Ir. Marjolein Helder
Marjolein Helder (1983) is working on a PhD-project on electricity generation from living plants at the sub-department of Environmental Technology of Wageningen University. She expects to graduate in 2013. She graduated from Wageningen University as an environmental technologist, with a minor in management and entrepeneurship in 2008. She performed and still performs many administrative and organizational functions for boards and committees.
During the 4 days a week she works as a PhD-student she researches and develops the technology to produce electricity from living plants. One day a week she devotes to developing Plant-e and its products.
Dr. ir. David Strik
David Strik (1975) has been working as a post-doc researcher at the sub-department of Environmental Technology of Wageningen University since 2006. He graduated cum-laude at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences in Vienna, Austria in 2004 as an environmental-biotechnologist. Before that he studied Environmental Technology at Wageningen University and HAS Den Bosch, the Netherlands.
In his work as researcher David performed the first experiments with electricity generation from plants. He is co-inventor of the technology and obtained and patented the proof-of-technology in 2007.
Currently David spends 4 days a week on the development of the technology at Wageningen University and 1 day a week on the development Plant-e and its products.
