Daniel (Niels) van der Lelie
Senior Director, Center for Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology
Daniel (Niels) van der Lelie, PhD, microbial ecology pioneer, spent nine years before joining RTI at Brookhaven National Laboratory, where he researched the development of new genomic tools to study the functioning of microorganisms and apply those findings to real-world problems such as pollution cleanup, biofuels as alternative energy, and the interactions between plants and their associated microorganisms. Prior to Brookhaven, he worked as a research scientist at Transgène (Strasbourg), the Study Center for Nuclear Energy, and the Flemish Institute for Technological Research. Van der Lelie has written more than 130 publications and lectured nationally and internationally. He serves on the editorial boards for the International Journal of Phytoremediation and Microbial Biotechnology, and is a member of the American Society for Microbiology, Society for Industrial Microbiology, and International Phytotechnology Society.
Education
PhD, Mathematics and Sciences, University of Groningen; MS, Biology, University of Groningen; MBA, University of Ghent.
Latest Publications
Weyens, N., Schellingen, K., Beckers, B., Janssen, J., Ceulemans, R., van der Lelie, D., et al. (Jan 2013)
Hunter, W.J., Manter, D.K., & van der Lelie, D. (Dec 2012)
Li, L.L., Taghavi, S., Izquierdo, J.A., & van der Lelie, D. (Dec 2012)
Sun, D., Stadler, A.L., Gurevich, M., Palma, E., Stach, E., van der Lelie, D., et al. (Sep 2012)
Weyens, N., Boulet, J., Adriaensen, D., Timmermans, J.P., Prinsen, E., Van Oevelen, S., D'Haen, J., Smeets, K., van der Lelie, D., et al. (Jul 2012)