Utrecht University: Jelle Reumer chair of the Life Sciences and Society Foundation

Reumer studied biology in Utrecht and did research in various fields of biology, including cytogenetics, taxonomy and vertebrate paleontology. He was previously the director of the Rotterdam Natural History Museum for 28 years.

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