Maarten Nauta

Senior Researcher

Member of EFSA BIOHAZ Panel

Member of International Committee of Predictive Modelling in Foods (ICPMF)

Career

Educated as mathematical biologist at Groningen University (the Netherlands), with a PhD in Agricultural Sciences (Wageningen University), Maarten previously worked at the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) in the Netherlands and at the National Food Institute of the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). He joined SSI in March 2021.

Research area

Maarten has worked on the development of mathematical models in evolutionary genetics, food microbiology, food safety, nutrition, pharmacy, public health, infectious disease epidemiology and One Health. He is specialised in quantitative microbiological risk assessment, applied to foodborne infectious diseases.

ORCID / Web of Science

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8738-4251

https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/B-4376-2017

Some recent publications

Nauta, M., Engbo Christiansen, L., Kjær Lefèvre, S., Munkstrup, C.L., Young, J. and Rosenquist, H. 2025 Towards more transparent risk assessment of communicable diseases - redefining probability and impact. Epidemiology and Infection, 153, e31. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268825000147

Foddai, A., Sandberg, M. and Nauta, M. 2024 A procedure for surveillance data-driven risk assessment to inform Campylobacter risk-based control. Microbial Risk Analysis 27-28:100322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mran.2024.100322

Nauta, M., McManus, O., Træholt Franck, K., Marving, E., Dam Rasmussen, L., Raith Richter, S., and Ethelberg, S. 2023 Early detection of local SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks by wastewater surveillance: A feasibility study. Epidemiology & Infection, 151, e28. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268823000146

Knipper, A.-D., Crease, T., Günther, T., Filter, M. and Nauta, M. 2023 Quantitative microbiological risk assessment model for Campylobacter in raw milk of dairy cows in Germany. Microbial Risk Analysis 25:100274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mran.2023.100274

Nauta, M., Bolton, D., Crotta, M., Ellis-Iversen, J., Alter, T., Hempen, M., Messens, W. and Chemaly, M. 2022 An updated assessment of the effect of control options reducing to reduce Campylobacter concentrations in broiler caeca on human health risk in the European Union. Microbial Risk Analysis 21:100197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mran.2021.100197