Curriculum vitae
Surname: Jansen
Names: Leonardus Arnoldus Maria
Address: J.H.van der Broekstraat 89, 3071 MB, The Netherlands
E-mail: ljansen@schuttelaar.nl
Date of birth: 4 December 1965
Nationality: Dutch
From 2006
Strategic advisor at Schuttelaar & partners, a consultancy office focussing on issues relating to agriculture, food and health, technology and corporate social responsibility (https://www.schuttelaar-partners.com/). Besides several projects on sustainable agriculture, I contributed to the setup of the Dutch Choices Foundation (www.hetvinkje.nl), a multi-stakeholder cooperation stimulating producers to improved the food and helping consumers to choose the healthier food products. Food industry, retail, caterers are working together with scientists, government and other health promoting organisations to stimulate consumers to choose products with a front of pack logo. As secretary of the scientific committee I am responsible for the development of the product criteria behind the logo, the market control and scientific research on the effectiveness of the logo. As spokesman I represent the foundation in social media, give interviews for the press and on TV. As secretary general of the foundation, I am coordinating all activities at the office of the foundation and perform part of the stakeholder management. Also at the Choices International Programme (www.choicesprogramme.org) , I am secretary of several regional scientific committees setting the criteria for the logo in Europe, Latin America and world wide.
2001 - 2005
Food toxicologist at The Netherlands Nutrition Centre. The Nutrition Centre is an objective organisation set up by the government to inform consumers on all aspects of food. I collected and published (website, articles in national journals) background information on most important subjects concerning food toxicology, food safety, genetic modification and sustainable agriculture. As spokesman I gave presentations for dieticiens and students and interviews to the media (journals, daily papers, magasins and television). In addition I was responsible for stakeholder management on these subjects.
2001
Freelance writer for The Rathenau Institute (The Hague, The Netherlands). Writing a discussion document on genetic engineering and the acceptance of genetically modified food.
1998-2000
Post-doc scientist at The Nederlands Cancer Institute (AvL/NKI) te Amsterdam. Project: The effect of gen-environmental interactions on DNA damage in cell cultures and in vivo models of mismatch repair deficient mice.
1997-1998
Visiting scientist at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC, Lyon, France), financed by a IARC-fellowship. Project: The role of microsatellite instability in the process of tumor formation. This study concerned the role of the mismatch repair system in the carcinogen-induced microsatellite changes. It involved the set up of an in vivo mouse model to study the role of Msh2 in carcinogen-induced carcinogenesis, as well as the study of DNA-mutations in in vitro cell culture models.
Ph.D. research
1991 - 1996: Agrotechnological Research Institute (ATO-DLO) in cooperation with the Department of Toxicology, Wageningen University. Thesis: Changing gap junctional intercellular communication in mouse epidermal cells during tumorigenesis: a study on underlying processes. Part of the work was conducted at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC, Lyon, France).
MSc study
1984-1990: Study Food technology at the Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Orientation: toxicology.
1990 Unit Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France. Project: The role of aflatoxin B1 and hepatitis B in the etiology of liver cancer.
Volunteer work
2013 – present: Editorial staff of “Milieu” the Journal for professionals working on sustainability https://www.vvm.info/
2005 – present: Youth trainer of Rotterdam Atletics Association
2001 – present: Volunteer at First aid Rotterdam Association
2004 - 2012 and 2015 - present: chairman First aid Rotterdam Association
2003 – 2013: Chairman of First Aid Rotterdam Assocition
2006 – 2013: Board member of Rotterdam Atletics Association
1997: Volunteer at the Agrotechnological Research Institute (ATO-DLO), Wageningen, The Netherlands. Project: The differential expression of ripening genes in tomato. Duration: 3 months.
1996 - 1997: Supervisor of the shelter for drug addicts (Inloopcentrum Hoog Catharijnen) in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Tasks: organisation of daily activities and supervision of volunteers. Duration: 6 months.