Leo Marcelis
Prof Dr Leo Marcelis is head of the chair group Horticulture and Product Physiology at Wageningen University, The Netherlands. His research focuses on sustainable production of high quality products in vertical farms and greenhouses; Leo has a strong background in plant physiology, crop monitoring, and computational modelling. He has extensively studied the growth, development and physiology of plants in order to improve sustainability and quality of crop production in greenhouses and vertical farms. At the moment he is leading several large national and international multidisciplinary research programmes on greenhouse crop production and vertical farming in which universities and private companies cooperate.
Sessions
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Scaling agri-food tech innovation: Translating insights from the Dutch ecosystem to APAC27-Oct-2026Breakout Room B