Birgit Huber

Vita

Birgit Huber has studied food-technology in Stuttgart-Hohenheim. Since 1985 she works for IKW (The German Cosmetic, Toiletry, Perfumery and Detergent Association). She had started as scientific assistant and since 1989 she is Head of the Expertise Partner Beauty Care. Since June 2005 she is also Deputy Director of IKW. She is a member in different scientific and technical working groups in Germany and Europe, eg. the German Cosmetics Commission at BfR (Federal Institute for Risk Assessment), Board of GEPA (non-profit making association which supports the Information Network of Departments of Dermatology for the surveillance and scientific evaluation of contact allergies (IVDK), Cosmetics Europe. Since June 2022 she is Vice President of Cosmetics Europe. She has given many presentations on international events on cosmetics. Furthermore she has published in English and German magazines. In 1987 Birgit Huber received the Maison de Navarre-Award of the IFSCC (International Federation of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists) in Santiago de Chile.