Ailbhe Macken is a Research Manager at NIVA within the field of Oceanography with main responsibilities for modelling and biogeochemistry, and marine plankton groups. She has been studying and working in the area of marine science for 20 years. Her areas of expertise and experience include marine biological effects monitoring and the application of effects directed analysis and toxicity identification evaluation in marine waters and sediment, development and the use of in vivo and in vitro bioassays, nano and regulatory ecotoxicology (GLP) and risk assessment. She has experience in all aspects of invertebrate and aquatic regulatory ecotoxicity testing including hazard assessment of environmental mixtures and single substances for product registration. She has experience in the ecotoxicological testing of “difficult” substances (e.g. sparingly soluble, volatile, and unstable) and has a sound working knowledge of the regulatory legislation (e.g. REACH, GHS and EMEA) and in marine and environmental directives and legislation (e.g. WFD, EU Marine Strategy Directive). She has also recently been working in the area of marine sensor technology (Mariabox FP7 project). Since 2015 Ailbhe has been the GLP Deputy Manager at NIVA in addition to her role as Study Director and test personnel. She is the lead for TASK group III (toxicity studies to regulation) of the Norman Network WG 4 “Nano- and micro scale particulate contaminants” and has participated as a member of the EC expert advisory group on endocrine disruptors. In addition, she is a Norwegian Representative on the OECD Validation Management Group for Ecotoxicology. Dr Macken is actively involved in several EU and national funded projects, (e.g. NFR Antivenom: Project manager, NFR Scanner: Project manager, NFR Nano2021: Nanowaste - NIVA project manager, TAPAS – Horizon 2020), as well as working directly with industry (e.g. ESPIAL aluminium industry and the marine environment) and has been involved in the supervision of Masters, PhD students and PostDocs. Ailbhe is widely published in the field of marine science and ecotoxicology and has been an invited speaker at many International conferences and workshops. She is also a member of several professional organisations and has acted as a reviewer on numerous occasions for international peer review publications and applications