Up close and personal: The people behind OtoBiology Leiden

Team

Assoc. Prof. 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, PhD

Senior researcher

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

Shantha Udayappan, PhD

Research technician

Athina Patra, MSc

PhD candidate

Charlotte Valk, MSc

Research Technician

Lara Emily Rosso, MSc

Visiting PhD candidate

Diogo Velez

Visiting Master student

Former Members

John de Groot, PhD

2011 - 2024

Maria Eleni Mavrogeni, MSc

2025 (Visiting PhD candidate)