WYA welcomes 6 new members

Thijs Fijen is an assistant professor at the Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group (ESG). His research focusses on the contribution of biodiversity for agriculture, what biodiversity needs to thrive in agricultural landscapes, and how alternative farming systems could contribute to biodiversity conservation. He mainly focusses on insect biodiversity (e.g. pollinators) and arable birds.

Johanna Koehler is assistant professor of Environmental Risk Governance in the Public Administration and Policy Group. Her research interests include the governance of sustainability transformations, especially with regard to innovations in water services and the governance of hydroclimatic extreme events. She investigates how risks and responsibilities are shared in innovative governance arrangements across state, market and civil society actors.

Wilma van Esse is assistant professor in Molecular Biology. Her work focusses on understanding the molecular mechanisms that control plant architecture and development.

Marloes van Splunter-Berg is lecturer and education coordinator at Cell Biology and Immunology group of ASG. Her research focusses mostly on allergy and interactions between allergens, immune cells and epithelium of the gut and lung. She spends most of her time coordinating (Introduction to) cell biology and teaching basics or immunotechnology (BSc) and immunotechlogy (MSc) course or supervising BSc and MSc thesis students.

Kristina Thompson is assistant professor in the Health & Society group. She quantitatively examines the social determinants of health. More specifically, she studies how social and economic factors across the life course may impact health and mortality. Her work increasingly employs complexity science approaches and computational modelling.

Daniel Gallardo Albarran is assistant professor at the Economic and Environmental History Group. His research focuses on the historical roots of global health inequality and their implications for global welfare disparities.