Dr. Marco Mensink

Dr. Mensink earned his MSc in Health Sciences, specialization Movement Sciences, and Medicine from Maastricht University, where he also completed his PhD. He joined Wageningen University’s Division of Human Nutrition and Health in 2008. Since 2019 his work is positioned in the chair Nutritional Biology, which primarily focuses on the significance of nutrition to maintain or improve a persons’ physical and cognitive performance during ageing, recovery and rehabilitation. Dr Mensink is responsible for the research theme ‘Nutrition, Physical activity and Sports’, and involved in the research themes ‘Protein Digestion & Absorption’ and ‘Nutrition and aging’.