New employees
Read about new employees and guest researchers of Wageningen University & Research Animal Breeding & Genomics.
- Latest update: February 2023 -
Nicole Coenen
Position: Office manager ABG
Start date: 01-02-2023
Monika Bennink
Position: Research assistant
Start date: 01-02-2023
Hanne Honerlagen
Position: Researcher
Project(s): Nitrogen use efficiency of dairy cows
Start date: 16-01-2023
Niran Adhikari
Position: PhD
Project(s): Deep phenotyping of dairy cattle using the mechanistic LIGAPS-Dairy model
Start date: 01-12-2022
Rensco Hogers
Position: PhD
Project(s): Identification of unique or deletrious genetic variations across Dutch cattle breeds using whole genome sequencing data
Start date: 01-12-2022
Renata Rocha
Position: Visiting PhD
Project(s): Phenotypic and genetic analysis of the number of Gir oocytes and embryos
Start date: 25-11-2022
Wenqi Lou
Position: Sandwich PhD
Project(s): Developing resilience indicators in genetic improvement programs for sustainable breeding (PhD project in the Agriculture Green Development program)
Start date: 15-11-2022
Junxin Gao
Position: PhD
Project(s): Analysis of genomic and phenotypic data of different European and African traditional cattle breeds
Start date: 01-11-2022
Ying Liu
Position: PhD
Project(s): Genetic background of bovine milk composition in rare African and European breeds
Start date: 01-11-2022
Bram Kok
Position: EngD
Project(s): EngD project on 'Designing an implantable biosensor for real-time in vivo measurements in aquatic organisms (AQUASENSORTECH)'
Start date: 01-11-2022
Yubo Zhang
Position: Visiting PhD
Project(s): NWO-TTW Perspectief research program IMAGEN
Start date: 01-09-2022
Bernadett Hegedűs
Position: PhD
Project(s): Genetic modelling of the emergence and spread of harmful behaviours in pigs (IMAGEN)
Start date: 01-09-2022
Torsten Pook
Position: Researcher
Project(s): Breed4Food
Start date: 01-09-2022
Yuqi Gao
Position: PhD (ABG/QVE)
Start date: 01-10-2022
Meilisa Margarita
Position: PhD
Project(s): Bioeconomic modelling of tilapia polyculture in Java, Indonesia
Start date: 01-10-2022
David Flossdorf
Position: Researcher
Start date: 01-10-2022
Augustine Ayantunde
Position: Researcher
Start date: 01-10-2022
Jifan Yang
Position: PhD
Project(s): PhD project to improve genomic prediction models
Start date: 15-08-2022
Nine de groot
Position: Student assistant
Start date: 25-04-2022
Magí Passols Manzano
Position: Visiting PhD
Project(s): Functional genomics, systems biology and microbiomics applied to the
identification of genetic regulators of growth, fatness and meat quality in
pigs
Start date: 04-03-2022
Tzayhri Osorio Gallardo
Position: PhD
Project(s): Genetic evaluation of laying hens' behaviour for improved welfare as
part of IMAGEN project
Start date: 16-05-2022
Ines Marcelino
Position: PhD
Project(s): Herbivore health in nature reserves in the Netherlands
Start date: 01-07-2022
Sara Ousley
Position: PhD
Project(s): Developing a coral selective breeding program for thermo-resilient
restoration (collaboration with Marine Animal Ecology (MAE) and ABG)
Start date: 15-07-2022
Marije Steensma
Position: Researcher
Project(s): Writing a PhD proposal for TKI-project on the genetic rescue of the
Friesian horse population and its genetic defects
Start date: 01-08-2022
Lucas Lima Ayres
Position: PhD
Project(s): GEroNIMO, genomic prediction using epigenomic profiles
Start date: 01-08-2022
Berenice Bernal Juárez
Position: Researcher
Project(s): CGN genebank related projects
Start date: 15-04-2022
Wen-Ye Yao
Position: PhD
Project(s): ASE analysis on pig genomics
Start date: 07-03-2022
Liyan Deng
Position: PhD
Project(s): Discover candidate genes and molecular markers associated with pork quality traits using integrative multi-omics analysis
Start date: 09-03-2022
Xantia van den brink
Position: Technician
Project(s): Multiple projects, among others eDNA and nanopore sequencing
Start date: 01-02-2022
Eugénie Guennoc
Position: PhD
Project(s): Genetic differences in feed digestibility in dairy cows
Start date: 01-02-2022
Rianne van Binsbergen
Position: Researcher/project leader
Project(s): Different projects related to circular farming, nature inclusive farming and precision agriculture at Agro-innovation centre De Marke in Hengelo
Start date: 01-02-2022
Hélène Wilmot
Position: PhD
Project(s): developing genetic and genomic tools to optimize genomic evaluation systems in multi-breed contexts
Start date: 01-02-2022
Samin Hosseini Farhangi
Position: Researcher
Project(s): PPS-LIFT: identification of functional genetic variants in pigs for improved genomic selection
Start date: 01-02-2022
Noëlle Hoorneman
Position: Researcher
Project(s): Genetic diversity in Dutch sheep breeds
Start date: 15-03-2022
Fenna van der Poel
Position: Education-/Research assistant
Start date: 15-01-2022
Mariëlle Hoogstede
Position: Management assistant
Start date: 04-01-2022