Academic Credentials
  • M.S., Ecotoxicology, University of Koblenz-Landau, 2020
Professional Affiliations
  • Invited lecturer at the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) for the module Risk Assessment and Risk Management within the MSc Environmental Pollution Management (Ecotoxicology), 2024 - today

Viktoriia Ovcharova is a regulatory ecotoxicologist specializing in the environmental risk assessment of plant protection products. She provides technical support for active substance and product (re-) registrations under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, contributing to all stages of the regulatory process.

Her core responsibilities include:

  • Conducting environmental risk assessments for all non-target organism groups, addressing varying levels of complexity and national-specific requirements within Europe
  • Preparing dossiers in IUCLID format
  • Performing data gap analyses and literature reviews
  • Analyzing and interpreting ecotoxicological data, including descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, and dose-response modeling (e.g., BMD)
  • Interpreting evolving regulatory guidance and developing tailored risk assessment strategies
  • Providing post-submission support in response to regulatory authority requests
  • Developing bespoke calculation tools to support regulatory risk assessments

Prior to joining Exponent, Viktoriia worked as a regulatory ecotoxicologist with a consultancy in Germany, where she also supported global registration management beyond the European market.

She holds an M.Sc. in Ecotoxicology from the University of Koblenz-Landau and completed her thesis on behavioral biomarkers of neurotoxicity in zebrafish embryos as part of the EU-ToxRisk Project at the University of Heidelberg.