Melanie Peters is director of the Rathenau Instituut.
Expertise
Melanie Peters has a broad background in science, industry and the public sector, combined with ample experience of national and international politics and social relations.
Education and career
Dr. Peters studied food technology at Wageningen University, and became a certified toxicologist at Imperial College, London, where she was also awarded a PhD in biochemistry. She worked as a scientific researcher at the University of Texas at Austin, and led a research team at Shell Research and Technology Centre Amsterdam. She has held various positions combining science, policy, politics and social issues at the Ministry of Agriculture, the Dutch Consumer Association, and as director of Utrecht University’s Studium Generale scientific discussion platform.