prof.dr. C (Kees) Vink

Biography

Prof. dr. Kees Vink obtained his MSc degree in Biology (specialization Biochemistry) from the University of Leiden in 1989. He then performed his PhD studies (1989-1993) at the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI/AVL) in Amsterdam, where his research focussed on the molecular interaction between the AIDS virus and its human host.

In the following years, Kees worked as a postdoc at the NKI/AVL and, subsequently, as assistant professor and associate professor at the Maastricht University Medical Center, where he was involved in teaching (at the Faculties of Medicine and Health Sciences) as well as in studies related to the molecular biology of various viral and bacterial pathogens.

In 2006, Kees became Head of the Laboratory of Pediatrics at the Erasmus MC in Rotterdam. In this position, he was involved in the educational program of the Research Master ‘Infection and Immunity’ and performed research on the molecular characteristics of respiratory tract pathogen Mycoplasma pneumoniae.

On September 1, 2013, he joined Erasmus University College (EUC) as Head of Department Life Sciences. Starting November 1, 2020, he was appointed as Network Chair 'From Big Natural History to Urban Ecology', a collaboration between Erasmus University and the Natural History Museum Rotterdam. His fields of interest are:

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular (micro)biology
  • Evolutionary biology
  • Urban Ecology

Erasmus University College

Endowed professor | Department of Life Sciences
Email
vink@euc.eur.nl

Erasmus University College

Associate professor | Department of Life Sciences
Email
vink@euc.eur.nl

Work

Erasmus MC

Start date approval
September 2022
End date approval
September 2025
Place
ROTTERDAM
Description
Onderwijs in Research Master Genomics in Society

Gemeente Rotterdam

Start date approval
September 2022
End date approval
September 2025
Place
ROTTERDAM
Description
Lid Adviescie. Dierenwelzijn en stadsnatuur

Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam

Start date approval
September 2022
End date approval
September 2025
Place
ROTTERDAM
Description
Onderzoek

News regarding prof.dr. C (Kees) Vink

Kees Vink appointed to endowed chair ‘From Big Natural History to Urban Ecology’

Effective 1 November 2020, Dr Kees Vink will hold an endowed chair that carries the title ‘From Big Natural History to Urban Ecology’, in association with the…

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