Management Team

The Management Team takes care of the daily management of the BE-Basic Foundation activities like monitoring progress in research, financial state of affairs, staffing, education, innovation and communication plans. The Management Team is formed by the Flagship Managers, the Board and the Manager of the Support Office. 

 

Flagship Managers

Second generation carbon-based compounds

• Ruud Luiten, PhD, DSM
  Flagship Manager
• Prof. Gerrit Eggink, PhD, Wageningen UR
  Vice Flagship Manager

Nitrogen-based Specialties

• Prof. Arnold Driessen, PhD, University of Groningen
  Flagship Manager

Sustainable soil management and Upstream Processing

• Prof. Wim van der Putten, PhD, NIOO KNAW
  Flagship Manager

Bioconstruction Materials

• To be determined

Microbial production of Biofuels and Biorenewables

• To be determined

Synthetic Biology

• Prof. Bert Poolman, PhD, University of Groningen
  Flagship Manager
• Ton van Maris, PhD, Delft University of Technology
  Vice Flagship Manager

High-throughput discovery & (meta)genomics mining

• Prof. Hans van Veen, PhD, NIOO-KNAW
  Flagship Manager
• Prof. Dick Janssen, PhD, University of Groningen
  Vice Flagship Manager

Environmental Impact of chemicals, bio-based molecules and processes

• Prof. Hauke Smidt, PhD, Wageningen UR
  Flagship Manager
• Bart van der Burg, PhD, BioDetection Systems
  Vice Flagship Manager

Societal Embedding of a Biobased Economy

• Prof. Patricia Osseweijer, PhD, Delft University of Technology
  Flagship Manager

Genomics for Industrial Fermentation

• Martin Wijsman, PhD, Friesland Campina
  Flagship Manager
• Prof. Han Wösten, PhD, Utrecht University
  Vice Flagship Manager

EBD Programme: Economy, Policy and Sustainability

• Prof. Patricia Osseweijer, PhD, Delft University of Technology
  Flagship Manager

Iso-butanol Platform Rotterdam (IBPR)

• George Brouwer, PhD, owner BBA
  Flagship Manager
• Sjaak van Loo, MSC, Director Procede Group B.V.
  Vice Flagship Manager