Cisca Wijmenga
Tjitske Nienke '"Cisca" Wijmenga' is a Dutch professor of Human Genetics at the University of Groningen and the University [Medical Center Groningen]. She was Rector Magnificus of the University between September 2019 and September 2023.
Life
Wijmenga was born on 16 February 1964 in Drachten. She studied biology at the University of Groningen and obtained her PhD at Leiden University in 1993 with a thesis titled: "Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy: from genetic mapping towards gene cloning". In 1999 she became a university lecturer of medical genetics at the University Medical Center Utrecht. In 2003 she became professor of human genetics at Utrecht University. In 2007 Wijmenga switched to the University of Groningen where she also became professor of human genetics.She was appointed as Rector Magnificus of the University per September 2019, becoming the first female to hold the position. During her time in office she strived for more recognition of the education part of the university. In November 2022 she announced she did not aspire a second term for personal reasons. She was succeeded on 1 September 2023 by Jacquelien Scherpen.