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Dr Christoph Grondal

Dr Christoph Grondal

Head of Business Development and Strategy, Eurofins Regulatory Science Services

Christoph joined Eurofins on May 1st 2020 as Head of Business Development and Strategy for the European Chemistry & Ecotox business of Eurofins Agroscience Services. Christoph has a deep understanding of the Agroscience sector. After gaining a PhD in organic chemistry from RWTH Aachen (D) and a postdoctoral fellowship at Princeton University (US), Christoph joined Bayer CropScience as a lab leader in active ingredient research, followed by an assignment as plant manager of the glufosinate ammonium production. He then moved into Bayer’s Procurement function to head the Procurement R&D team for CropScience. He led the establishment of a strategic R&D Procurement footprint for the entire CropScience R&D organization and was also in charge of the post-merger integration of the Monsanto acquisition for the Procurement R&D organization.