Joost Rutten is a scientific officer at RIVM National Institute for Public Health and Environment since September 2023. Prior to this role, Joost worked as a scientific contributor at Triskelion B.V. from May 2018 to September 2023, focusing on toxicology and risk assessment in areas such as REACH, BPR, and human health hazard assessment. Joost's experience includes a trainee position at the European Chemicals Agency in 2017, where responsibilities involved improving data availability and quality, and earlier internships at Eurofins and Utrecht University that concentrated on ecological risk assessments and neurotoxicology research. Joost holds a Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences from Utrecht University and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the same institution.