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Geert Houben is a Principal Scientist in Food Allergy Immunotoxicology at the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), a public law-regulated research technology organization in the Netherlands. In addition, he holds the position of Professor of Food-borne Risk Factors for Allergic Inflammatory Diseases at the University Medical Center Utrecht, which is part of Utrecht University. Geert's academic background is in biology and toxicology, and he obtained his PhD specializing in food immunotoxicology. His major scientific specializations include food allergy, food and feed toxicology, and immunotoxicology, especially risk assessment. Geert has a wealth of experience in research management across both TNO and Utrecht University, having focused on food safety research prior to his scientific career. He is also involved in various external positions, such as being a member of the Expert Group on Regulation of Precautionary Allergen Labelling for ILSI Europe in Brussels and serving as a Deputy Member of the Board for Future Food Utrecht, where he advises on policy and strategy. Geert's research efforts are directed towards the development and application of advanced data mining methods on cohort data to identify and characterize undiscovered health-modulatory food compounds with the aim of discovering new food-derived leads for health interventions.
Department of Psychology