Dr. Eva de Rijke works as a labmanager in the soil and environmental chemistry laboratories of the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) of the University of Amsterdam. She is an analytical chemist who did her PhD at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. After that she worked over 10 years as a scientist/project leader in both government and industrial R&D in the area of food quality and safety involved in research and management of (european) consortia, before returning to environmental analytical chemistry research at the University of Amsterdam. She has broad (hands-on) knowledge of a broad range of analytical techniques to determine e.g. taste/odour compounds, environmental contaminants, additives and (veterinary) drugs. She was board member of the NVMS between 2012 and 2019 and is now board member of the Benelux Asociation of Stable Isotope Scientists (BASIS).