prof.dr. RGF (Richard) Visser

Education/training

• 1989: PhD-degree in Mathematical and Natural Sciences at State University Groningen
• 1984: MSc-degree in Biology at the State University Groningen

Professional History

• 2019-2024 Honorary board member and advisor of Shouguang Vegetable Industry Holding Group (China/The Netherlands)
• 2019-2022 Taishun Industrial Talent program award Shandong province China
• 2016-2019 Honorary Professor of the Industrial Crop research Institute of Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, Henan (China)
• 2013-2017 Honorary Professor of Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou (China)
• 2007-2017 Honorary Professor of Institute for Vegetables and Flowers of CAAS, Beijing (China)
• 2016-2018 Dean of Research for Wageningen University &Research
• 2005-present Chair of Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research
• 2004-present Professor & Chair holder of Plant Breeding, Wageningen University
• 1998-present Full Professor (on personal title) at Plant Breeding, Wageningen University

Membership of organisations

• Elected Member of the Koninklijke Hollandse Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (2015-present)
• Board Member (2012- present) & past President (2016-2020) of EUCARPIA
• Board Member of European Association of Potato Researchers (2008-2016)
• Member of the Academic Board of Wageningen University (2010-2018)
• Board Member and Vice Chair of the Board for Variety Protection in the Netherlands (2005- 2021)
• Board Member of the Virtual Lab for Plant Breeding (2014-2021)
• Member of the Top sector Board Starting materials (TKI-U 2014-2016); Better Plants for New Demands program (2016-present)

• IRTA Catalonie Spanje (1-1-2023/1-1-2026)
  Lid van de wetenschappelijke adviesraad (SAB) van onderzoeksinstituut IRTA in Catalonie (Spanje)
• Dekker Chrysanten (1-9-2015/29-8-2026)
  Wetenschappelijk adviseur
• National Biological Breeding Industry Innovation Center (1-1-2021/1-9-2026)
  lid wetenschappelijke adviesraad van National Biological Breeding Industry Innovation Center (Henan, China) meedenken met opzet en uitvoering onderzoek en begeleiden bij project aanvragen en publicaties
• Springer (1-1-2025/1-9-2026)
  editor van tijdschriften Euphytica, Potato Research, Theoretical and Applied Genetics, Horticultural Plant Journal, Molecular Breeding
• Stichting Broekemafonds (1-1-2010/1-1-2027)
  bestuurslid van de stichting die zich richt op de stimulering van teelt en veredeling van akkerbouwgewassen in Nederland
• Shouguang Vegetable Industry Group (Shandong, China) (1-9-2024/1-9-2027)
  Wetenschappelijk adviseur van de directie
• Fresh Forward Holding (1-5-2025/1-5-2028)
  
• Shandong Agricultural University of Sciences (1-12-2023/1-12-2026)
  Visiting professor in the academy with purpose of intensifying research links on horticultural crops between China and the Netherlands
• Shanxi Agricultural University (1-6-2025/1-6-2028)
  Provide academic guidance |Visit the university once per year for academic exchanges, including delivering lectures on breeding strategies|Provide guidance on writing and publishing (high-impact) SCI papers.
• Shandong Argicultural University/Elsevier (1-3-2025/1-3-2028)
  
• Singapore Food Agency (1-1-2023/1-1-2026)