Leo Willems

Leo Willems is an active Researcher at Wageningen University & Research, specifically within the Laboratory of Plant Physiology. His work focuses on seed biology, plant genetics, and environmental interactions.

• Research Themes: Seed dormancy, germination, Arabidopsis thaliana, expression quantitative trait loci, and plastic pollution impacts on plants.
• Recent Work: 2025 studies on PEBP gene function and transcriptome dynamics during seed priming; 2024 analyses of plastic leachates on germination; 2023 exploration of maternal environment effects on tomato seed genetics.

Collaboration networks span plant physiology, environmental science, and agricultural engineering. His research has been cited 7 times in Scopus and engaged with by 38 Mendeley readers.