Michiel Kleerebezem

Michiel Kleerebezem obtained his PhD in Molecular Microbiology at the University of Utrecht in 1995. From 1995 until 2017, he worked at NIZO food research as a principal scientist. Since 2007 he has held a (part-time) position as professor at the Host Microbe Interactomics Group of the Wageningen University. His expertise centers around the genomics, molecular biology and physiology of bacteria, with a special focus on lactic acid bacteria, probiotics, and the human (intestinal) microbiota. Over the past decade, he has expanded his research field to the (post-genomic) molecular analysis of mechanisms of communication between bacteria and the mucosal tissues of the host.