People of Experimental Zoology

Florian Muijres, Ph.D., is the chair holder of Experimental Zoology. With a background in aerospace engineering, he specialises in the amazing biomechanics and aerodynamics of flight in birds, bats, and flies. He runs the Animal Flight Lab at WUR: a team of biologists, physicists and engineers. ‘Bumblebees are important pollinators in both nature and agriculture, whereas the mosquito is the most dangerous animal in the world. Therefore, our research consists of both primary and more applied research.’