Maarten van De Klundert

Maarten received his Ph.D. in 2016 at the University of Amsterdam and worked as a post-doc in the Institute of Virology at the Technical University Munich. His work during his PhD and first postdoc focused on the molecular virology of hepatitis B virus. Maarten joined us in 2021 as post-doc researcher and in January 2023 became a team leader. He has a strong focus on both fundamental and translational research on HIV latency and HIV cure. In addition, he is responsible for the groups strong research line on molecular HIV epidemiology which is based on several national, and international collaborations using various national and international databases, such as the InfCare database, the EuResist and EuCare databases. This research line also involves team member Anna Weibull Wärnberg, MD, of whom Maarten is co-PhD supervisor. Maarten regularly acts as supervisor and as independent examiner of international bachelor and master students. In January 2025 Maarten was elected chair of the KI liver academy steering committee.