Paulien klein Gunnewiek (1966) graduated as microbial technician at the RHAS in Wageningen in 1988. From 1988 on, she worked at the NIOO at the department ME as a research-assistent together with professor Dr. W. de Boer. She has experience with microbial, chemical and molecular techniques. Together with prof. Dr. W. de Boer and associating pHD's /post docs, she worked on a lot of different topics like (acid)nitrification, fungi-eating bacteria (Collimonas), wood degrading bacteria. She is also responsible for the fungi- and bacteria-collection of the ME department. At the moment she is working as a research assistent in the Promise project.