· Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics
· December 2022- present
· Advisor: Professor Franciska de Vries
· June 2021- November 2022
· Greenhouse Horticulture and Flower Bulbs Business Unit
· September 2019- June 2021.
· Department of Terrestrial Ecology
· November 2017- August 2019.
· Advisor: Professor Martijn Bezemer
· School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
· April 2016- October 2017.
· Advisor: Professor Richard Bardgett
Swedish University of Agricultural Science Umeå, Sweden
· Department of Forest Ecology & Management
· PhD: March 2012- Defense: 4 March 2016.
· Main advisor: Professor David Wardle
Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois, USA
· Northwestern University Plant Biology & Conservation Scholarship.
· M.S. Plant Biology & Conservation Conferred: December 2009.
· Advisor: Louise Egerton-Warburton
University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
· B.S. Conservation & Environmental Science (with Honours) Conferred: August 2006
· B.A. German Philology & Culture (with Honours) Conferred: December 2005
Course Work
General/molecular/ecosystem ecology, general biology, general geology, conservation & management of natural resources, plant conservation genetics, general/organic chemistry, environmental philosophy & ethics, plant systematics/evolution, biometry, agricultural biocontrol, nematode taxonomy, pedagogics, multivariate/regression analyses, boreal forest ecology, R statistics course
[Research/Internships]
High Desert Harvest Farms Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, October 2009- October 2010
Owner/Operator
Kings Park Botanic Garden Perth, Western Australia, August 2008- November 2008
Research Assistant/Master’s Thesis Research
Chicago Botanic Garden Glencoe, Illinois, USA, November 2007- July 2008
Research Assistant
The Student Conservation Association Hopkins, South Carolina, USA, September 2006- February 2007
Native Plant Corps Member, Congaree National Park
Chicago Botanic Garden Glencoe, Illinois, USA, June 2006- August 2006
Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) Intern
Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, January- May 2006
Visitor’s Centre Intern
[Teaching experience, PhD studen supervision and thesis committees]
PhD student co-supervision (Chupei Shi) Amsterdam, Netherlands, December 2022-present
Undergraduate (two) BSc thesis supervisor Amsterdam, Netherlands, March-June 2024
MSc thesis committee (Rebeca Leme Oliva), Federal University of São Carlo São Carlo, Brazil, July 2020
Undergraduate and MSc student supervision Manchester, UK, May 2016-October 2017
Forest vegetation ecology, course assistant Umeå, Sweden, January-February 2016
Intro to ecology, lecturer Umeå, Sweden, February 2015 and 2016
Mountain flora ecology, lecturer Kvikkjokk, Sweden, August 2014
Vegetation ecology, project coordinator Umeå, Sweden, August 2014 and August 2015
Master’s student supervision Umeå, Sweden, May 2013-January 2014
Research experience for Undergraduates (REU) supervision Glencoe, Illinois, USA, June-August 2009
High school student supervision Glencoe, Illinois, USA, November 2007-July 2008
[Grants/scholarships]
TopSector Tuinbouw & uitgangsmaterialen: Boven- en ondergronds sturen op weerbaarheid, co-lead applicant: 1,100,000 EUR, April 2021
Kas als Energiebron: Een stoomvrije chrysantenteelt door verbeterede weerbaarheid en perskluit kwaliteit, co-lead applicant: 830,000 EUR, March 2021
International Congress of Ecology Outstanding Young Scholars Funding 1,000 GBP, August 2017
KLSA Conference Travel Grant (Gunnar and Birgitta Nordins Fund) 10,000 SEK, December 2015
Swedish Uni of Agri Sciences Course Travel Grant 9,000 SEK, June 2015
Swedish Uni of Agri Sciences Internationalisation Grant (Lennart Hjelms Fund) 15,000 SEK, March 2015
Swedish Uni of Agri Sciences Internationalisation Grant (Wallenberg Foundation) 11,000 SEK, November 2014
Northwestern Plant Biology & Conservation Award 1,500 USD, August 2008
Shaw Fellowship, Northwestern University 25,000 USD, August 2007
[Presentations/workshops/memberships]
Poster session: British Ecological Society Annual Meeting Belfast, UK, December 2023
Invited speaker: Swedish Uni Agri Sciences Uppsala, Sweden, October 2018
Oral session: Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland Vienna, Austria, September 2018
Oral session: International Congress of Ecology Beijing, China, August 2017
Workshop: Traits as drivers of ecosystem processes Sydney, Australia, October 2016
Poster session: Ecology of Soil Microorganisms Conference Prague, Czechia, November 2015
Oral session: British Ecological Society Annual Meeting Lille, France, December 2014
Invited speaker: Netherlands Institute of Ecology Wageningen, Netherlands, July 2014
Poster session: Ecological Society of America Albuquerque, NM, USA, August 2009
Poster session: American Public Garden Association Washington, D.C., USA, June 2007
Member: British Ecological Society 2014-2016, 2023-present
Member: American Public Garden Association 2006-2009
Member: Delta Phi Alpha (National German Honours Society) 2005-present
NIOO Terrestrial Ecology Department seminar series coordinator June 2018-2019
[Language skills]
Dutch, training at Regina Coeli Language Institute, October 2019
Dutch, training at Babel, September 2021- January 2022
Inburgeringsexamen, Level B2, passed: 2022
Speaking: B2.2, Writing: C1.1, Listening: B2.2, Reading: C1.2
[Manuscript review]
I have reviewed manuscripts for: Global Change Biology, Ecology, Ecology and Evolution, Ecology Letters, Ecosystems, European Journal of Soil Biology, Forest Ecosystems, Functional Ecology, ISME, Journal of Animal Ecology, Journal of Applied Ecology, Journal of Ecology, Journal of Nematology, NeoBiota, Oecologia, Oikos, Pedobiologia, Plant and Soil, Scientific Reports and Soil Biology and Biochemistry.
[Journal editing]
Guest editor Plant & Soil Special Issue (S98) on Plant-Soil Feedback: October 2021-September 2022
Section Editor Plant and Soil: September 2022-February 2024