Ben Scheres#
| Membership Number: | 6916 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.wur.nl/en/persons/ben-scheres-1.htm |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-5400-9578 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2012 - current Professor Plant Developmental Biology/Wageningen University/NL
- 2018 - current Research Manager Rijk Zwaan Breeding/De Lier/NL
- 2019 - current Professorial Research Fellow Dpt. Biomedical & Life Sciences/Cardiff University/UK
- 1999 - 2012 Full Professor Dpt. of Biology/Utrecht University/NL
- 2013 - 2015 Professorial Research Fellow Dpt. Biomedical & Life Sciences/Cardiff University/UK
- 2010 - 2016 External Faculty Member/John Innes Institute/UK
- 1994 - 1999 Associate Professor Dpt. of Molecular Cell Biology/Utrecht University/NL
- 1990 - 1994 Assistant Professor Dpt. of Molecular Cell Biology/Utrecht University/NL
- 1989 - 1990 Postdoctoral Fellow Plant Genetics Laboratory/Ghent University/BE
Fields of Scholarship
- Computational biology
- Applied plant genetics
- Developmental biology
- Plant biology
- Gene regulatory networks
Honours and Awards
- 2015 ISI Thomson Reuter Highly Cited Author
- 2008 Advanced Investigator Grant EU
- 2007 Elected Member European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
- 2006 SPINOZA award Dutch Science Organization
- 2004 Elected Member Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (KNAW)
- 2000 Siron Pelton Award of the American Botanical Society
- 1998 PIONIER Award (ALW – Dutch Science Organization)
- 1997 Young Chemist Award (CW – Dutch Science Organization)





