My research is focussed on the role of metals, in particular iron, in plants and microbes. Iron is a versatile catalyst most commonly associated with proteins in the form of iron-sulfur clusters or haem. In the past years we have identified several proteins that are involved in the assembly of iron-sulfur proteins, using the model plant Arabidopsis, the green alga Chlamydomonas and yeasts. Ultimately, the iron that plants take up from the soil and use for their own needs is an important source of human iron nutrition.

If you are interested in doing research on plant biochemistry, metal proteins and/or mitochondria, please contact me by email to discuss possibilities to join the group.

Specific areas of interest include:

• Iron-sulfur proteins
• Fe-S cluster assembly pathways
• (Plant) mitochondria