Career Profile
Currently, I am doing my PhD at the University of Amsterdam, where I will be developing necessary ecological knowledge on the role of landscape complementation in supporting focal populations and ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes. I will do this through both ecological modelling and ecological monitoring, to establish biodiversity-friendly farming practices with a focus on the landscape.
Experiences
My work aims to understand how population dynamics respond to landscape change, I do so by modelling approaches. My research line focusses on predator-prey dynamics in conservation biological control and, simultaneously, increasing biodiversity in agricultural landscapes. This PhD is a part of the research project FRAMEwork - Farmer clusters for Realising Agrobiodiversity Management across Ecosystems - financed by the EU-programme Horizon 2020.
Monitoring of bats for nature legislation of buildings.
Studying weasel ecology in agricultural landscapes as part of my MSc internship.
Guiding student through their modelling (Stella) and behavioural observation (snails) practicals.
Studying captive woolly monkey behavior and how their wild behavior could be encouraged through the implementation of environmental enrichments. This research was part of my MSc thesis Environmental enrichments for the woolly monkey (Lagothrix lagotricha).
Certifications
Projects
OSS Contributions
I am working on a landscape-based population-dynamical model of flower feeding natural enemies and their pest prey (coming soon).
Publications
My first publication will soon be shown here.