Monika Horsky is a Chemistry graduate from the University of Vienna. After five years in an academic laboratory, she is currently working as an analytical chemist and quality manager at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) laboratories located in Austria. She is involved in organization and statistical evaluation of IAEA’s proficiency testing exercises with a focus on trace elements and long-lived radionuclides in terrestrial environmental samples. As a quality manager, she is supporting IAEA’s reference material production activities and ISO 17034 accreditation. As a technical officer she supports IAEA technical cooperation projects aimed at building the capacity of environmental laboratories, with a particular emphasis on laboratory quality assurance. Monika joined the Eurachem PT working group in 2017.