About me
I am a behavioral ecologist with a background and interest in foraging behavior and migration. I am interested in the mechanisms by which organisms deal with the aspects of their (changing) environment and I am fascinated how animals respond to this. Are animals phenotypically flexible or do they change their distribution and diet? These are key questions that I aim to unravel by integrating behavior, demography and population dynamics using statistical and theoretical models with empirical data.
After my PhD project on the foraging ecology of bar-tailed godwits at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), I worked with the motus system in Canada (Carleton University and Environment and Climate Change Canada). Thereafter I worked in Sweden for a year, before I returned to the Netherlands where I worked as a researcher in bird ecology at a consultancy firm (Bureau Waardenburg). I worked in a range of projects, many dealt with aspects of renewable energy (offshore windfarms, solar energy) and the impact of these structures on seabirds and migrating birds. From mid 2021 I started as a senior researcher at Sovon Vogelonderzoek Nederland (sovon.nl), where I will focus on the distribution and movements of shorebirds and waterbirds.
After my PhD project on the foraging ecology of bar-tailed godwits at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), I worked with the motus system in Canada (Carleton University and Environment and Climate Change Canada). Thereafter I worked in Sweden for a year, before I returned to the Netherlands where I worked as a researcher in bird ecology at a consultancy firm (Bureau Waardenburg). I worked in a range of projects, many dealt with aspects of renewable energy (offshore windfarms, solar energy) and the impact of these structures on seabirds and migrating birds. From mid 2021 I started as a senior researcher at Sovon Vogelonderzoek Nederland (sovon.nl), where I will focus on the distribution and movements of shorebirds and waterbirds.
MSc work on interference competition in mallards Effects of introduced mammals on the endemic
bird population in New Caledonia
bird population in New Caledonia