Medical Microbiologist, Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)

Daan Notermans is medical microbiologist at the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) for many years. His work concerns bacteriology from a public health perspective and more specifically antimicrobial resistance and health care associated infections, with a focus on carbapenemases and MRSA. Over the years, he has worked on various bacterial pathogens with public health relevance, such as Salmonella, Clostridium difficile, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Bordetella pertussis (whooping cough), Coxiella burnetii (Q fever), Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme borreliosis), Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC), carbapenemase producing Enterobacterales and Francisella tularensis.