Swarts lab


Current and former Swarts lab members at the PhD defense of Patrick at Wageningen University.

(Part of) the Swarts lab during The Argonautes 2025 conference in Prague, Czech republic.


Swarts lab members

Dr. Daan C. Swarts
Associate Professor
Group leader



Patrick Barendse
PhD candidate

Dai-ke Zhang
PhD candidate

Ana Potocnik
PhD candidate

Ane Sanz Andres
PhD candidate

Theophile (Theo) Niault
PostDoc

Thompson (Thom) Hallmark
PostDoc


Former Swarts lab members

Lisa Olijslager
now PostDoc at Utrecht University

Sumanth Mutte, PhD
now founder at
MyGen informatics

Clint Heijstek
Now general research technician at BIC

Pilar Bobadilla Ugarte, PhD

Bel Koopal, PhD
now PostDoc at ISTA

Adrie Westphal (retired)
Honorary lab member


(Former) visiting scientists and thesis/internship students

Visiting scientists
-Carlos Verdú (CBM- Severo Ochoa, Madrid, Spain)

Internship students
-Brecht de Jong (RUG)

MSc thesis students (WUR)
-Elisa Oliden Lagos
-Maurice Meijer
-Muhammed Hamzah Syaifullah
-Cas Gerris
-Lars Tinnevelt
-Marius Joskin
-Marloes van Drimmelen
-Tom Rooijmans

BSc thesis students (WUR)
-Hugo Voormolen
-Lisa van Dam
-Annika Besseling
-Mees Borghuis
-Roos Pieters
-Wiley Joy
-Jinte Jespers
-Jadine Kuo
-Lisanne Vogelaar
-Marieke Koerhuis
-Gwen van Oosten
-Lars Gielen
-Imogen Oldfield
-Irene Bormans
-Dylan de Wit
-Jiska van de Sande
-Fleur de Haas