Jean-Baptiste Fini, PhD, is a full professor at the National Museum of Natural History (MNHN) in the “Adaptation of Living Organisms” department, within a joint research unit with the CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research) called “Physiological and Molecular Adaptation.”

Within this CNRS/MNHN joint unit, Professor Fini leads the RODEO research team (Responses to Environmental Challenges), which focuses particularly on thyroid hormone signaling pathway disruptors and studies the short- and long-term consequences of early exposure to different classes of chemical substances, either as individual molecules or as mixtures.

Over the past ten years, he has developed a test to identify thyroid disruptors and their effects as part of Professor Demeneix’s team, which was awarded the CNRS Innovation Medal in 2014.

Dr. Fini currently participates in several OECD expert groups (AOP, Thyroid) and is also a member of the endocrine disruptor working group of the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), as well as an EDC working group at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).