield and has a background in analytical chemistry, including chromatographic, thermal and elemental analysis, before embarking on a career in regulatory affairs.
Andrea Milne
Consultant
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Andrea Milne
Consultant
Andrea is an experienced ecotoxicologist supporting testing and risk assessment for our Client’s in all sectors of the chemical industry.
Andrea graduated from Heriot-Watt University in 2011 with a first class honours degree in Microbiology. Prior to joining Blue Frog Scientific, Andrea worked for contract research organisations performing a wide variety of GLP-compliant ecotoxicology studies, in particular aquatic toxicity testing of difficult substances, and has also been integral to the design and set-up a new environmental testing facility.
Alistair Morriss
Principal Consultant
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Alistair Morriss
Principal Consultant
An expert in human exposure and risk assessment with more than 17 year’s experience in the agrochemical industry.
With a BSc (Hons) in Tropical Environmental Science, a MSc in Environmental Science and a Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Ecotoxicology together with experience of working in Contract Research Organisations (undertaking laboratory environmental fate studies, crop residue trials and operator/worker/bystander exposure studies) and a multi-national company, Alistair has a broad range of skills and experience.
Alistair is an experienced risk assessor and exposure scientist with over 10 years of experience conducting global dietary and non-dietary risk assessments and field exposure studies in support of agrochemical registrations.
Gabor Pap
Consultant
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Gabor Pap
Consultant
Graduating from the University of Debrecen, Hungary in 1993 with a BSc in Biology and Ecology, Gabor began his career working as biologist for a Water Analytical Laboratory where he gained valuable technical expertise in the conduct of drinking water and wastewater analysis. In 2000 Gabor completed his 3 years post-graduate course in Microbiology at the University of ELTE, Budapest, Hungary. In 2003 Gabor relocated to Harrogate, UK to work in the ecotoxicology team for a CRO as a biologist, responsible for the design and conduct of aquatic ecotoxicology studies for the agrochemical, pharmaceutical and chemical industries. During his time in the Aquatic Ecotoxicology team ultimately becoming a scientist, Gabor had the opportunity to use his knowledge in biochemistry and validated new methods such as ELISA or real time qPCR techniques used in chronic fish studies investigating ED effects. In 2018 Gabor moved into the regulatory field as an ecotoxicology expert and joined a consultancy, working on ecotoxicology sections of the dossier for active substances and plant protection products. In the interests of expanding his knowledge in other areas Gabor joined Quality Assurance teams at different stages of his career and worked as a GLP Quality Assurance auditor responsible for reviewing Environmental Fate and Animal Toxicology protocols, reports and conducting on-site audits.
Kai Paul
Senior Consultant
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Kai Paul
Senior Consultant
Kai is a Senior Consultant within Blue Frog focusing on in silico assessment and risk assessment of chemicals, agrochemicals, and biocides.
Kai is also an expert in the toxicity of nanoparticles, prior to joining Blue Frog working on the EU funded NanoTEST project, researching the toxicity and distribution of nanoparticles in a model placental cell line at the Bristol Initiative for Research of Child Health. Kai’s Ph.D, funded by the US-EPA and NERC, focused on the environmental impact of nanomaterials using the model organism Daphnia magna. The aim of the work is to establish common themes in nanomaterial fate, both biologically and within the environment, and their associated toxicity. The aim of the research was to provide a basis for the development of specific risk assessment procedures for nanoparticles.
Ilze Rasnaca
Consultant
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Ilze Rasnaca
Consultant
Ilze is an environmental toxicologist supporting testing and exposure assessments for Blue Frog Scientific clients in all sectors of the chemical industry. Ilze has a BSci Honours degree in Genetics from the University of Glasgow and a PhD in Ecotoxicology from Cardiff University. She has extensive experience in molecular biology, data analysis and ecotoxicology and has designed and carried out studies on the terrestrial fate and effects of chemicals.
Pauline Remuzat
Senior Regulatory Ecotoxicologist
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Pauline Remuzat
Senior Regulatory Ecotoxicologist
Pauline is a senior regulatory Ecotoxicologist for Blue Frog Scientific. She holds a Master’s Degree in Health Engineering from the faculty pharmacy of Montpellier (France) with a specialisation in environment, health and professional risks combined with project management. Pauline very quicky gained experience in Regulatory Ecotoxicology with more than 10 years of consultancy experience. She has extensive experience in environmental fate and ecotoxicological hazard assessment of Fragrances under the REACH regulation, from data gap analysis to PNECs derivation and PBT/vPvB assessment, including testing strategies, study monitoring and alternative methods (waiving, read-across and in silico approaches). Pauline also has gained experience in Environmental classification according to EU CLP/UN GHS regulations, including redaction of CLH revision dossiers, and in Tier 1 Environmental Risk Assessment.
Bryony Ross
Senior Consultant
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Bryony Ross
Senior Consultant
Bryony is a Senior Consultant and lead toxicologist for Blue Frog Scientific. With a skillset founded on a BSc in Physiology, MSc in Applied Toxicology and PhD in the reproductive toxicity of engineered nanomaterials, Bryony is a European Registered Toxicologist, with 15 years’ experience working within academia & consultancy. Her experience spans the full stream of human health risk management from hazard identification through to characterization of risk.
In addition, Bryony is an expert in the toxicity of nanoparticles, having worked on numerous nationally and internationally funded projects in the area. These ranged from researching basic nanoparticulate toxicity and the associated in vitro tests for determination of hazard, to designing integrated testing strategies for assessment of risk & providing direct guidance to regulators and standardisation bodies on their inclusion and management within legal frameworks. Her experiences within this rapidly developing field place her in a strong position to deal with the challenging and ever-changing regulatory landscape we exist in today.
Emilie Vizade
Senior Consultant
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Emilie Vizade
Senior Consultant
Emilie is a senior consultant for Blue Frog Scientific with strong experience with REACH regulation. Emilie holds a PhD in Ecotoxicology on nanomaterials. After doing academic research, she moved to REACH regulatory affairs with a first experience as project coordinator with french competent authority and then as a consultant to develop her knowledge on a large variety of dossiers in various industrial sectors. Throughout her career, Emilie acquired strong background in regulatory affairs, and also in technical skills such as data gap analysis, testing strategies, environmental hazard and risk assessment with REACH regulation.
