Rachel van Ooteghem

Dr. Rachel van Ooteghem is a Lecturer and researcher at the Agricultural Biosystems Engineering department of Wageningen University. She specializes in control engineering, greenhouse technology, and systems analysis, with a focus on optimizing biobased production systems and precision agriculture. Her roles include education coordination, serving on the education quality committee, and advising thesis students in Biosystems Engineering programs.

Education: She holds a Ph.D. (2007) from Wageningen University with a thesis on 'Optimal control design for a solar greenhouse,' and an MSc in Control Systems Engineering (1998). She co-authored the book 'Optimal Control of Greenhouse Cultivation' (2010).

Research interests include dynamic modeling, optimization methods, and process control applied to agricultural systems. Her work integrates mathematical models and simulation techniques to improve resource efficiency in horticultural systems.

She teaches courses such as Modelling of Biobased Production Systems, Control Methods for Biosystems Engineering, and Greenhouse Technology, while supervising BSc/MSc theses and internships. No scientific awards or grants are explicitly mentioned in the provided texts.

She is part of the Agricultural Biosystems Engineering group and contributes to the Sports Centre at Wageningen as a sports teacher and emergency response team member.