Prof. Dr. Thomas J. Simat
| 1982 - 1989 | Studied food chemistry at the University of Hamburg |
| 1983 - 1984 | Civilian service |
| 1989 | First state examination in food chemistry, diploma in food chemistry |
| 1989 - 1990 | Internship for professional qualification |
| 1991 | Second state examination in food chemistry |
| 1997 | Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.): Identification of tryptophan derivatives in tryptophan, tryptophan-containing peptides and proteins (Prof. Dr. Dr. H. Steinhart, University of Hamburg) |
| 2003 | Habilitation in the field of food chemistry: Tryptophan - contaminants, radiolysis products, wine off-flavor (Prof. Dr. Dr. H. Steinhart, University of Hamburg) |
| 2003 | Appointment as C-3 Chair of Food Science and Food Contact Material at the TUD Dresden University of Technology |
| 2001 - 2004 | Member CEN - T8 Group Migrate Analysis |
| 2002 - 2007 | Member of the Plastics Commission of the BfR (from 2008 Consumer Goods Commission) |
| since 2006 | Member of the AG Bedarfsgegenstände of the GDCh |
| since 2008 | Member of the BfR Commission for Consumer Goods (Chairman since 2022) |
| since 2012 |
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Bundesverband Naturkost Naturwaren (BNN) Herstellung und Handel e.V. |
| since 2013 |
Head of the 'Sensory analysis of consumer goods' working group |
| since 2017 | Member of the ILSI Packaging Materials Task Force (Scientific Advisor) |