Our Team


Our group leader

Dr. Rumyana Karlova

Group Leader Stress Resilience in Crops.

My research interest was always focused on plants, how they respond to external and internal stimuli and how plants can change and reprogram their development. My PhD thesis research...

Zulema Carracedo Lorenzo

PhD candidate

Zulema comes from Bilbao, Spain. She studied a BSc in Biotechnology (University of the Basque Country, Bilbao), after which she moved to Sweden to enrol a MSc in Plant and Forest Biotechnology (Umeå Universit…

Cristina Brito Lopez

PhD candidate

Cristina is from Ecuador where she started her Science journey at ESPE University studying Plant Biotechnology. After a few years of working as Laboratory Manager on an in vitro Laboratory….

Nicky van der Wielen

PhD candidate

Nicky is from the Netherlands. She did a double MSc in Plant Biotechnology and Nutrition and Health at Wageningen University. Both her MSc Thesis as well as her Internship at Delphy were research projects….

Eugenio Borgo

PhD candidate

Eugenio is originally from Torino, Italy, where I completed my bachelor’s degree in agriculture. I then moved to Wageningen University for a master’s in plant sciences, where I developed a strong interest in molecular biology and especially the in the inte…..

Selina Ilchmann

PhD candidate

Selina is from Switzerland. She obtained a BSc in Agricultural Sciences (ETH, Zurich) followed by a MSc in Plant Biotechnology (WUR, Wageningen). For her master thesis, Selina investigated the impact of….

Wisuta Chumsawat

PhD candidate

Wisuta is from Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Master’s degree in Biotechnology from Mahidol University, Thailand. In 2022, she moved to the Netherlands to pursue a Master’s………