Research groups

The Institute of Environmental biology comprises 7 Research groups:

Animal Behaviour and Cognition

Animal Behaviour and Cognition group headed by Prof. dr. Liesbeth Sterck

Ecology & Biodiversity

Ecology & Biodiversity group headed by Prof. dr. George Kowalchuck

Experimental and Computational Plant Development

Experimental and Computational Plant Development Group headed by Prof. dr. Kirsten ten Tusscher

Microbiology

Microbiology group headed by Prof. dr. Han Wösten

Plant-Microbe Interactions

Plant-Microbe Interactions group headed by Prof. dr. ir. Corné Pieterse

Plant Stress Resilience

Plant Stress Resilience headed by Prof. dr. Rashmi Sasidharan and dr. ing. Martijn van Zanten.​​​​​​

Translational Plant Biology

Translational Plant Biology headed by prof. dr. Guido van den Ackerveken

In addition, the IEB has special professorships providing additional expertise in the following fields:

Fungal Molecular Physiology (Prof. dr.ir. Ronald P. de Vries) – KNAW-CBS, Utrecht
Mycorhiza Ecology (Prof.dr. Marcel G.A. van der Heijden) – Agroscope, Zurich, Switzerland
Prince Bernhard Chair for International Nature Conservation / Molecular Physiology of Rice (Prof.dr. Julia Bailey-Serres) – University of California, Riverside, USA
Microbial Community Ecology and Environmental Genomics (Prof.dr. Eiko Kuramae) – KNAW-NIOO, Wageningen
Aquatic Ecosystem dynamics (Prof. Suzanne McGowan) – KNAW-NIOO, Wageningen
Marine Microbiology (Prof.dr. Laura Villanueva) – KNAW-NIOZ, Texel
Community Ecology of Tropical Trees (Prof.dr. Hans ter Steege) – Naturalis, Leiden
Sustainable Ecological Forest Managment (Prof.dr. René G.A. Boot) – Tropenbos International