What is Joep Geraedts?
{{Infobox person | name = Joep Geraedts | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1948|4|17|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Swalmen]], Netherlands | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|12|25|1948|4|17|df=y}} | death_place = [[Maastricht]], Netherlands | monuments = | residence = | nationality = Dutch | occupation = academic | known_for = | relatives = | awards = }} '''Joep Geraedts''' (17 April 1948 – 25 December 2022) was a Dutch academic. ==Biography== Geraedts was born in [[Swalmen]] in 1948. He studied biology at the [[Radboud University Nijmegen|Nijmegen University]]. He did his his PhD research in [[Leiden]].<ref name=ref1>{{cite web|url=https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/memoriam-joep-geraedts |title=In memoriam Joep Geraedts|work=[[Maastricht University]]|date=|access-date=12 January 2023|language=en}}</ref> He was the first professor of Genetics and Cell Biology at the [[Maastricht University]]. He was a professor for more than 30 years, between 1982 and 2013. He was also founder and head of the Department of Clinical Genetics at the University Hospital of Maastricht.<ref name=ref3>{{cite web|url=https://www.vkgn.org/nieuws/overlijdensbericht-joep-geraedts/ |title=Overlijdensbericht: Joep Geraedts|work=Vereniging Klinische Genetica Nederland|date=24 December 2022|access-date=12 January 2023|language=nl}}</ref> Geraedts died in Maastricht on 25 December 2022, at the age of 74.<ref name=ref1 /><ref name=ref2>{{cite web|url=https://l1.nl/manjefieke-rector-van-der-nul-joep-geraedts-overleden-175068/|title=Manjefieke Rector van der NUL Joep Geraedts overleden|work=[[L1]]|date=10 January 2023|access-date=12 January 2023|language=nl|archive-date=12 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112130059/https://l1.nl/manjefieke-rector-van-der-nul-joep-geraedts-overleden-175068/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=ref3 /> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Geraedts, Joep}} [[Category:Dutch academics]] [[Category:1948 births]] [[Category:20