Faculty of Science - Department of Biology Universiteit Utrecht

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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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