prof. dr. R.C. (Ritsert) Jansen

Short Curriculum Vitae

  Author of Cambridge University Press

  2018: Leading Your Research Team in Science. www.cambridge.org/jansen3

  2013: Funding Your Career in Science. www.cambridge.org/jansen2

  2011: Developing a Talent for Science. www.cambridge.org/jansen1

2022- now:

Emeritus professor.

2011-2022:

Dean of Talent Development, University of Groningen

2002-2022:

Professor of Bioinformatics, University of Groningen, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (FWN), Head of Groningen Bioinformatics Centre (GBIC), a joint initiative of FWN and FMW (Faculty of Medical Sciences). The centre is part of the the Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute (GBB).

1999 – 2001:

Leader of cluster ’Bioinformatics and Statistical Genetics’, Plant Research International B.V.

1997 – 1999:

Senior scientist bioinformatics, Plant Research International B.V.

1988 – 1996:

Consultant and scientist Biostatistics at various research institutes in Wageningen

1995:

PhD Doctorate, Wageningen University, 26 February 1995 Supervisor (‘Promotor’) Prof. dr. P. Stam, Prof. dr. R.N. Curnow (University Reading, UK)

Title of thesis "Mapping quantitative trait loci in plants: a novel statistical approach" (cum laude = top 3%)

1987:

Master’s (‘Doctoraal’) Mathematics, University of Groningen, 17 December 1987

Main subject Mathematical Statistics (cum laude = top 3%)