Personal details - Dr. Kirsten Leiss
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Head of Plant – Herbivore Resistance Research
Sylvius Building, 3rd floor, room 3.5.05b
Phone: + 31 (0)71 5275135
E-mail: K.A.Leiss@Biology.leidenuniv.nl
- Brief biography and collaborators
Collaborators outside the IBL:
Henk Dresselhuys (Fides, NL), Alisdair Fernie (Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology, D), Azucena González Coloma (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones, Madrid, SP), Jos Frantzen (Driehoek Research Support, NL), Sjoukje Heimovaara (Royal van Zanten, NL), Cathie Martin (John Innes, UK), Beatriz Pérez Marti (Biologia Aplicada, SP), Aike Post (Deliflor, Maasdijk, NL), Karin Posthuma (ENZA Zaden, NL), Tim Simons (Plantum, NL), Annelies Schulte (Explant, NL), Nicole van Dam (Univ. Nijmegen, NL), Dianne van der Kop (Genetwister Technologies, NL), Kees van’t Hoenderdal (Dekker Chrysanten, NL), Nicolas Walther (Trifolio-M GmbH, D), Danielle Werck (Univ. Strasbourg, F), Rafael Zarate (CEAMED, SP), Jos Zuidgeest (Holland Biodiversity, NL)2009- today: Head of Plant-Herbivore Resistance Research)
2001-2008: Post-doctoral Fellow, Leiden University
1996-2000: PhD Project at University Fribourg (CH)
Phenotypic plasticity and genetic differentiation in ruderal and agricultural populations of the weed Senecio vulgaris L.: implications for its biological control.
Promotors: Heinz Müller-Schärer (University Fribourg, CH), Bernhard Schmid (University Zürich, CH)
1996: Research Assistant, International Institute of Biological Control, Délemont, CH
1993-1995: Entomologist, Ministry of Agriculture Belize, British Volunteer Service Overseas, Central Farm, Belize, Central America
1993: Entomology Lecturer, University of Mauritius, Réduit, Mauritius; Research Assistant, Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute, Réduit, Mauritius
1991–1992: MSc Pest Management with specialisation in Applied Entomology, Imperial College (University of London), UK
1988–1991: Agricultural Science Lecturer, Solomon Islands College of Higher Education, Honiara, Solomon Islands, South Pacific
1982–1988: Agricultural Engineer in Crop Production, University of Bonn, D
