2012-present: Assistant professor, Radboud University Nijmegen
2010- 2012: Marie-Curie Research Fellow (European Union)
Project title: “Climate-driven oxygen limitation in freshwater macroinvertebrates”
University of Plymouth (UK), Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre
2009-2010: Rubicon Research Fellow (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research)
Project title: “Can oxygen limitation explain effects of climate change on stream macroinvertebrates?”
University of Plymouth (UK), Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre
2006-2009: Senior Researcher/Consultant
Various projects related to developing scientific knowledge for nature management
Bargerveen Foundation /Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
2008 Doctorate degree
Title thesis: “Matching species to a changing landscape – Aquatic macroinvertebrates in a heterogeneous landscape ”
Department of Animal Ecology and Ecophysiology, Radboud University, Nijmegen
2001-2006: Researcher/Project leader
Investigate response of aquatic invertebrate to rewetting in a bogremnant (and various other projects)
Bargerveen Foundation/Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
2000-2001: Project coordinator
Dissemination of state of the art scientific knowledge regarding bog restoration
Bargerveen Foundation (NL)
2000 Master degree (with distinction)
Main subjects: Freshwater biology (external internship at Alterra/Wageningen UR); Marine Ecology and Cellular Physiology.
Radboud University Nijmegen
2013: Marie Curie Career Integration Grant (CIG) from the EU for research on the respiration physiology of invertebrates.
2013: Open Access Grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).
2011: NERC Grant to use Biomolecular Analysis Facility in Birmingham (NBAF-Birmingham).
2011: ALW research grant (Co-PI) from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).
2011: First place in Young Scientist Award Session, awarded by the Society of Experimental Biology (SEB). The session is ‘designed to recognize the best young researchers’.
2011: First prize in the contest "Promoting science: let's be innovative!" awarded at the Marie Curie Researchers Symposium for the animation film ‘Oxygen’.
2011: Open Access Grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).
2010: Hans Esselink Award from Natuurplaza for efforts to bridge the gap between fundamental science and applied science in the context of nature management .
2010: Marie-Curie fellowship from the EU for research on the physiology of invertebrates in running and standing waters
2009: Travel grant awarded by the Company of Biologists (COB) to attend the Thermadapt meeting in Aarhus, Denmark
2009: Travel grant awarded by the Society of Experimental Biology (SEB) to attend the SEB annual conference in Glasgow, UK
2009: Research grant (Rubicon fellowship ) from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) for research on the physiology of stream ectotherms in Plymouth, UK
1998: Travel grant awarded by the Nijmegen University Funding Foundation (SNUF ) for research on coral reef fish in the Caribbean
1998: Research grant Stichting Beijerink-Popping fund for research on coral reef fish in the Caribbean
2011-now Member of the FSociety for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB)
2010-now Member of the Freshwater Biological Association (FBA)
2009-now Member of the Society for Experimental Biology (SEB)
2008-now Member of the North American Benthological Society (NABS)
2007-now Member of the Ecological society of the Dutch Flemish language region (NecoV)
2000-now Member of the Association of Ecological Water Management (WEW)
2006-now Member of the Natural history club Limburg (Natuurhistorisch Genootschap Limburg)
2006-now Member of scientific advisory board on restoration projects in riverine landscapes (OBN-deskundigenteam Rivierenlandschap), Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Conservation & Food quality.
2006-2009 Member of scientific advisory board on restoration projects in fens and clay landscapes (OBN-deskundigenteam Laagveen en zeekleilandschap), Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Conservation & Food quality.
2006-2009 Member of the scientific advisory board on restoration projects for fauna (OBN-expertgroep Fauna), Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Conservation & Food quality.
2002-2009 Member of the Association of Landscape ecological Research (WLO)
2000-2009 Member of the Dutch foundation for research on reptiles, amphibians and fish (RAVON)
Reviewer for American Naturalist, Acta Oecologia, Biological Invasions, Chinese Journal of Oceanography and Limnology, De Levende Natuur, European Journal of Entomology, Freshwater Biology, Freshwater Science, Frontiers in Aquatic Physiology, Fundamental and Applied Limnology, Hydrobiologia, Journal of Fish Biology,Marine Biology, Marine and Freshwater Research, Nature Education, Oecologia, PLoS One, Wetlands Ecology and Management.
Grant reviewer for the Estonian Research Council on the ERA-NET BiodivERsA research programme, the European Research Council (ERC Advanced Grant), the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG).
External referee for the PhD by Dr. R. Simoni (2012) and member of the doctoral examination board for the PhD by Dr. R.C.M. Verdonschot (2012).
Given seminars in student courses: Ecological Theory and Data Analysis (2013, Radboud University Nijmegen), Biodiversity (2009, University of Plymouth), Animal Ecology (2008 and 2009, Radboud University Nijmegen), summer school on Restoration Ecology (2007, Society for Ecological Restoration), Water and Nature Management (2013, 2009, 2008, 2007, Radboud University Nijmegen), Milieukunde (2003, Radboud University Nijmegen).
Coordinated the Bachelors course System Ecology (2013, 2012, Radboud University Nijmegen)
Organised the special session "Predicting Sensitivities to Climate Change from Species Traits" during the 2012 annual meeting of the Society for Freshwater Science (SFS).
Organised sessions during the annual meeting of the Netherlands Ecological Research Network (NERN) on Ecology meets Physiology (2013) and Restoration Ecology (2009).
Supervised 15 MSc students during their graduate research.
Field course in South Africa on marine biology and coastal ecology (2010 and 2011) and in Switzerland on Alpine ecology (in 2013, 2007 and 2005).
Teaching assistant on various courses including Genetics (1998) and Zoology (1999).
