Aldert Zomer

Aldert Zomer is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, specializing in Infectious Diseases & Immunology. He is affiliated with the WHO Collaborating Centre for Campylobacter and Antimicrobial Resistance and serves as a Bioinformatics Consultant for Janssen Pharmaceuticals. His research focuses on bacterial (meta)genomic analysis for comparative genomics, molecular epidemiology, and genotype-phenotype associations in pathogens like Salmonella, Escherichia coli, and Campylobacter.

• PhD in Molecular Genetics from University of Groningen (2007)
• Postdoctoral work at University College Cork and Radboud University Medical Centre

His research integrates bioinformatics, microbiome analysis, and machine learning to study antimicrobial resistance mechanisms, host-pathogen dynamics, and microbial ecology in veterinary and public health contexts. Current projects include

• Visiting Scientist at Quadram Institute (Norwich, UK)
• Leadership in Utrecht University's Research IT Committee

He has developed open-source tools like RFPlasmid and Kaptive for genomic analysis and is actively involved in

• WHO's One Health AMR initiatives
• OIE Reference Laboratory for Campylobacter
• Teaching microbial genomics courses at Utrecht University