Meet the team

We have brought together a collective of food innovators to work on your innovation challenges and seize new opportunities. From strategy and concept development to product management and R&D support.

StudioFava - Future food development - Dennis Favier
Dennis Favier
Product development specialist

Dennis is a creative food developer on a mission to get people to eat more plants and less animals.

StudioFava - Future food development - Michael Leusink
Michael Luesink
Concept development specialist

Michael is an experienced entrepreneur, strategy advisor and developer of future food concepts.

StudioFava - Future food development - Samantha Janssen
Samantha Janssen
Food scientist

Samantha is specialized in product development of alternatives for meat, fish and dairy. She strongly believes that plant based is the way forward.

StudioFava - Future food development - Marlein Sturing
Marlein Sturing
Food scientist

With a bachelor Chemistry and a master Health Food Innovation Management and enthusiasm about future food, Marlein takes on research and development challenges in the Studio Fava team.

StudioFava - Future food development - Vincent Mathar
Vincent Mathar
Food scientist

Graduated on his bachelor and master in Food Technology in Wageningen, Vincent is working on multiple innovation projects in our food lab.

StudioFava-Sasker Scheerder
Sasker Scheerder
Fermentation specialist

Sasker is creative product developer with an expertise in fermented foods.

StudioFava-Maarten Kleinzen
Maarten Kleinzen
Development chef

Maarten is trained as a chef and for the last 8 years he focused on product developing, making vegetarian meat alternatives.

StudioFava-Sophie Tullemans
Sophie Tullemans
Sensory scientist

Sophie is a food application developer specialized in sensory and flavor science.

StudioFava-Sander Huurman
Sander Huurman
Process developer

Sander is an experienced process and operations manager skilled in scaling up processes in biotechnology and food.

StudioFava-Eveline van Dam
Eveline van Dam
Concept developer

With a background in food and retail, Eveline focuses on creating innovative food concepts that respond to consumers’ needs and the latest trends.