Prof.Dr. Hans Verhagen

About me

I have over 41 years of professional experience in the area of food safety and nutrition. I worked at Universities (Nijmegen, Maastricht, Ulster, Copenhagen), in contract research (TNO), in industry (Unilever), for the national (RIVM) and international government (EFSA), and I was editor-in-chief twice. I am a visiting professor at the University of Ulster (Northern Ireland) since 2009 and at the Technical University Denmark (DTU, Denmark) since 2021.

My strength is that I have the unique and rare combination of being both a board-certified toxicologist and board-certified nutritionist.

After my retirement from EFSA in 2020, I became owner and consultant of Food Safety & Nutrition Consultancy.

Papers / Citations / H-Index

(by January 2024):

Number of full peer-reviewed papers: 180
Total number of Web of Science publications (including EFSA Scientific Opinions): 822.
Other papers: 156
EFSA publications: 11
Publications as editor: 16
Other publications in Dutch: 16
Confidential reports (TNO, Unilever, RIVM, EFSA, FSN Consultancy): many hundreds.
H-Index: Web of Science: 59; Google Scholar: 63; Scopus: 48.
Citations: Web of Science: 14 029; Google Scholar: 14 412; Scopus: 8097.