Wolfgang J. Beckermann

Wolfgang J. Beckermann is the founder and managing director of cosm.art since 1995.Wolfgang J. Beckermann studied Biochemistry and Microbiology at the universities of Köln, Bonn and Kiel and obtained his PH.D. in 1979 at the Tuberculosis-Research Institute Borstel on a biochemical-microbiological topic. In 1980  Wolfgang J. Beckermann was employed as scientific assistant at the Institute of Human Genetics at the University of Hamburg. He worked on a interdisciplinary biochemical-neurological project. Dr. Wolfgang J. Beckermann has been employed in the cosmetic industry since 1981.  He spent 10 years at Wella AG ,Darmstadt, and 5 years at DRESSIN Pharma und Kosmetik GmbH, Kulmbach, as head of R&D and Quality Assurance. WJ Beckermann is a member of the Deutschen Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftliche und Angewandte Kosmetik e.V. ( DGK) and in the Vereinigung für Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie VAAM.

Ingrid Göbel

Ingrid Göbel has been leading the laboratory since 1997. She is a trained druggist and has been developing cosmetic products since 1970. She worked for FEMIA  Cosmetic in Viernheim for 20 years and thereafter 7 years at SZAIDEL Kosmetik GmbH in Flörsheim.

Helen Mesfin

Helen Mesfin finished her "training on the job" (Ausbildung) at cosm.art in August 2005 and is since then fully engaged in the development laboratory as assistant of Ingrid Göbel. Additionally she takes care of the raw material data in COSREZ.

Claudia Bergmann

Claudia Bergmann completes our team since 2005. She carries out the dermatological studies like patch tests and use tests. We offer these tests in collaboration with an experienced dermatologist.

Rolf Kneissl

Rolf Kneissl is our new trainee ("Azubi"). The future of the cosm.art team. We are proud to be allowed to train him. We carry out this training in collaboration with the BASF AF in Ludwigshafen to match the strict regulations of the german law for the professional training. We therefore are able to garantee a solid training for a chemical laboratory assistant (Chemie-Laborant) with a focus on cosmetic technology.

Panha Suos

Panha Suos data collector. He is located in the remote Siem Reap and takes care for the data in our   CosMart, the ultimate data base for frame formulations.