Christian Pellevoisin PhD, ERT

Scientific Director at MatTek Life Science

He is a toxicologist and scientific director at Mattek. During his career he has been involved in numerous projects that have led to the introduction of new reconstructed human tissue models and in vitro methods for evaluating the safety and efficacy of products in different industries, including cosmetics, medical devices or drugs.

As chairman of the French AFNOR commission for biocompatibility of medical devices and convenor of working group 8 of the ISO technical committee 194 , he participated and conducted projects that led to the publication of ISO standards 10993-23 for irritation and 10993-10 for skin sensitization.

Strongly committed to the recognition of alternative methods to animal experimentation, he is involved in several university courses and organizes practical training to the implementation of validated methods based on the use of reconstructed human tissues.