Leen van Wijngaarden Prize 2019

The recipient of the Leen van Wijngaarden Prize 2019 is:

Dr.ir. Florian Muijres (WUR)

Biomechanics and aerodynamics of animal flight

The Leen van Wijngaarden Prize 2019 has been awarded to Dr Florian Muijres (WUR) for his excellent work on the study of biomechanics and aerodynamics of animal flight, in which he integrates biology and physics in a very elegant way. For his research on insect flight, he focusses on insects with societal relevance such as malaria mosquitoes and pollinating bees. Florian’s bird flight research primarily focusses on the link between the biomechanics of animal flight and movement ecology. The research of Florian Muijres is positioned at the interface between biology, physics and ecology, which requires a highly interdisciplinary lab housing specialists in aerospace engineering, control theory, biology and ecology.
The Leen van Wijngaarden Prize 2019 will be awarded at the Burgers Symposium 2020, which will take place on 27 – 28 May 2020 in Lunteren.