Esther Lutgens is a Dutch physician and molecular biologist who is Professor of Vascular Immunopathology at Amsterdam University Medical Centre.
Lutgens was a medical student at Maastricht University,[1] where she became interested in the cardiovascular and immune systems.
She worked alongside Mat Daemen and studied cellular proliferation in atherosclerotic plaque.
[3] Lutgens started her independent scientific career back in the Netherlands, as a Professor at Maastricht University.
[3] Lutgens' research considers the immune system and vascular inflammation.