Dr. R. G. van den Berg
Associate professor, Biosystematic Group, Wageningen University, NHN-Wageningen
Expertise: taxonomy of cultivated plants, Solanum sect. Petota, Solanaceae, AFLP, phylogeny
Room number: Ww4Aa065
ronald.vandenberg@wur.nl
Tel: +31 (0)317 483377
Fax: +31 (0)317 484917
Carreer summary
1981 - 1984 PhD at Plant Systematics, Wageningen University, project on the pollen morphology of the genus Begonia in Africa
1986 – 1997 junior staff member at Plant Systematics, with a focus on the taxonomy of cultivated plants.
1997 – 2001 acting head of the department
2001 – present senior staff member.
Research
My research interest focusses on the domestication process and the
taxonomy of cultivated plants. Projects were conducted on
(wild relatives of) crops in Beta, Lolium, Lactuca and Solanum.
In the latter project my main research topic developed: the taxonomy
of the wild relatives of the cultivated potato, with collaboration with the
CGN (Dutch genenbank) and the group of dr. D. M. Spooner,
University of Wisconsin.
Teaching
Biosystematics and Biodiversity (BIS-20306)
Fieldcourse European Flora and Fauna (BIS-20803)
Advanced Biosystematics (BIS-30306)
PhD course Molecular phylogenies: reconstruction and interpretation
Publications