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11 search results for “hortus botanicus” in the Staff website

• Barbara Gravendeel appointed new scientific director of Hortus Botanicus Leiden News - 12 March 2025

  Barbara Gravendeel has been appointed as the new scientific director of Hortus botanicus Leiden. Additionally, she has been named Professor of Plants and Society. Gravendeel succeeds Paul Keßler, who held the position for nineteen years. Currently, she works as a group leader at Naturalis Biodiversity…

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  Rogier van Vugt Head of horticulture

  r.r.van.vugt@hortus.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275186

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  Edi Gittenberger Professor emeritus

  e.gittenberger.1@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5684881

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  Vincent Merckx Postdoc guest

  merckx@nhn.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273570

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  Han van Konijnenburg Professor emeritus

  j.h.a.van.konijnenburg-van.cittert@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• From a child in the orchard to director of the botanical garden News - 3 September 2025

  At the age of six, Barbara Gravendeel already knew what she wanted to be: a biologist. The seed was planted in the garden of her childhood home: an old orchard surrounded by a large hedge. Since 1 May, she has been the scientific director (prefect) of the Hortus botanicus in Leiden, and all the pieces…

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  Nienke Beets PhD Candidate / Guest

  n.beets@hortus.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275082

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  Paul Kessler Prefect / professor by special appointment of Botanical gardens and botany of South East Asia

  Faculty of Science

  p.j.a.kessler@hortus.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5235

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  Roderick Bouman Postdoc

  r.w.bouman@hortus.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272180

• Adapting to salinity: Dutch mosquitos do take it with a grain of salt News - 29 July 2024

  Dutch mosquitos are more resilient to saltwater than previously thought. Environmental scientist Sam Boerlijst discovered this during his PhD research at the Hortus botanicus. This knowledge is crucial for understanding how mosquito-borne disease transmission might change in the future.

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  Tim Claerhout PhD Epiphytic bryothytes and lichens

  t.claerhout@hortus.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727