Stan

With years of horticulture experience in both flowers and vegetable, both in the Netherlands and Africa, Stan is the one with the greenest fingers at PlantResearch. In our greenhouse Stan supervises the cultivation, planning, and everything else that needs to be done. He is also responsible for leading our greenhouse team and keeps a close eye on the plant development in the various trials.

Diek

28 year old Diek belongs to the younger generation at PlantResearch. As greenhouse worker he makes sure that the plants are in top condition. He is responsible for everything that blooms and flourishes at PlantResearch, and it shows. Because of his care and attention little plantlets grow into healthy and flourishing crops in no time.

Diek helps setting up greenhouse trials and collects the ever important research data. He is also helps to keep the greenhouses free of pests through the application of biological crop protection.

In his spare time he is an active tennis player and he finds peace fishing by the waterside.

Peter

Peter is the General Manager of PlantResearch and takes care of running the organisation. His strength is listening to the customer, understanding their needs, and subsequently provide a solution that satisfies everyone. His other tasks are the acquisition and execution of projects, communication, marketing, and HR management. He also leads the administrative and registration team and he consults with the Green House Supervisor and the Research Project Manager about the optimal utilisation of the greenhouse and research capacity. Peter graduated from Wageningen University and when not at PlantResearch, likes to run, play baseball and ski. Furthermore he loves to travel, with a preference for Italy and Central America, and he is interested in history.

Petra

Petra is a member of the greenhouse team at PlantResearch. She assists at the preparation, initiation and execution of trials, takes care of the crop maintenance and makes sure that the greenhouses, the technical area and the central hall stay spotless.

In her spare time Petra loves having coffee or shopping with friends. She likes spending her vacations in Croatia, to go sightseeing or just relax on the beach.  Furthermore she dreams of making a balloon trip one day.

Ron

Ron has a Masters degree in Biology, and is specialized in biochemistry and plant physiology. As Senior Researcher he is responsible for devising, planning and managing projects in both the trail greenhouse and the lab. In addition to this he leads the research and laboratory team and he is responsible for ensuring the quality of the research projects. He consults regularly with our greenhouse supervisor with regard to running trials and tests, and writes non-specialis articles for our clients. Ron can't help sticking his nose into all kinds of projects, because of which the quality and innovation power of PlantResearch remain of a high standard. He's also very enthusiastic about plants in his spare time: he doesn’t mind spending his whole vacation in South Africa to count plants of an endangered species.

Nicolette

Nicolette, the Registrations Manager at PlantResearch, is responsible for product and name registrations for our clients. Furthermore she is the contact person arranging documents for countries with very strict import legislation, such as Australia, New Zealand, Japan, or Brazil. If the authorities say something can’t be done or is impossible, that’s where the challenge starts for Nicolette!

Nicolette also prepares safety information sheets, product specifications and label texts for clients, and she advises them on legislation and regulations regarding import and export.

Nicolette is a crack at chemical and biological crop protection. Everybody in the business knows her, and she knows the whole business.

At home Nicolette is also happy with her two competition Border Collies and a mixed flock of Drenthe moorland and Scottish Blackface sheep.

Martien

With Martien, PlantResearch has its own in-house expert for setting up and executing greenhouse trials. Martien is a jack-of-all-trades. In addition to his education as a chemical analyst, he has years of experience as a grower and is an expert in greenhouse technology. If required for a trial, Martien will install all kinds of electrical, climate and irrigation systems. He also regularly consults with the suppliers of our technical systems and will see to it that all necessary adjustments and settings are in place. Thanks to Martien and our multifunctional greenhouses, we are able to perform almost every imaginable plant trial.

Arianne

As Registration Officer at PlantResearch Arianne is a great support for Nicolette when it comes to product registrations en import licenses. In addition to that she's a true all round secretary, is responsible for the purchase of office materials and takes meeting notes if and when required. Although she living in Heesch in Brabant, she never lost her Utrecht accent and is always in the mood for a little joke.

Sundy

Part of the furniture at PlantResearch, a Higher Laboratory Education graduate. At the lab, Sundy has been the elongation of the greenhouse trials and product development for years.

Sundy is responsible for quality controls both at PlantResearch and externally, on client production sites.

In her private life Sundy is all about music: her radio can frequently be heard across all greenhouse compartments. The end product doesn't suffer from this, maybe even the opposite...

Thieu

Young, eager to learn, intelligent and with the right work attitude. Thieu works in the greenhouse after school and during holidays, and thanks to his healthy attitude, he quickly won the hearts of the seniors in our team.

He is knowledgeable, has green fingers, is technical, and he takes on anything. He has a sharp eye for every detail, which is essential for a good end result.

Ellen

Ellen is our conscience and our little sunshine at PlantResearch, even when dark clouds fill the sky above the greenhouses. Ellen is the unseen power in our organization and provides everyone with a portion of energy (also the plants!).

She is primarily responsible for administration, but does so much more.

Thanks to Ellen everything runs smoothly and everybody feels at home and welcome.