Beate Escher is internationally recognized for her work on chemical pollution in the environment. Her research focuses on developing scientifically sound in vitro tools and methodologies for hazard and risk assessment of micropollutants in the environment and in people. Escher’s expertise includes the development of in vitro bioassays and applications of new approach methodologies (NAMs) for (bio)monitoring and mode-of-action based effect assessment of organic micropollutants including consumer products, pharmaceuticals, pesticides and persistent organic pollutants, (environmental) transformation products. She works towards improving dosing and interpretation of high-throughput in vitro bioassays and developed the robotic bioassay platform CITEPro at UFZ.