Curriculum Vitae H.A.B. Wösten
Education
Bachelor & Master Education :Biology (1984-1989), Groningen University (top 5%)
PhD :Biology (1989-1994). Excretion of proteins during fungal growth and development, Groningen University (top 5%)
Work experience
Post-doc :Munich University (1994 – 1995) with an EMBO long term
fellowship
Post-doc :Groningen University (1995-1998)
Assistant professor :Groningen University (1998-2001)
Full professor :Utrecht University (2001-present)
Management
Projectleader :BioMaDe Technology (2000-2001)
Project leader :TiFN (2016-present)
Member Management Team :Kluyver Centre Genomics of Industrial Fermentation (2010-2013)
Member Management Team :BE-BASIC (2013-2017)
Head Department of Biology :Utrecht University (2011-2017)
Director Bachelor Biology :Utrecht University (2017-present) (1100 students)
Director Master Biosciences :Utrecht University (2017-2019) (700 students)
Vice chair Executive Board :Graduate School of Lie Sciences Utrecht University (2017-2019)
(1400 Master students; 1800 PhD students)
-President of the Royal Netherlands Society for Microbiology (2009-2017) (1500 members)
-Chair Mycology Division Royal Netherlands Society for Microbiology (2008-2017)
-Royal Netherlands Society for Microbiology Representative Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS) (2017- 2018)
-Editor Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Journal of Microbiology (2005-present)
-Editor Nature Scientific Reports (2018-present)
-Chair (1) and member (11) of evaluation committees of the Netherlands Science Council NWO (1), The Netherlands Technology Foundation STW (10), and the German Science Council DFG (1).
Consultancy
-BioMaDe Technology Foundation (2001-2008)
-Procter & Gamble (2017-present)
Awards and Recognition
-Unilever Research Award 1989 (1800 €)
-Netherlands Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Award 1999 (1600 €)
-STW PIONIER 2001 (900.000 €)
-STW Simon Stevin Meester Award 2008 (500.000 €)
-Designers & Artists 4 Genomics Award DA4GA 2010 (25.000 €). “Systems Synthetics” (together with Maurizio Montalti)
-ZonMW BioArt & Design Award 2014 (25.000 €). “Growing Food from Toxic Waste”(together with Katharina Unger and Julia Kaisinger)
-ZonMW BioArt & Design Award 2017 (25.000 €). “Mother's Hand Taste (Son-mat)” (together with Ji Won Woo
-National Biology Research Review 2010: Excellent (Quality, Relevance, Viability, Productivity)
Promotor of PhD students
I was promotor of 30 PhD students (2004- present)
Publications and Patents
-I was (co-)author of >170 publications with publications in Nature (1), Nature Biotechnology (2) and Nature Reviews Microbiology (1)
-My H- factor is 56 (Google Scholar), 48 (Scopus), 46 (Web of Science)
-I am inventor of 4 patents and 7 patent applications
International Conferences
I (co-)organized > 10 international conferences, chaired 8 sessions and gave >25 lectures including 4 key note lectures
Granted projects (> 75.000 €)
-STW PIONIER (2001). The fungal protein factor. Increasing the number of production facilities and production units.
-STW (2004). Master switches of initiation of mushroom formation.
-STW (2005). Control of Verticillium fungicola on mushroom (P.A.H.M. Bakker, L.C. van Loon, G.A. Veldink, L.G. Lugones, H.A.B. Wösten)
-STW (2006). Hyper production of proteins in filamentous fungi by increasing the number of secreting hyphae (H.A.B. Wösten and W.H. Müller).
-STW (2007). Production of therapeutic proteins in mushroom (L.G. Lugones, H.J. Bosch, H. Sprong, H.A.B. Wösten)
-IOP Genomics (2007). The Dynamics of the Fungal Mycelium (M.J.E.C. van der Maarel, H.A.B. Wösten, C.A.M.J.J. van den Hondel, H. Stam, M de Boer).
-STW (2007). Modification of the expression of transcriptional regulators of Aspergillus to improve industrial fermentations and use of agricultural by-products (R.P. de Vries, H.A.B. Wösten, A.F.J. Ram).
-Kluyver Centrum Netherlands Genomics Initiative (2007). Genomics of Filamentous Fungi: Understanding and engineering of key cellular processes responsible for the highly efficient production of fungal proteins and non-ribosomal peptides. (H.A.B Wösten, R.A.L. Bovenberg, A.J.M. Driessen, I.J. van der Klei, A.F.M Ram).
-ALW (2007). Intercellular streaming of proteins via cytoplasmic connections (H.A.B. Wösten)
-NCSB/STW (2010). The effect of aging of the mycelium on the expression profile of newly formed Aspergillus niger hyphae (H.A.B. Wösten, A.F. Ram en M. Reinders).
-STW (2010). How mushrooms feed on sugar (HAB Wösten, LG Lugones, RP de Vries en H Schols).
-STW (2010). Heterogeneity of the fungal mycelium in an industrial fermentation (HAB Wösten).
-STW (2010). Indoor fungal growth and humidity dynamics (OCG Adan, J. Dijksterhuis, HAB Wösten, H.C. Gerritsen).
-STW (2011). Push the white button; controlling mushroom formation (HAB Wösten; LG Lugones; ASM Sonnenberg en MJT Reinders).
-BASF (2011). Schizophyllan biosynthesis in Schizophyllum commune.
-NWO Creatieve Industrie (embedded research) (2013) Mycelium design (HAB Wösten).
-BE BASIC (2013) Regulation of enzyme production in fungal cell factories (HAB Wösten, AFJ Ram, RP de Vries).
-ALW (2013) Identity of compartments within a fungal hypha (HAB Wösten).
-STW RTD program (2015) Mycelium-based materials for product design (HAB Wösten, M Montalti, E Karama).
-TIFN (2016) Heterogeneity in spores of food spoilage fungi (HAB Wösten, RA Ohm, J. Dijksterhuis,; J. Houbraken, AFJ Ram).
-STW (2017) Traffic control: optimal flow of nutrients to developing mushrooms.
-OASEN/UU (2018) Waste water treatment with mushroom forming fungi.
Outreach
-I co-organized 3 exhibitions one of which (Fungal Futures) was opened by the Minister of Education, Culture and Sciences
-My work was topic of (inter)national radio (17 times ), (inter)national television (11 times), (inter)national news papers (18 times), online journals (10 times)