Marko Appel

Marko Appel is a researcher at Wageningen University & Research, specifically affiliated with Wageningen Food & Biobased Research and Wageningen Food Safety Research. His work focuses on the intersection of food safety, animal feed production, and sustainable resource management within agrochains.

Research interests include:

• Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) risk analysis in feed systems
• Safe utilization of biowaste and residual streams for animal feed
• Insect rearing technologies and regulatory compliance
• Circular economy applications in agricultural value chains

Recent research outputs highlight trends in residual stream valorization (2025 report), BSE transmission risks in calf milk replacers (2024), and microbial safety in insect rearing (2024). His work often involves interdisciplinary collaboration across European institutions.

Active projects include:

• AF18029: Processing factors of pesticides in animal feed (2019-2024)
• Biochemistry Research (2019)