Sybren de Hoog
Curriculum vitae
Date of birth
August, 27 1948
Citizenship
Dutch
PhD thesis 1974 , titled “Revision of some genera of imperfect fungi.”
Education
University of Utrecht.
Professional career
Since 1971 member of the CBS. Worked 4 months as a guest professor at the Research
Center for Pathogenic Fungi in China, Japan. Current number of refereed publications:
228.
Teaching and lecturing activities
associate professor at the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University
of Amsterdam.
Major share in guidance of the following PhD Theses / habilitations:
- T. Boekhout (CBS): Ballistoconidium-forming fungi (1991).
- F. Masclaux (Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France): Molecular phylogeny of Cladosporium
/ Cladophialophora (1995).
- J.M.J. Uijthof (CBS): Molecular taxonomy of Exophiala (1996).
- R. Montijn (Molecular Cell Biology, University of Amsterdam): Cell wall structure
of fungi (1996).
- T. Matos (Inst. Microbiol. & Immunol., Ljublana, Slovenia): Ecology of Exophiala
dermatitidis (2002).
- Y. Gräser (Med. Mikrobiol. Charité, Berlin, Germany): Genotyping of dermatophytes
(2002)
- V. Vicente (Inst. Microbiology, Curitiba, Brazil): Genotyping of agents of chromoblastomycosis
(2002).
- R. Vitale (Med. Microbiology AZN, Nijmegen): Taxonomy and anitimycotics of black
yeasts (2003).
- P. Zalar (Nat. Inst. Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia): halophilic hyphomycetes (current).
- J. Rainer (Fac. Botany, Innsbruck, Austria): Ecology of Pseudallescheria boydii
(planned)
- M. Sudhadham (Khao Khieo Zoo, Bangkok, Thailand):
Natural habitat and host shifts
in Exophiala dermatitidis (planned).
Congresses and symposia
Editing of symposia on yeasts, yeast-like and medical fungi in Amersfoort (1987),
Atlanta (1992), Adelaide (1993) and Veldhoven (1996) and co-editing of the symposium
on black yeasts at Vancouver (1994); 14 chapters on filamentous yeasts for the book
"The Yeasts" (eds C.P. Kurtzman & J.W. Fell).
Review and editorial activities
Has been managing editor of 'Antonie van Leeuwenhoek' for 10 years; currently for
'Mycoses'.