Background

Trapp, Ralf was born on February 26, 1953 in Erfurt, Thueringen, Germany. Son of Erich Trapp and Gisela Manshen.

Education

Sezialklasse Chemie, Technical University Leuna-Merseburg, 1969-1971

Career

Researcher, later deputy director, Research Institute Chemical Toxicology, Leipzig, 1978—1990. Researcher, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, 1985—1987. External researcher Stiftung Wissenschaft & Politik, Ebenhausen, Germany, 1990—1991.

Technical adviser German delegate, Geneva, 1992. Branch head Organization Prohibition Chemical Weapons, Hague, Netherlands, 1993—1997, 1997—2003, secretary science advisory board, 1998—2006, senior planning officer, 2003—2006, secretary, 2001—2003. Consultant International Disarmament Consultant, Chessenaz, France, since 2006.

Legal coordinator BW Prevention Project, Geneva, 2007—2008. Technology adviser German Democratic Republic delegate Disarmament, Geneva, 1983—1990.

Achievements

• Certified toxicologist Karl Marx University Leipzig, 1988.

Membership

Member of Academy of Sciences Bologna.

Interests

• Other Interests

  Scuba diving.

Connections

Life partner Christine Grandjean O'Callaghan. Children: Anne, Christina Kujas, Stefan, Dajana, Martin.

father:

Erich Trapp

mother:

Gisela Manshen

child:

Anne Trapp

child:

Christina Kujas Trapp

child:

Stefan Trapp

child:

Dajana Trapp

child:

Martin Trapp