Marrie Tensen, M.A.
Project Manager
Marie obtained her MA from the Classics Department, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She pursued her studies at the Department of Anthropology, Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, USA. Here, she devised a project jointly with the Department of Biology, which she continued at the Groningen Institute of Archaeology, University of Groningen.
After her years in the academic world, Marrie pursued a career in business. She worked at Akzo Nobel Chemicals in the Netherlands and in the United Kingdom. She then moved to Micronic and its holding company Tracamyl in the Netherlands, a supplier of premium labware, precision engineered equipment and services to research labs of hospitals, agricultural, veterinary and governmental institutes as well as companies in biotech, pharma and food. Here, she worked for 18 years before joining TBVI.
In order to continue her archaeological interest besides her career in business, for one day a week Marrie works as a Research Associate at the Dutch National Cultural Heritage Agency, where she has specialised in archaeo-ichthyology: the study of fish bones from archaeological deposits.
Marrie: “After a start in academia and working in business for many years, I have the opportunity to dedicate my skills and experience to the not-for-profit sector. I am very pleased to be able to contribute to the success of TB vaccine development as Project Manager at TBVI”.