Curriculum vitae

Research Experience

• 2025 - now: Postdoctoral researcher, Urban Ecology and Biodiversity Working Group, Institute of Geography, Ruhr University Bochum (DE)
• 2024: Research assistant biology and biology didactics (2,5 months), Institute for Environmental and Life Sciences, Karlstad University (SE)
• 2019 - 2024: PhD candidate, Institute for Environmental and Life Sciences, Karlstad University (SE)
  • Thesis: Rooting for riperian vegetation, process underlying community composition in boreal ecosystems
• 2018 - 2019: Junior Researcher in Invasion Biology (10 months), Department of Animal Ecology and Physiology, Radboud University (NL)

Education

• 2014-2018: Master Biology (specialization Communities & Ecosystems), awarded bene meritum, Faculty of Science, Radboud University (NL)
  • MSc thesis II: Man-made habitats, mosaic pieces for pollinator conservation, Department of Ecology (Ultuna), Swedish University of Agicultural Sciences (SE)
  • MSc thesis I: A new recipe for ecological conservation in West-Java. Mixing historical ingredients: land use maps and bird observations, Department of Environmental Science, Radboud University (NL)

Publications

Courses

Summer semester 2025:

• Elective Course B.Sc./B.A.: Seminar Ecology of near-natural and highly modified ecosystems (170132)
• Climatology and Biogeography (part Biogeography)
  • Seminar (170005c)
  • Field trips (170006c)

My courses are held in English.

Research Interests

I’m interested in the functioning and management of riparian zones and freshwater ecosystems. I work in natural and (highly) modified systems and especially focus on vegetation dynamics, flow regulation and river restoration questions.

Feel free to contact me if you want to write a bachelor’s or master’s theses on one of these or a related topic.