Name
Name RFM van Gorcom
FirstnameRobert
Emailrobert.vangorcom@wur.nl

Job details
DescriptionExterne medewerker
OrganizationWageningen Food Safety Research
Organization UnitWageningen Food Safety Research - Other
DescriptionAdvisor
OrganizationExecutive Board & Corporate Staff
Organization UnitCorporate Staff - Other
Phone
Mobile
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Phone 2+31 317 480 256
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Note by telephonist
Visiting addressDroevendaalsesteeg 4
6708PB, WAGENINGEN
Building/Room104/N.A.
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Ancillary activities
  • Penningmeester Bestuur - SKAL Biocontrole
    Jul 2022 - Apr 2023

    Binnen het bestuur van SKAL Biocontrole (RvT) zal ik vanaf 1 juli het penningmeesterschap gaan behartigen. Skal Biocontrole is de onafhankelijke organisatie voor het toezicht op de hele biologische keten in Nederland. Via registratie, certificatie en toezicht houden zetten we ons in voor een aantoonbaar betrouwbare biologische sector.||In the Board of SKAL Biocontrole I will be the treasurer. Skal Biocontrole is the independent organization for the supervision of the entire organic chain in the Netherlands. We are committed to a demonstrably reliable organic sector through registration, certification and supervision.

  • Lid AgroFood commissie - Fenelab
    Oct 2020 - Present

    Bespreken issues specifiek voor deze sector en organiseren jaarlijkse bijeenkomst|

  • Lid Intern. Scientific Advisory Board Food Science Center - CAAS-Agricultural Genomics Institute Shenzhen
    Nov 2019 - Present

    Advies bij vormgeven en uitvoeren programma AGIS-Food Science Center|

  • High Level Expert Group - Stichting Samen tegen Voedselverspilling
    Oct 2019 - Present

    Platform dat grondstofverlies en verspilling in de voedselketen met 50% wil terugbrengen.|

  • Lid (momenteel vz) RijksLab Raad - WFSR
    Jan 2015 - Present

  • Lid Stuurgroep Crisis Expert Team milieu & drinkwater - Ministerie van I&W
    Jan 2014 - Present

    CET-md is een advies orgaan voor de overheid voor risico-inschatting bij calamiteiten met een mogelijk effect op het milieu en het drinkwater|

Biography

Robert van Gorcom graduated in Molecular Sciences at Wageningen University (1981) and received his PhD in Molecular Genetics at the University of Amsterdam (1997) on the analysis of gene expression in filamentous fungi.

The first 20 years he worked at TNO (the Dutch Organization of Applied Scientific Research) as a project leader and department manager on microbial and plant biotechnology.

In 2000 he became managing director of the glasshouse horticulture research stations of Wageningen University & Research. In 2002 he joined RIKILT (the food safety research institute of Wageningen University & Research) where he was appointed general director from January 2010 onwards.

In 2019 RIKILT merged with the food & feed safety laboratory of the NVWA (the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority) and the new institutute, part of WUR, was named Wageningen Food Safety Research. Van Gorcom was appointed as the new director of this institute. On 1-1-2023 he was succeeded by Dr Birgit Loos and became WUR internal advisor.

 

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