Hendrik-Jan Roest graduated from Utrecht University Veterinary School in 1996 and worked for six-and-a-half years as a veterinary practitioner. In 2003, he switched to Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR) in Lelystad to specialise in veterinary microbiology. He was head of the Laboratory for General Bacteriology. Hendrik-Jan is the initiator of Q fever research at WBVR and isolated Coxiella burnetii for the first time in the Netherlands. This led to his PhD thesis entitled “Coxiella burnetii in pregnant goats” in 2013.
Between 2012 and 2019, Dr Roest was the head of several departments at WBVR, as well as member of the Management Team of WBVR. Since 2021, he has been affiliated to the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Utrecht University, department of clinical infectiology to continue to be connected to his specialisation in veterinary microbiology as a diplomat of the European College of Veterinary Microbiology.
Since April 2019, Hendrik-Jan has been working at the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature (LVVN). The first years as deputy Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) of the Netherlands responsible for market access of animals and animal products to countries outside the EU together with team veterinary market access and the LVVN Attaché Network around the world. Currently Dr Roest is acting CVO.
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature
Bezuidenhoutseweg 73
2594 AC the Hague
The Netherlands
LinkedIn: http://nl.linkedin.com/in/hjroest
