Alida Melse-Boonstra (Member of the General Committee)

Current employment:
-Assistant Professor in Human Nutrition, Wageningen University.

Alida Melse-Boonstra obtained her MSc in 1996 in the study of Human Nutrition at Wageningen University. After having worked over one year for Helen Keller International in Indonesia, she began her PhD in Wageningen. Alida obtained her PhD in 2003. Subsequently she started a postdoc at North-West University in Potchefstroom, South Africa. Since 2007 she worked again at the Wageningen University as assistant professor 'Micronutrients and International Health'. In that role she is responsible for various research projects related to improving the health of mothers and children in developing countries (South Asia, Africa, Central America) by improving the quality of food.