Professional history
2024 Elected member of the European Molecular Biology Organization
2023 Elected member of the Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen
2022 Spinoza Prize
2019 Gravitation program MiCROP: Harnessing the second genome of plants (20 M€, with UvA, VU, WUR, NIOO)
2018 National Roadmap Facility “Netherlands Plant-Ecophenotyping Center” NPEC (22 M€, with UU and WUR partners)
2016 Visiting scientist University of Queensland and CSIRO, Brisbane, Australia
2015-present Distinguished Professor Faculty of Science, Utrecht University
2014-present Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (World's top-1% in the field)
2013 Elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
2010 Awarded European ERC Advanced Investigator grant for innovative research (2,5 M€)
2009-2015 Programme leader Utrecht GS-LS PhD programme Environmental Biology
2009-present Scientific Director Institute of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University
2005-2015 Programme leader Utrecht GS-LS MSc programme Environmental Biology
2004-present Professor Plant-Microbe Interactions, Dept. Biology, Utrecht University
2004 Awarded NWO-VICI fellowship for innovative research (1,5 M€)
1998-2004 Assistant Professor Molecular Phytopathology, Dept. Biology, Utrecht University
1993-1998 Post-doc Molecular Phytopathology, Dept. Biology, Utrecht University
1989-1993 PhD student Molecular Phytopathology, Wageningen University
1988 Visiting scientists Plant Research Lab, East Lansing, USA
EDUCATION
1983-1988 BSc/MSc study Plant Breeding/Molecular Plant Biology, Wageningen University