Agriculture
Dr. Melanie Bausen-Wiens
Member of the Management Board, Technology
- Responsible for the technology functions of BASF Agricultural Solutions
- Steers the company’s research and development agenda, connecting innovation with regulatory requirements and operations
Previously Senior Vice President Regulatory, Stewardship & Public Affairs at BASF Agricultural Solutions
Melanie Bausen-Wiens was born in Simmern, Germany, in 1975. She holds a PhD in Neurobiology (Dr. rer. nat.) from the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, and a Diploma in Biology from Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz (Germany). She worked as a Postdoc at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg, Germany.
| 2026 | Member of the BASF Agricultural Solutions Management Board, Technology, BASF Agricultural Solutions, Limburgerhof, Germany |
| 2023 | Senior Vice President, Regulatory, Stewardship & Public Affairs, BASF SE, Limburgerhof, Germany |
| 2020 | Senior Vice President, Global Service Cluster Safety, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany |
| 2017 | Vice President, EHS Corporate Tasks, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany |
| 2016 | Head of Global Regulatory Affairs Herbicides, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany |
| 2015 | Head of Regulatory Affairs Asia Pacific, BASF South East Asia Pte. Ltd., Singapore |
| 2011 | Head of Global Stewardship Governance, BASF Plant Science LP, Research Triangle Park, USA |
| 2008 | Project Management Global Product Strategy (GPS), BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany |
| 2007 | Regulatory Toxicologist, BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, Germany |
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