New employees
Read about new employees and guest researchers of Wageningen University & Research Animal Breeding & Genomics.
- Latest update: February 2024 -
Olivia Katz
Position: PhD
Project(s): CrossOver
Mathilde Doublet
Position: PhD
Project(s): Animal genetics
Chuanke Fu
Position: PhD
Project(s): Using functional annotation in genomic prediction
Anne Jansen
Position: PhD
Project(s): CrossOver
Coralia Manzanilla Pech
Position: PhD
Project(s): methane and aquaculture projects
Kim Lensing
Position: research-/education assistant
Kareen Anene
Position: Junior Researcher
Project(s): RUMIGEN project (breeding for resilience to heat stress in dairy cattle), stochastic simulations to investigate the benefit of selecting for minimized heat stress in dairy cattle
Gerda Porsius
Position: Researcher
Project(s): CGN database and Dairy Campus data, exploratory research transposons in potatoes, genes involved in host specificity Nasonia
Pauline Jéhannet
Position: Researcher
Project(s): LARVitAAL (increasing larval quality in eels)
Letizia Temerario
Position: guest PhD
Project(s): Ex-situ conservation of local sheep breed, optimization of sheep immature oocyte vitrification
Tristan Kistler
Position: PhD
Project(s): Estimate genetic parameters for honeybees, optimizing breeding schemes, breeding goals
Zhengkai Zhang
Position: PhD
Project(s): Exploring the genetic mechanism of environment adaptation based on genomics in Great Tit
Nicole Coenen
Position: Office manager ABG
Monika Bennink
Position: Research assistant
Hanne Honerlagen
Position: Researcher
Project(s): Nitrogen use efficiency of dairy cows
Niran Adhikari
Position: PhD
Project(s): Deep phenotyping of dairy cattle using the mechanistic LIGAPS-Dairy model
Rensco Hogers
Position: PhD
Project(s): Identification of unique or deletrious genetic variations across Dutch cattle breeds using whole genome sequencing data
Renata Rocha
Position: Visiting PhD
Project(s): Phenotypic and genetic analysis of the number of Gir oocytes and embryos
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)
Junxin Gao
Position: PhD
Project(s): Analysis of genomic and phenotypic data of different European and African traditional cattle breeds
Ying Liu
Position: PhD
Project(s): Genetic background of bovine milk composition in rare African and European breeds
Bram Kok
Position: EngD
Project(s): EngD project on 'Designing an implantable biosensor for real-time in vivo measurements in aquatic organisms (AQUASENSORTECH)'
Yubo Zhang
Position: Visiting PhD
Project(s): NWO-TTW Perspectief research program IMAGEN
Bernadett Hegedűs
Position: PhD
Project(s): Genetic modelling of the emergence and spread of harmful behaviours in pigs (IMAGEN)
Torsten Pook
Position: Researcher
Project(s): Breed4Food
Yuqi Gao
Position: PhD (ABG/QVE)
Meilisa Margarita
Position: PhD
Project(s): Bioeconomic modelling of tilapia polyculture in Java, Indonesia
David Flossdorf
Position: Researcher
Augustine Ayantunde
Position: Researcher
Jifan Yang
Position: PhD
Project(s): PhD project to improve genomic prediction models
Nine de groot
Position: Student assistant
Tzayhri Osorio Gallardo
Position: PhD
Project(s): Genetic evaluation of laying hens' behaviour for improved welfare as
part of IMAGEN project
Ines Marcelino
Position: PhD
Project(s): Herbivore health in nature reserves in the Netherlands
Sara Ousley
Position: PhD
Project(s): Developing a coral selective breeding program for thermo-resilient
restoration (collaboration with Marine Animal Ecology (MAE) and ABG)
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
Lucas Lima Ayres
Position: PhD
Project(s): GEroNIMO, genomic prediction using epigenomic profiles
Berenice Bernal Juárez
Position: Researcher
Project(s): CGN genebank related projects
Wen-Ye Yao
Position: PhD
Project(s): ASE analysis on pig genomics
Liyan Deng
Position: PhD
Project(s): Discover candidate genes and molecular markers associated with pork quality traits using integrative multi-omics analysis
Xantia van den brink
Position: Technician
Project(s): Multiple projects, among others eDNA and nanopore sequencing
Eugénie Guennoc
Position: PhD
Project(s): Genetic differences in feed digestibility in dairy cows
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
Hélène Wilmot
Position: PhD
Project(s): developing genetic and genomic tools to optimize genomic evaluation systems in multi-breed contexts
Samin Hosseini Farhangi
Position: Researcher
Project(s): PPS-LIFT: identification of functional genetic variants in pigs for improved genomic selection
Noëlle Hoorneman
Position: Researcher
Project(s): Genetic diversity in Dutch sheep breeds
Fenna van der Poel
Position: research-/education assistant
Mariëlle Hoogstede
Position: Management assistant