Lab members

The Plant Photobiology group at Wageningen University (Laboratory of Molecular Biology) combines three PIs: Prof. Ronald Pierik, Dr. Andrés Romanowski and Dr. Gabriela Toledo Ortiz. We are part of the Molecular Biology chair group and the Plant Developmental Biology research cluster at Wageningen University, where we share labs and offices.

From left to right: Sanne Matton, Siddhant Shetty, Leonardo Jo, Lisa Oskam, Xiaoyao Yao, Ronald Pierik, Alysha Somer, Robert Winter, Andrés Romanowski, Gabriela Toledo Ortiz, Jiancun Chen, Federico Ferretti, Isa Tesselaar, Kyra van der Velde. Picture taken by Eline Eggermont, November 12, 2024.
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The photobiology team March 2024, from left to right: Pierre Gautrat, Lisa Oskam, Andrés Romanowski, Ronald Pierik, Sanne Matton, Siddhant Shetty, Jiancun Chen, Kyra van der Velde. Photo: Guy Ackermans
The photobiology team, April 2023. picture by Gyöngyi Macias.
Our photobiology team, including undergraduate students, in April 2022. picture by Laura Dijkhuizen.
Photobiology researchers (from left to right) 2022: Linge Li, Pierre Gautrat, Andrés Romanowski, Nicole Nieuwendijk, Kyra van der Velde, Ronald Pierik, Sanne Matton, Siddhant Shetty, Chrysa Pantazopoulou, Lisa Oskam, Tugba Akyüz, Martina Huber

December 2019
Photobiology PhD team team after “PhD supervisor of the year event”, June 2019. Left to right: Sara Buti, Lisa Oskam, Valérie Hoogers, Ronald Pierik, Martina Huber, Nicole Nieuwendijk. Missing PhD students in this picture are Jesse Küpers and Sarah Courbier

The group currently is composed of the following people:

Prof. Ronald Pierik
Dr. Andrés Romanowski
Dr. Gabriele Toledo Ortiz
Alysha Somer, MSc
Jiancun Chen, MSc
Kyra van der Velde, MSc
Lisa Oskam, MSc
Sanne Matton, MSc
Siddhant Shetty, MSc

Former lab members:
Dr. Linge Li (Currently at Yuanyi Biotechnology Co., Ltd)
Nicole Nieuwendijk, MSc
Dr. Pierre Gautrat (Currently at University of Paris Saclay, France)
Dr. Martina Huber (Currently Oxfam-Novib NL)
Dr. Chrysoula Pantazopoulou (currently University of Athens, Greece)
Dr. Kasper van Gelderen (currently COS Heidelberg, GE – PI)
Dr. Jesse Küpers (currently Wageningen University, NL – Gommers lab)
Valérie Hoogers (currently Hudson River Biotechnology, NL)
Dr. Che-Yang Liao (currently Utrecht University, Weits lab)
Dr. Sarah Courbier (currently University of Freiburg, GE – Hiltbrunner lab)
Dr. Chiakai Kang (currently agriculture branch of Rabobank, NL)
Dr. Scott Hayes (currently University of Amsterdam, NL)
Dr. Franca Bongers (currently Wageningen University, NL, PI)
Dr. Charlotte Gommers (currently Wageningen University – PI)
Dr. Debatosh Das (currently at redox Bionutrients, Idaho, USA)
Dr. Paulien Gankema (currently Friends of the Earth, Amsterdam, NL)
Dr. Wouter Kegge (currently ASML, NL)
Dr. Mieke de Wit (currently Wageningen University, NL)
Dr. Joanna (Asia) Polko (currently GreenLight Biosciences, Medford, USA)
Dr. Diederik Keuskamp (currently Utrecht University, NL)