Annelies Kers

Annelies Kers is an Assistant Professor at Utrecht University's Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, affiliated with the Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS) and the Laboratory of Microbiology (MIB) at Wageningen University. Her research integrates molecular epidemiology, microbiome studies, and data science to explore host-microbiome interactions in poultry and One Health contexts.

• Key Expertises: Molecular Epidemiology, One Health, Data Science, Host-Microbiome Interactions, Microbiome, Poultry
• Research Themes: Life Sciences, Pathways to Sustainability

She leads projects like DISSEMINATE (antimicrobial resistance), Alliance EWUU (microbiome multi-omics), and EXPLAIN (plant-based meat analogs' health impacts), bridging human, animal, and environmental health. Her work emphasizes large dataset analysis, microbiome dynamics, and sustainable food systems.

Current roles include cross-institutional collaboration between IRAS (Utrecht) and MIB (Wageningen). She holds a PhD in intestinal microbiome and broiler chicken health (Utrecht, 2020), an MSc in Biomedical Sciences, and a Business Administration degree.