Alumni in the picture
Are you curious about what you will be able to do once you have finished your degree at Wageningen University & Research? These graduates tell you their story. They will tell you all about their degree and the work that they do now.
Education, Research and Governance
Canan Ziylan
Canan Ziylan chose to do the specialisation Public Health & Nutrition at Wageningen University and graduated in 2011.
Edwin Cuppen
Edwin Cuppen obtained his degree in Molecular Life Sciences at Wageningen University in 1994.
Fedor Gassner
Fedor obtained his Master in Biology at Wageningen University in 2006.
Tim Wezeman
Tim obtained the Master Molecular Life Sciences and graduated in 2012.
Jan Huitema
Jan Huitema studied Animal Sciences and Animal Production Systems at Wageningen University.
Natasja Poot
In 2012, Natasja Poot obtained her Masters in Organic Agriculture at Wageningen University. Within her master she chose the specialisation Agro Ecology.
Xueshi (Stone) Zhang
Xueshi Zhang, 29, came from China to Wageningen to get a Master in Organic Agriculture. He graduated in 2009
Anne Koning
Anne studied Forestry at Wageningen University and graduated in 1994.
Christy van Beek
In 1998, Christy van Beek graduated in Soil, Water and Atmosphere, with a specialisation in soil fertility. She has always been very interested in the interaction between soil and crops, which has played a major role in her further career.
Business, Finance and ICT
Wout Dekker
"With a smile I regularly think back to the both useful and enjoyable time I spend time in Wageningen as student. Wageningen University & Research has an excellent worldwide reputation, and many of its graduates have excellent capabilities."
Jan van der Hoeven
‘I look back on my student days with great pleasure. As a native of Wageningen, I have always taken a special interest in Wageningen University, both personally and professionally.’
Marcel Schuttelaar
"The Wageningen attidude was always very: 'acting normal is being crazy enough'. But I continue to see 'Wageningers' becoming more and more proud of the university and its areas of expertise. I think that is a great development."
Jan Karel Mak
In the years that followed, I experienced the value of the excellent academic training that I received here: the ability to reflect critically and to dare to explore uncharted territory.’ ‘My student days at Wageningen University in the 1970s and 1980s were both productive and enjoyable.
Nick Lettink
Nick Lettink did the master Management, Economics and Consumer studies, specialised in Facility Management and graduated in February of 2014.
Harry Smit
Harry Smit studied Agricultural Economics in Wageningen.
Christine Gangl
Christine Gangl studied Geo-Information Science in Germany. She specialised in Geo-Information and Public Works, which is a combination of land surveying, remote sensing, statistics and business sciences. For her thesis, she had the opportunity to work with a commercial GIS company on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles for spatial data acquisition.
Simone Vaccari
In 2010, Simone Vaccari obtained his bachelor’s degree in Telecommunication Engineering in Trento, Italy. During his studies, he started working with Remote Sensing. He enjoyed it so much that he decided to come to Wageningen University to study Geo-Information Science, in order to specialise in Remote Sensing and GIS data analysis for environmental applications.
Bernd Feenstra
In 1998, Bernd Feenstra graduated at Wageningen University in Environmental Hygiene. This was not the end of his academic career though; he continued his studies with an MBA at the University of Twente.
Nutrition, Healthcare and Society
Nettie Buitelaar
'In my work I often meet people from Wageningen in unexpected places. I have noticed that they are people with an open attitude to society who are capable of creating links between different disciplines'.
Mariënne Verhoef
"Being a Wageningen Ambassadors is a way for me to express my commitment to Wageningen UR."
Ilse Pastoors
Ilse Pastoors had planned on studying medicine, but came to Wageningen to study Health and Society.
Marlou van Campen
Marlou van Campen obtained her degree in Sociology of Western Areas in 1987.
Santiago Rodas
Santiago Rodas had worked in many places accros the world before he came to Wageningen to specialise in epidomology and public health.
Marije Broekhuijsen
Marije Broekhuijsen obtained a Bachelor and a Master in International Development Studies in Wageningen.
Michal Wimmer-Luria
Michal finished her Master in Environmental Management at Wageningen University in 2002.
Jan Willem Agterkamp
Jan Willem followed the Master International Land and Water Management at Wageningen University, where he graduated in 2011.
Silvester De Nooijer
In 2006, Silvester de Nooijer obtained his Master in Molecular Sciences with a specialisation in Biological Chemistry.
Frank Salet
After his bachelor in Geodesy and Geo-Informatics at Utrecht University, Frank Salet came to Wageningen.
Iris Groenenberg
During her time as a bachelor student in Nutrition and Dietetics, Iris Groenenberg realised that doing research is her passion and she decided to pursue an academic career.
Environment, Nature and Habitats
Gerrit Hiemstra
“I like to try and give school students a good idea of the possibilities Wageningen UR has to offer.”
Tineke van der Haven
In 1959 Tineke chose to study Dairy Milk Preparation. Now, more than 50 years later, cheese is still the thread that runs thought her life.
Roelof Platenkamp
‘Throughout my career in the oil and gas industry, I worked in an environment dominated by mining, civil, and petroleum engineers who kept a close eye on me, an agricultural engineer from Wageningen and a physicist from Leiden.'
Sylvo Thijsen
"In our area of work we have to deal with the rapidly changing social context."
Nadine Rijk
Nadine Rijk studied Plant Sciences at Wageningen University. After her master, she found a job at Fides, a plant breeding company.
Lennart van der Burg
Lennart van der Burg, 29, obtained his Bachelors degree in Environmental Sciences in Delft and decided to continue his studies at Wageningen University.
Peter Hermens
Peter Hermens obtained both a Bachelor and a Master in Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning in Wageningen, and graduated in 2010.
Danny Schoch
Danny Schoch studied International Land and Water Management and chose the specialisation Irrigation and Water Management.
Guido Klep
Guido obtained a Bachelor in Forest and Nature Management and a Master in Leisure, Tourism and Environment.
Tanya Huizer
Tanya Huizer followed the Master Environmental Sciences and specialised in the management of marine- and coastal systems.
Jan Gorter
Jan Gorter graduated in 1985 as a landscape architect at Wageningen University. Ever since, he has been employed at the Dutch organisation Natuurmonumenten, which governs many different nature areas in the Netherlands. Over the years, Jan has hold over ten different positions within the organisation!
Evelien Verbij
Because Evelien Verbij came from an agrarian family and wanted to do something with nature herself, she decided to come to Wageningen University and study Forest Management.
Carolien Wegstapel
Carolien Wegstapel has been fascinated by trees, forests and wildlife for as long as she can remember. It seemed a logical choice for her to come to Wageningen University, where she studied Forest and Nature Conservation.
Art, Culture and Media
Jos Bregman
"I graduated as an engineer of Environmental Hygiene back in 1992. Then I wondered: was I going to become old sitting behind a computer, at conference tables with only the occasional chance for field work?"
Tessa Steenbergen
Tessa Steenbergen finished her Master Rural Development and Innovation at Wageningen University around 2010.