Jan Pieter van der Berg

Jan Pieter van der Berg is a Researcher at Wageningen University & Research, affiliated with the Team Agrochains. His work focuses on food safety, genetic engineering, and agricultural biotechnology. Key areas include supply chain resilience, alternative proteins, and genome editing safety assessment. He leads the Safe-by-Design in Plant Breeding project (2022–2024) and actively participates in workshops on crop innovation and food safety.

Research interests span microbial hazards in post-harvest agriculture, GMO testing methodologies, and risk analysis of pathogens like Toxoplasma gondii in pork supply chains. He collaborates internationally on projects such as the European Union's PATHWAYS initiative.