Ákos Józwiak is the head of Food and Nutrition Science at Syreon Research Institute in Budapest, Hungary, and holds a faculty position at Institute of Food Chain Science at the University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest. Besides, he is the scientific coordinator of the DEFENSEFOOD Horizon Europe project.
Ákos Józwiak is an active member of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Advisory Forum and the EFSA Emerging Risk Exchange Network. He chairs the EFSA Advisory Group on Data (AGoD), which addresses challenges in the food safety data system by acting as a think tank, providing recommendations, launching projects, and facilitating access to expertise and resources across EU Member States. He is also the vice-president of the Board of the Evidence Based Toxicology Collaboration (EBTC).
Ákos Józwiak, a veterinarian by training, has spent over two decades addressing European food safety regulatory challenges. He specializes in developing and implementing data science approaches to better understand the impact of food contaminants and compounds on human health and to translate these insights into regulatory science. His primary research interests include applying computational methods to identify emerging risks in food systems, leveraging advanced data analytics and AI for evidence synthesis and insight generation, conducting risk, benefit, and economic assessments of food systems, and creating courses to enhance data literacy.