Meet the Infection Biology team

The Infection Biology group is part of the Infectious Diseases and Immunology division of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Other Principal Investigators in the group include Esther Nolte-'t Hoen and Marc Wosten and we have a great group of postdocs, PhD candidates, technicians and students.

Current members Strijbis group

Postdoctoral researchers

Dr. Francesco Suriano (2024-present)

Erianna Alvarado-Melendez (2025-present)

PhD candidates

Dave Lifka (2023-present)

Shaofang Xu (2021-present)

Jinyi Su (2021-present)

Koen Giesbers (2020-present)

Technicians

Liane Huang (2020-present)

Annemarie Kuipers (2021-present)

Advanced Tissue Culture Facility

Albert van Dijk

Lab Alumni

Postdoctoral researchers

Dr. Daphne Stapels (2020-2024)

Dr. Maitrayee Chatterjee (2020-2022)

Dr. Grazyna Sosinksa (2014-2016)

Graduated PhDs

Celia Segui Perez (Thesis defense 23-06-2025)

Yvette Luijkx (Thesis defense 05-07-2021)

Xinyue Li (Thesis defense 09-09-2021)

Technicians

Dr. Nancy Bleumink-Pluym (retired in 2019)