Stichting Wageningen Research

Wageningen UR is a collaboration between Wageningen University and Wageningen Research (DLO foundation). ‘To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life’ is the mission of Wageningen UR (University & Research centre). Wageningen UR combines the knowledge and experience of about 6,500 staff and 10,000 students from over 100 countries. Wageningen UR contributes actively to solving scientific, societal and commercial problems in the domain of 1) food and food production, 2) the living environment, and 3) health, lifestyle and livelihood. These domains are studied from various disciplines and with an integrated approach to strike a balance between economics, culture and nature. The strength of Wageningen UR lies in its ability to join the forces of specialised research institutes and Wageningen University. This union of expertise leads to scientific breakthroughs that can quickly be put into practice and be incorporated into education. This is the Wageningen Approach. The DLO institutes cover strategic, application driven and applied research for industry, governments and stakeholder groups.

Sander van den Burg

Sander van den Burg is senior researcher at Wageningen Economic Research, with a background in environmental sciences. His main interest is the commercial viability of seaweed products. This includes an analysis of the economic feasibility but there is more than that. Viability is also the result of ability to meet product requirements, quality and safety standards, the organisation of supply chain and evidence of sustainability operations. Sander has worked on various European seaweed projects, including MERMAID (FP7), MARIBE (H2020), SEABIOPLAS (FP7), as well as multiple national research projects.

Dr Adrie van der Werf

Dr Adrie van der Werf is biologist and physiologist at the Agrosystems Research department and has broad experience in setting up and analysing aquatic biomass cultivation systems (azolla, lemna, seaweeds).

J. Julia Wald

J. Julia Wald is research assistant in seaweed cultivation at the Agrosystems Research department. She has a background in biotechnology and great expertise in growth experiments with green, brown and red macroalgae.

Dr Pauline Kamermans

Dr Pauline Kamermans is senior researcher in aquaculture and marine ecology at IMARES. She participated in and coordinated several EU projects (e.g. EUMAC EV5V-CT93-0290). She has experience in ecological impact studies (e.g. impact of seed mussel capture systems).

Dr Henrice Jansen

Dr Henrice Jansen is a researcher in sustainable aquaculture at IMARES. She has broad experience in integrated aquaculture techniques (IMTA) and aquaculture-environmental interactions with a strong focus on nutrient dynamics.

Role in GENIALG

In GENIALG, forces and experiences in macroalgae of three Wageningen Research Departments are combined: Agrosystems Research (seaweed agronomy, biology, physiology and cultivation), Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies (IMARES, ecological impacts) and Landbouw-Economisch Institut (LEI, economics and life- cycle analysis).