Organizing Committee Member
Dr.Thomas Sanderson
Professor
University of British Columbia
Canada
Biography
Thomas Sanderson obtained his PhD at the age of 27 from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada and did postdoctoral studies at Michigan State University, USA. He is an associate professor at the INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Laval (Québec), Canada and has published more than 70 papers in reputed journals. His toxicology laboratory is focused on studying interactions of chemicals with steroidogenic enzymes in humans and wildlife and is currently funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council (NSERC) of Canada and the Alternatives Research and Development Foundation (USA). Thomas is editorial board member of Toxicological Sciences and PeerJ.
Research Area
Development and application of physiologically relevant in vitro models of human steroidogenesis in toxicology: the endocrine disrupting potential of neonicotinoid pesticides in humans