Up close and personal: The people behind OtoBiology Leiden
Team
Heiko Locher, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator and ENT physician
Prof. Peter Paul van Benthem, MD, PhD
Head of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
Wouter van der Valk, MD
Senior researcher and PhD candidate
Edward van Beelen, MD
ENT resident and PhD candidate
Winnie van den Boogaard, PhD
Postdoctoral researcher
George Flamourakis, PhD
Postdoctoral researcher
Esther Fousert, MSc
PhD candidate
Lucia Grijpink, MD
PhD candidate
Amy Lucassen, MSc
PhD candidate
Athina Patra, MSc
PhD candidate
Lara Emily Rosso, MSc
Visiting PhD candidate
Shantha Udayappan, PhD
Research technician
Former Members
John de Groot, PhD
2011 - 2024
Maria Eleni Mavrogeni, MSc
2025 (Visiting PhD candidate)