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People of Food Microbiology

Chairholder

Marcel Zwietering has been Professor of Food Microbiology at Wageningen University & Research since 2003. Throughout his career, he has focused on bacterial growth in food and risk assessment. His goal is to help maintain high food safety standards and ensure safe food for everyone.

In addition to his scientific work, Zwietering has been active in numerous national and international advisory bodies, including the Dutch Health Council and the International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Food. 

prof.dr.ir. MH (Marcel) Zwietering

Professor / Chairholder

Research and teaching staff

Postdocs

PhD students

Merijn Lamers MSc - PhD student

Zhiwei Liao - PhD student

Omer Sabach MSc - PhD student

Chara Tsagkaropoulou MSc - PhD student

Ainhoa Valero Abad Msc - PhD student

Yingzhe Zhang - PhD student

Koen van Zwet MSc - PhD student

Management, education and research assistants

Anne Wiersma - Education & research assistant