The DaNa4.0 Team
The team of the German BMBF project DaNa4.0 is addressing the question of whether new, advanced materials including nanomaterials, can be harmful to humans and the environment and how humans and the environment come into contact with these materials. DaNa4.0 is the successor project to DaNa2.0 (2013-2019) and builds on its results.
The scientists in the fields of human toxicology, ecotoxicology, biology and chemistry prepare complex, toxicological issues from current materials research in an generally understandable format for non-scientists, i.e. interested consumers, journalists, politicians, NGOs, etc. The scientists communicate these topics via the website www.nanopartikel.info, brochures and info flyers.
In addition, the scientific results from the projects of the current BMBF funding measure NanoCare4.0 are processed and integrated into this knowledge base. The team of experts analyses current scientific literature on human and environmental toxicology of new, advanced and application-safe materials / nanomaterials to expand the knowledge platform. The evaluation of these current research results for the DaNa knowledge base is based on a careful scientific approach using the DaNa criteria catalogue.

Dr. Christoph Steinbach
DECHEMA
Coordinator, Website
Chemist

Dr. Nadja Möller
DECHEMA
Material properties
Chemist

Dr. Katja Nau
KIT
Human toxicology, Website
Biologist

Dr. Dana Kühnel
UFZ
Environmental toxicology
Biologist

Dr. Andreas Mattern
UFZ
Environmental toxicology
Chemist

Prof. em. Dr. Harald Krug
NanoCase
Human toxicology, Environmental toxicology
Biologist

Karin Krug
NanoCase
Text revision

Prof. Dr. Alke Fink
AMI
Material properties
Chemist

Prof. Dr. Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser
AMI
Human toxicology
Biologist