Board
Marcel Beukeboom
General Director
“Biodiversity is the foundation of our existence. It affects our food, our health, our resilience to climate change and so much more. At Naturalis, we are committed to a world where humanity is at one with nature. We are not above nature; we are nature.”
Managementteam
Eva van der Veer
Sector Director Collections
“Naturalis manages one of the largest natural history collections in the world. Preserving this national collection for the future and making it available for scientific and cultural-historical research is, and will remain, a key priority. It forms the basis of our knowledge. At Naturalis, we are at the forefront of developing, digitising and making the collection and its data accessible. In doing so, we support researchers worldwide.”
Dimitris Koureas
Sector Director DSI
“We are building a research infrastructure that will accelerate species identification and monitoring to an unprecedented degree. To achieve this, we are leveraging the combined use of taxonomic knowledge, collection & observation data, DNA, and artificial intelligence.”
Demelza van der Maas
Sector Director Museum
“At Naturalis's museum – and far beyond – we inspire people to take action to protect nature. We spark curiosity, inspire wonder and challenge everyone to help build a world teeming with life. In this way, we demonstrate the importance of biodiversity and encourage everyone to make a difference themselves. For a society that is not only nature-friendly, but also biodiversity-positive.”
Arthur Mol
Sector Director Research & Higher Education a.i.
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Management team
Business operations
Karin Huntjens
Communications
Wytske van Ingen
Finance
Mariska Sturm
Human Resources & Organisation
Hans Dautzenberg
Executive Secretary
ScientificDirectors
Koos Biesmeijer
Scientific Director
“There is a pressing need to tackle the biodiversity crisis. By forging links with businesses and public authorities, we support decision-makers and policymakers with our expertise. In this way, we increase our impact.”
Vincent Merckx
Scientific Director
“Our scientific research has enabled us to develop groundbreaking techniques for identifying and monitoring species. Together with our partners, we are continually scaling up this knowledge and technology to map and study biodiversity more rapidly and on a large scale – both in the Netherlands and beyond.”
Contactwith the management
You can contact our management team and scientific directors via directiesecretariaat@naturalis.nl or by telephone on +31 71 751 9277.
SupervisoryBoard
- Robert-Jan Smits (chair)- Emeritus president of the Executive Board Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)
- Mr. Cynthia de Witt Wijnen (vice-chair) - Founding partner/notary NewGround Law
- Ir. Diederik Samsom - Chair Supervisory Board Gasunie
- Drs. Jacqueline Springvloet Dubbeld - Van de Schraaf MSc RA - Business Director Accountancy at Neyrode Business University
- Dr. Anna Chernilovskaya - CIO at ONVZ
- Drs. Taco Zimmerman - CEO AVROTROS
- Dr. Ir. Sjoukje Heimovaara - President of the Executive Board of Wageningen University & Research (WUR)
Scientific Advisory Board
- Prof. dr. Roy Erkens - (Chairman) Professor of Evolutionary Diversity and Biogeography at Maastricht University
- Prof. dr. Nina Rønsted - Director of Natural History Museum Denmark at University of Copenhagen
- Prof. dr. Corrie Moreau - Senior Associate Dean, Moser Endowed Professor of Arthropod Biosystematics and Biodiversity, Professor of the Department of Entomology, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Director and Head Curator of the Cornell University Insect Collection
- Prof. dr. Joost Batenburg - Professor of Computer Science LIACS, Imaging and Visualization, Leiden University
- Prof. dr. Elisabeth Holland - Director Pacific Center for Environment and Sustainable Development, Professor Ocean and Climate Change at The University of the South Pacific, Fiji
- Prof. dr. Alexandre Antonelli - Director of Science, Professor of Biodiversity, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK