Dirk Petersohn
Henkel AG & Co KGaA, Germany
Biography
Dirk Petersohn studied biology and conducted his PhD studies at the University of Cologne, Germany on the topic of tissue specific gene regulation in the human nervous system. After his Postdoc studies on wound healing mechanisms in the team of Professor Doctor Thomas Krieg, he joined Henkel AG & Co KGaA in 1998. Since than he held various positions in research and development and is currently the Director of Henkel’s Department of Biological and Clinical Research. Additionally, he Vice-Chairs at Cosmetics Europe’s Steering Scientific committee and Chairs the Task Force Skin Tolerance that is developing approaches to assess skin sensitization of chemicals without the use of animals.