Silke Bruns
Director relana® 
Silke Bruns obtained a degree in food chemistry from the University of Hamburg, in Germany. She also holds a PhD in chemistry from the Technical University of Munich. In addition. she obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Open University Business School in the United Kingdom.
From 1997 to 2001 she worked as a quality assurance and product development manager in the natural cosmetics and frozen food industries.
From 2001 to 2005, Dr. Silke Bruns worked for the Eurofins international laboratory group on different sites.
Since 1996, Dr. Silke Bruns has gained extensive and practical experience in the design, organization, implementation and statistical evaluation of laboratory performance assessments. It is in this context that she works with leading organizations such as FAPAS and Bipea.
As part of her doctoral dissertation, she also evaluated established systems for assessing analytical skills and developed new approaches, especially with regard to routine laboratory conditions.
Since 2012, Silke Bruns, with her partner, Günter Lach, has headed the “relana®” (relana® = abbreviation of reliable analyses) international circle of laboratories, working in the field of the analysis of pesticides and contaminants with 11 European laboratories (Belgium, Spain, Italy and Germany). relana® laboratories are committed to providing high quality services.
Lach & Bruns is also responsible for the accreditation of the laboratories in accordance with the requirements of the BNN (Bundesverband Naturkost Naturwaren) e.V., (Association of organic food processors, wholesalers and retailers in Germany).
Active participation in committees- Technical Management Board of the French proficiency testing body “Bipea” (since 2012) – Working group on “nanomaterials” of the food chemistry society of the German Chemical Society “Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker”. (Since 2014)
Conference: Pesticides and pollutants: Analytical challenges and constraints
