Mike Jetten (born 1962) is a Dutch professor of Microbiology at the

Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University (abbreviated as RU, , formerly ) is a public university, public research university located in Nijmegen, Netherlands. RU has seven faculties and more than 24,000 students. Established in 1923, Radboud University has consistentl ...

. He was a winner of the 2012

Spinoza Prize The Spinoza Prize () is an annual award of 1.5 million euro prize money, to be spent on new research given by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The award is the highest scientific award in the Netherlands. It is named after the philosopher Baruc ...

. Jetten received two

European Research Council The European Research Council (ERC) is a public body for funding of scientific and technological research conducted within the European Union (EU). Established by the European Commission in 2007, the ERC is composed of an independent Scientific ...

Advanced grants. The first grant was awarded to him in 2008 for his research on

Anammox Anammox, an abbreviation for "anaerobic ammonium oxidation", is a globally important microbial process of the nitrogen cycle that takes place in many natural environments. The bacteria mediating this process were identified in 1999, and were a gr ...

bacteria. He received his second grant in 2013. Since 2010 Jetten has been a member of the

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (, KNAW) is an organization dedicated to the advancement of science and literature in the Netherlands. The academy is housed in the Trippenhuis in Amsterdam. In addition to various advisory a ...

. In 2012 he was one of four winners of the Dutch

and received a 2.5 million euro grant. The awarding organisation, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research praised Jetten for providing new insights. Jetten has proven that several reactions that were considered impossible are used by bacteria to obtain energy, which plays an important role in the global cycles of nitrogen, methane and sulphur.

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Profile at Radboud University Nijmegen
1962 births Living people Dutch microbiologists Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Academic staff of Radboud University Nijmegen Spinoza Prize winners {{Netherlands-scientist-stub