CBS-KNAW Fungal Collection
Group leader General Address: Visiting address: Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT, Utrecht, The Netherlands Postal address: P.O. Box 85167 3508 AD, Utrecht The Netherlands Phone: +31 (0)30 21 22 600 Fax: +31 (0)30 25 12 097 E-mail: g.verkleij@westerdijkinstitute.nl Other activities Librarian of Nederl. Mycol. Vereniging ( since 2003 ) Board Member of Stichting NL-BIF
Date of birth August, 27 1948 Citizenship Dutch PhD thesis 1974 , titled “Revision of some genera of imperfect fungi.” Education University of Utrecht. Professional career Since 1971 member of the CBS. Worked 4 months as a guest professor at the Research Center for Pathogenic Fungi in China, Japan. Current number of refereed publications: 228. Teaching and lecturing activities associate professor at the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam. Major share in guidance of the following PhD Theses / habilitations: T. Boekhout (CBS): Ballistoconidium-forming fungi (1991). F. Masclaux (Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France): Molecular phylogeny of Cladosporium / Cladophialophora (1995). J.M.J. Uijthof (CBS): Molecular taxonomy of Exophiala (1996). R. Montijn (Molecular Cell Biology, University of Amsterdam): Cell wall structure of fungi (1996). T. Matos (Inst. Microbiol. & Immunol., Ljublana, Slovenia): Ecology of Exophiala dermatitidis (2002). Y. Gräser (Med. Mikrobiol. Charité, Berlin, Germany): Genotyping of dermatophytes (2002) V. Vicente (Inst. Microbiology, Curitiba, Brazil): Genotyping of agents of chromoblastomycosis (2002). R. Vitale (Med. Microbiology AZN, Nijmegen): Taxonomy and anitimycotics of black yeasts (2003). P. Zalar (Nat. Inst. Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia): halophilic hyphomycetes (current). J. Rainer (Fac. Botany, Innsbruck, Austria): Ecology of Pseudallescheria boydii (planned) M. Sudhadham (Khao Khieo Zoo, Bangkok, Thailand): Natural habitat and host shifts in Exophiala dermatitidis (planned). Congresses and symposia Editing of symposia on yeasts, yeast-like and medical fungi in Amersfoort (1987), Atlanta (1992), Adelaide (1993) and Veldhoven (1996) and co-editing of the symposium on black yeasts at Vancouver (1994); 14 chapters on filamentous yeasts for the book "The Yeasts" (eds C.P. Kurtzman & J.W. Fell). Review and editorial activities Has been managing editor of 'Antonie van Leeuwenhoek' for 10 years; currently for 'Mycoses'.
Librarian of Nederl. Mycol. Vereniging ( since 2003 ) Board Member of Stichting NL-BIF
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