Speaker Bios
Name: | Dr. Frank van der Meer |
Affiliation: | DVM PhD Associate Professor, Global Health and Infectious Diseases |
Biography: | Frank van der Meer graduated from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Utrecht University in the Netherlands in 1996. He worked for 1.5 years in large animal practice and returned to the Utrecht University to conduct research on horse reproduction. His strong collaboration with the virology department during that time sparked his still ongoing passion for viruses. Dr. van der Meer completed his PhD on the activity of antiviral compounds to Retro- and Nidoviruses in 2007. He collaborates intensively with researchers in Tanzania on animal and human pathogens, and has led for 11 years a One Health Field School in the Ngorongoro and Lake zone regions for veterinary and Bachelor of Health Sciences students. *beekeeper for 21 yrs and gives presentations about bees and bee diseases |