Board of Directors
Guido van den Ackerveken
Scientific director
Hedwich Teunissen
Programme director
Auke Damstra
Technology director
Support office
Anita ter Haar
Controller
Bernard de Geus
Liaison officer Potato
Hedwich Teunissen
Liaison officer Ornamentals
Jeroen Rouppe van der Voort
Liaison officer Vegetables
Rianne Ettekoven
Programme Assistant
Rachel Visscher
Communications advisor
Programmes and Leads
CropXR Research: Experimental research, analysis, modelling, societal impact
Kirsten ten Tusscher
C1: Demonstrator
Petra Bleeker
C2: Disease and Temperature
Christa Testerink
C3: Root stress
Ronald Pierik
C4: Trade-offs
Olga Scholten
C6: Storage organs
Corné Pieterse
S1: Potato
Niels Anten
S1: Potato
CropXR Agro: Breeding for resilient cropping systems
Olga Scholten
Programme Lead
CropXR Data: Data Research & Data infrastructure
Auke Damstra
Programme Lead
Marcel Reinders
AI technology coordinator
Christoph Lofi
Data management coordinator
Sören Wacker
Research engineer
Narges Yoesefi
Executive secretary
CropXR Education: Knowledge development and human capital
Christa Testerink
Programme Lead
Atoesa Farokhi
Coordinator
Roos van Maanen
Financial coordinator
CropXR Transfer: Knowledge transfer & future application projects
Guido van den Ackerveken
Programme Lead
Interested in joining our team? Visit cropxr.org/careers