Leadership Team
The Leadership Team (LT) is responsible for the daily operations of BE-Basic and advises the Board on BE-Basic’s strategic position and ambitions, which it will translate into policy. The team directs the Support Office (SO) and chairs meetings of the Management Team.

Luuk van der Wielen
Delft University of Technology
Prof.dr.ir. Luuk A.M. van der Wielen (Amsterdam, 16-06-1964) holds a MSc degree in Chemical Engineering from Twente University (Netherlands), and a PhD degree (with honours) from Delft University of Technology. Currently, he is Full Professor at the Department of Biotechnology at the Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands where he heads the Bioseparations Section effectively since 1998. read more.

Bram Brouwer
BioDetection Systems
Prof. dr. Abraham (Bram) Brouwer (1952) holds an MSc degree in Biochemistry
and Pharmacology, and a PhD degree in Medicine from Leiden University (Netherlands). He is an officially licensed toxicologist with over 20 years of experience in the field of environmental and nutritional toxicology.

Gerda Lourens
Lourens Bedrijfsadvies
Dr. Gerda H. Lourens (Woensdrecht, 1958) graduated in 1982 in organic chemistry at Leiden University, followed by a PhD in Biochemical Engineering at Delft University of Technology in 1986. From 1986 until 1996 she was employed by Gist-brocades (fermentation company, now part of DSM). read more
















