I am mathematical biologist working as a senior
scientist in the area of quantitative microbiological risk
assessment (QMRA) and Benefit-Risk assessment of foods. I have more
then 20 years experience in the development of mathematical models
for biological systems in (fungal) evolutionary genetics,
population biology and (predominantly) food microbiology.
I previously worked at the Universities of Groningen and
Wageningen, and at RIVM in the Netherlands. Since 2009 I work at
DTU on the development of mathematical models to assess human
health risks consequential to the consumption of food contaminated
with pathogenic microorganisms like Campylobacter and Salmonella,
These models aim to support food safety decision makers by
giving objective science based information on the effectivity of
control measures to manage microbiological hazards in the food
chain. QMRA is specificly able to translate this
effectivity in terms of decreased human incidence of disease.
QMRA implies working on multidisciplinary projects,
involving food microbiologists, veterinarians, epidemiologists,
statisticians, behavioural scientists, economists and many
others. I have experience in collaborating (and leading)
several of those projects, both nationally and internationally.
I am teaching QMRA at DTU.
At DTU I also took up the development of methods for
Benefit-Risk assessment of foods, with the ambition to quantify
health effects of different food intake scenarios