Herwig Bachmann PhD

Herwig Bachmann obtained his Ph.D. at Wageningen University on the adaptive response of lactic acid bacteria to a dairy environment. He uses molecular tools, -omics technologies and evolutionary engineering for the optimization of pure cultures and complex microbial consortia used in fermentation processes. Currently, he is an expert group leader at NIZO, project leader at the Top Institute Food and Nutrition and he holds a part-time position as an assistant professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.