Summary
Fenna Feenstra is a Senior Lecturer in Data Science for Life Science with nine years in academia and over two decades of multidisciplinary engineering and software experience spanning bioinformatics, process engineering, and product development. She leads curriculum design and research—focused on predicting bioactivity in soil—while managing admissions, accreditation, and industry partnerships at Hanzehogeschool Groningen. Comfortable coaching teams and driving change, Fenna pairs hands-on programming and R&D expertise with Six Sigma and quality assurance rigor from her industry roles at Cordis/Johnson & Johnson. Known for translating complex engineering processes into teachable curricula, she also champions ownership and trust in teams and has a background shaping national dairy-industry innovation committees. Her profile blends practical manufacturing systems and software validation experience with current AI-in-health research, making her a bridge between industry-grade engineering and data-driven life-science education.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bsc, agriculture, Bsc, agriculture at Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences
post graduated, information technology, post graduated, information technology at University of Liverpool
marnix college te ede
business administration, business administration at University of Groningen
Johan Frisoschool