Dr. Ariel Turcios is a scientific employee at the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) in the Product Materials and Nanotechnology unit in Berlin. His work includes the scientific analysis of products relevant to population health as well as the preparation of toxicological risk assessments. He has experience in product materials, water resources, phytoremediation (including metabolomics), abiotic stress, analytical methods to study the composition of different materials. In addition to his research activities, he was actively involved in teaching Bachelor’s and Master’s students in the fields of plant nutrition and physiology. At Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, he contributed to courses such as Application of Molecular Methods in Plant Nutrition Research and supervised several students during his time at both Göttingen University and Leibniz University Hannover. His academic background includes a PhD in Biology from Leibniz University Hannover, a Master’s degree in Water Resources Management, and a Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Engineering from the University of San Carlos of Guatemala. Dr. Turcios has received multiple awards during his academic career, including recognition from the Christian-Kuhlemann Foundation for his outstanding scientific achievements and social and cultural commitment at Leibniz University Hannover. He completed his doctoral studies with the distinction summa cum laude.