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THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER
A Tribute to Professor
Riks Laanbroek
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Professor Riks Laanbroek is stepping down after 21 years as an Editor
of FEMS Microbiology Ecology. Riks was the go-to Editor for handling
papers on aquatic microbiology and nitrogen cycling. He also held
the position as Deputy Editor-in-Chief for part of his time with us. • Page 2: Meet
From everyone here at FEMS, we
wish to pay tribute to Riks for his highly
valued long term commitment to this
journal and to the microbial ecology
research that it publishes globally. • Page 3:
Before becoming a full editor in
1997, he was on the editorial
board for 3 years, bringing his
total involvement with FEMS
Microbiology Ecology to a grand
length of 24 years. During his long
career, Riks has also held the position
of Professor in Microbial Ecology
of Wetlands at Utrecht University
for 12 years. He is still an active
Senior Scientist at the Netherlands Institute for Ecology (NIOO-
KNAW) where he has held many senior posts, including 8 years as
Director of the NIOO - Centre for Limnology from 2001 to 2009.
Riks gave us some personal commentary to help mark this occasion, and
we learned that he can claim some fantastic ‘firsts’ with regard to the
FEMS Journals:
‘’Personally, I had an early bond with FEMS via the deceased Hans
Veldkamp, who was the first Editor-in-Chief of FEMS Microbiology
Ecology and also supervisor of my PhD study. My first publication was in
the first volume of FEMS Microbiology Letters.’’ said Riks.
Editor-in-Chief of
FEMS Microbiology
Letters, Rich Boden
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