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
Experimental and Computational Plant Development
Experimental and Computational Plant Development Group headed by Prof. dr. Kirsten ten Tusscher
Translational Plant Biology
Translational Plant Biology headed by Prof. dr. Guido van den Ackerveken
Wildlife Ecology and Nature Restoration
Wildlife Ecology and Nature Restoration headed by Dr. ir. Patrick Jansen
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
- Mycorrhiza Ecology (Prof. dr. Marcel G.A. van der Heijden) – Zurich University, Switzerland
- 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