drs. HJ (Rick) van de Zedde

drs. HJ (Rick) van de Zedde

Program manager Autonomous Cultivation & CTO NPEC

Rick van de Zedde is program manager Autonoum Cultivation and Chief Technology Officer Netherlands Plant Eco-phenotyping Centre (www.NPEC.nl) at Wageningen University & Research, where he has worked since 2004. His background is in Artificial Intelligence with a focus on imaging and robotics. In 2002, he graduated with a MSc in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Groningen. Since March 2020 he has joined the board of the International Plant Phenotyping Network (IPPN).

NPEC is exploring the potential of high-throughput phenotyping robotics, areas in which WUR has recently made significant breakthroughs.