Lucas Reijnders

Place of work: Holland
University:

University of Amsterdam

Laboratory:

Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics

Resume

Prof dr. L. Reijnders (1946) studied biochemistry at the University of Amsterdam and got his PhD in molecular biology from that university in 1973. After that he worked in teaching positions at the Agricultural University of Wageningen and the State University of Groningen. Since 1988 he is professor of environmental science at the University of Amsterdam, and since 1999 he holds the same chair at the Open University of the Netherlands.

Contributions


Biofuels and land use 3 Mar, 2010 04:08 pm Current transport biofuels are mainly made from crops producing starch, sugar and edible oils. In doing so, they divert those crops from providing food...

Nanosilver 2 Dec, 2009 08:15 am I was astonished when recently, during a discussion about hazards of mineral nanoparticles, a learned colleague of mine took a bottle of colloid silver...

Greenhouse gas emissions trading 14 Aug, 2009 05:13 pm A recent survey found that there was a significant interest in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but that investment decisions were made without close...

Peak phosphate 30 May, 2009 06:12 pm The peak in conventional oil and gas production is not the only peak in the supply of natural resources to be confronted in the near future. It seems likely...

A closer look at geochemical carbon management 24 Apr, 2009 08:55 am In view of the ever more pressing problem of climate change, options to reduce CO2 emissions and to increase CO2 sequestration become increasingly important...

Biofuels and water 3 Apr, 2009 09:29 pm The oil company Shell has announced that it will end its investments in wind energy. It intends to focus on biofuels. This remarkably comes at a time...

And now: the good news... 4 Mar, 2009 10:02 am These days, media are flooded with news about falling national products. ‘Strongest fall since the 1980s’, or ‘since the 1930s’, is a typical headline,...

French folly 3 Feb, 2009 02:21 pm Strange ways to use science were not and are not the prerogative of the Bush government. A case in point is France, once justly famous for its contribution...

Mercury and Compact Fluorescent Bulbs 8 Jan, 2009 01:50 pm Compact fluorescent bulbs are rapidly replacing incandescent bulbs. Recently, the European Commission opted for a phase out of the latter in the next decade...

Reducing standby power consumption 20 Nov, 2008 05:38 pm When new electrical devices are bought, the mind of the consumer tends to be firmly on the purchase price. Producers and sellers often reinforce this bias...

The strange case of algal biofuels 29 Oct, 2008 12:19 pm Algal biofuels are hot. The focus is on the production of algal oil (glycerol esters of fatty acids). The aircraft maker Airbus ‘welcomes the idea’. The...

Large-Scale Use of Harvest Residues for Biofuel Production: a Bad Idea 20 Dec, 2007 01:31 pm Plans for large scale use of harvest residues to produce biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel will be detrimental to soil quality. They will negatively...