Maarten Nauta

Contact
Maarten Nauta
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Infektionsepidemiologi og Forebyggelse / Fødevare- og Vandbårne Sygd. og Zoonoser
T. +45 32683190
@. mjna@ssi.dk
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