Sven M. Deutschmann PhD

Sven Deutschmann studied biology at the University of Brunswick where he obtained his Ph.D. in cell culture technology. His current position is Head of Global Analytical Science and Technology “Adventitious Agents Testing & Alternative Microbiological Methods” within Global QC.

Besides his internal responsibilities Sven is a member of the German Pharmacopeia Commission, and the Microbiology Committee of the German Pharmacopeia Commission as well as Germany’s representative in the Working Parties “Bacterial Endotoxins”, “Mycoplasmas” (whose chairman he is), and Expert Group 1 “Biological Methods and Statistical Analysis” (whose chairman he is) of the European Pharmacopeia Commissions in Strasbourg, France. In 2009 he was appointed as commissioner of the Central Commission for Biological Safety, a brains trust of the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety. In addition, Sven is chairman of the Advisory Board of the ECA “Pharmaceutical Microbiology” Interest Group.