Dossier - August 4, 2017
Dossier: New professors
An appointment as professor at Wageningen University & Research is often a good moment for Resource to speak with the person in question. This dossier contains all interviews with the new professors.
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Prof. Testerink wants to grasp salt tolerance
- The new professor of Plant Physiology, Christa Testerink, traded places with her predecessor Harro Bouwmeester at the end of 2017. She has brought... 0 -
Professor will investigate Wageningen education
- The new professor of Education and Competence Studies, Perry den Brok, will be investigating the modernisation of Wageningen education. 0 -
New professor studies arboviruses
- As of 1 November, Jeroen Kortekaas, researcher at Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, has been appointed Professor by special appointment of Veterinary... 0 -
New professor by special appointment studies eating behaviour
- Liesbeth Zandstra has been appointed professor by special appointment of ‘Food Reward and Behaviour’. This chair is part of professor Kees... 0 -
Animal breeding professor sees a future for higher quality milk: the specialized cow
- Dairy farmers can use modern genetics to select cows that produce a lot of healthy fats or minerals. This would let them market ‘baby... 0 -
‘Use more residue streams in animal feed’
- The Dutch government can make meat production more sustainable by allowing more waste products from the food industry, such as offal and food... 0 -
New chair of Urban Economics
- The Economics of Consumers and Households chair group will from now on go by the new name of Urban Economics, with alumnus Eveline van Leeuwen, now... 0 -
‘We need a fourth technological revolution’
- We need a fourth technological revolution if we are to continue to be able to feed the growing world population. This is the view of professor of... 0 -
‘Discussion about conventional versus organic is outdated’
- The Wageningen biologist Rogier Schulte left for Ireland 20 years ago. Now he has returned as professor of Farming Systems Ecology. Schulte wants to... 0 -
Temptation as a vaccine
- Why do people often exhibit such unhealthy behaviour and how can you change that? These are the questions driving Emely de Vet, appointed professor... 0