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Curriculum vitae
Dr. M.J. (Marinus) Sommeijer
Winklerlaan 76, 3571 KL Utrecht
Tel. 030 2734821 of 06 53407078
Email: m.j.sommeijer@uu.nl
Website:
http://web.science.uu.nl/sommeijer/
Date of birth:
28 november 1944, OVEZANDE, The Netherlands
Education:
Masters Diploma in Biology, Universiteit Utrecht, 1971
PhD Thesis Presentation, Universiteit Utrecht 1982
Professional career:
- 1971 - 1974: FAO Associate Expert (Entomology)
- Employer: FAO of the United Nations, Headquarters, AGPP, Rome
Duty station: Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies, Working area: all
countries of the Caribbean Region
- 1974 - 1976: FAO Senior Entomologist/Agricultural Officer
- Employer: FAO of the United Nations, Headquarters, AGPP, Rome
Duty station: Nicaragua, C.A.
- 1976 - December 2005: Associate Professor.
- Laboratory of Comparative
Physiology (later: Behavioral Biology), Division Ethology and
Socio-ecology, Department of Social Insects ("Bee Research Department")
Employer: Utrecht University
- From 2006: Honorary Professor Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
- Employer: Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica
Additional functions:
Director of development projects in Central America
Executive of international organisations for pollination, bee research
and apiculture
Executive of Dutch societies and foundations of entomology, beekeeping
and horticulture 1995-2009 President of the Standing Commission on
Pollination and Bee Flora of APIMONDIA
Honours/Decoration:
1990 Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society
2005 decorated with the insigna of the Royal Knighthood of Orange Nassau
(Ridder in Orde van Oranje Nassau)
2006 "Hive of Honour" of the Netherlands Beekeepers Association
2009 HONORARY MEMBER APIMONDIA 2009 Lid van Verdienste van de
Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging
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