Elisabeth Bik

Elisabeth Bik
Bik in 2019
Born
Elisabeth Margaretha Bik

1966 (age 5859)
Alma materUtrecht University (MSc, PhD)
Scientific career
Institutions
ThesisCholera: vaccine development and evolution of epidemic Vibrio cholerae strains (1996)
Notes

Elisabeth Margaretha Harbers-Bik (born 1966) is a Dutch microbiologist and scientific integrity consultant. Bik is known for her work detecting photo manipulation in scientific publications, and identifying over 4,000 potential cases of improper research conduct. Bik is the founder of Microbiome Digest, a blog with daily updates on microbiome research, and the Science Integrity Digest blog.

Bik was awarded the 2021 John Maddox Prize for "outstanding work exposing widespread threats to research integrity in scientific papers".