Honorary Membership
The society may bestow honorary membership to members and/or other people for their exceptional merits or service to the society or microbiology community at large. Honorary members are exempt from paying membership fees. Honorary membership is normally life-long. Leeuwenhoek medallists are bestowed with honorary membership.
Honorary members (past and current)
- Prof. Dr. K.C. [Klaas Christiaan] Winkler (NL, † 6 December 1994)
- Dr. J.C. [Craig] Venter (US, since 2015)
- Prof. J.F. [Jillian] Banfield (AU, since 2023)
- Prof. Mike Jetten (NL, since 2024)
- Prof. Marion Koopmans (NL, since 2024)
- Prof. Mark van Loosdrecht (NL, since 2024)
- Prof. John van der Oost (NL, since 2024)
- Prof. Jack Pronk (NL, since 2024)
- Prof. Jaap Sinninghe Damsté (NL, since 2024)
- Prof. Willem de Vos (NL, since 2024)
- Prof. Han Wösten (NL, since 2024)
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Prof. Jillian F. Banfield
![Jetten_small.jpg](https://congressus-knvm.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files/8105436a027c4f478e9c49ffb45ca28e.jpg)
Prof. Mike Jetten
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Prof. Marion Koopmans
![Loosdrecht_small.jpg](https://congressus-knvm.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files/b4221f556d8c4176891abc96fa43f942.jpg)
Prof. Mark van Loosdrecht
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Prof. John van der Oost
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Prof. Jack Pronk
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Prof. Jaap Sinninghe Damsté
![Venter_small.jpg](https://congressus-knvm.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files/d7febe18a4a14851af0515cc8a4308f6.jpg)
Dr. Craig Venter
![Vos_small.jpg](https://congressus-knvm.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files/a95df39718504031bf1528580afab3a7.jpg)
Prof. Willem de Vos
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Prof. Han Wösten
![Winkler_small.jpg](https://congressus-knvm.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files/36e1e9abe45a4960989b31cb15117bf9.jpg)
Prof. Klaas Winkler