Lotte Pronk

Lotte Pronk is a Researcher at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology, actively contributing to bioinformatics, metagenomics, and microbiome studies. Her work focuses on plant-microbe interactions, particularly rhizosphere microbiomes and their role in agricultural sustainability.

• Key research domains: Genetics, Microbiome, Metagenomics, Plant Root Biology
• Notable collaborations: with Marnix Medema, Doreen de Ridder, and international teams on microbiome assembly projects

Her recent publications analyze bacterial/viral genomes in crop roots, biosynthetic gene clusters, and computational tools like Whokaryote for metagenome analysis. She is involved in the Unwiring beneficial functions and regulatory networks in the plant endosphere project, emphasizing agricultural microbiome engineering.