
Dr. Yanming Han has been Development Director within the Nutreco Exploration team since May 2022. He leads the discovery and development activities for Nutreco’s Microtechnology and Phytotechonology programs, which involves everything from the upstream activities of defining and discovering new solutions, all the way through to the development of these solutions into products. Yanming holds a Ph.D. in animal nutrition with a focus on enzyme discovery and application. He joined Nutreco 25 years ago, after completing a post-doctoral fellowship in molecular biotechnology at Cornell University. He works across animal species (monogastrics, ruminants, aqua species) and continents (North America, Europe), in close collaboration with leading academic groups all over the world. He has been focusing on functional ingredient and feed additive discovery and development. He has published over 80 peer-reviewed scientific papers.