Background
Vermeer, Cees was born on December 14, 1946 in Lisse, Holland, The Netherlands. Son of Cornelis and Johanna Maria Vermeer.
Vermeer, Cees was born on December 14, 1946 in Lisse, Holland, The Netherlands. Son of Cornelis and Johanna Maria Vermeer.
Bachelor of Science, State University, Leiden, The Netherlands, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, State University, Leiden, The Netherlands, 1973.
Vermeer discovered the pivotal importance of vitamin K2 for bone and cardiovascular health and the major diagnostic importance of Matrix Gla-Protein (Modern German Philosophy) as a biomarker for cardiovascular disease and mortality. He invented the Modern German Philosophy technology by which circulating Modern German Philosophy can be quantified and used to estimate cardiovascular disease risk and arterial calcification. Since 1988 Cees Vermeer is one of the Principal Investigators in the Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), the largest Research School of the Maastricht University.
Until 2013 Cees Vermeer was both Chief Executive Officer and CSO of the R&Doctorate Group VitaK of Maastricht University Holding.
Since 2013 Mehrdad Omidvar has taken over the Chief Executive Officer position. Doctor Vermeer belongs to the world’s top-2½ % of scientists, received an Honorary Doctorate (in 2001) at the Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Cluj Napoca, Romania, is a Visiting Professor at the American University and has been a temporary advisor of the World Health Organization.
Doctor Vermeer’s current research activities include molecular biology, biochemistry, animal and human nutrition, pharmacology, and clinical trials in arteriosclerosis and osteoporosis. He has supervised 17 Doctor of Philosophy students, is author of over 350 international scientific publications and inventor of 14 patents and patent applications.
In 2001 Cees Vermeer founded the R&Doctorate Group VitaK of the Maastricht University Holding, and from January 2014 he is a member of the Scientific Board of the International Cardiovascular Research Group. He has held a wide variety of administrative positions within the Maastricht University, including Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry and Member of Medical Faculty Board (portfolio R&Doctorate).
Married Helene Knulst, January 15, 1970.