Full CV with Publication List can be found here.
My work and lab website is here, with lots more info on research (opportunities) and publications (which can also be found on Google Scholar or Research Gate).
Qualifications
2014 University Teaching Qualification for Lecturers (BKO)
5 Sep 2007 PhD, ‘Interference competition and patch choice in foraging shore crabs’
5 Sep 2007 Netherlands Inst. for Sea Research & University of Amsterdam
2000 BSc, MSc Population Biology, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Professional history
2018 – present Associate Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam
2013 – 2018 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam
2013 – 2018 MacGillavry Fellow, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam
2012 – 2013 Research Fellow at University of Oxford (Dept. of Zoology)
2010 – 2012 Research Fellow at Imperial College London (Silwood Park)
2008 – 2010 Rubicon Fellowship (NWO)– held at Imperial College London
2007 – 2008 A. v Humboldt Fellowship – Max Planck Inst. for Ornithology
2005 Marie Curie Research Trainee Fellowship – University of Exeter
Maternity leave Dec 2012 – June 2013
Evidence of international reputation for research
- 1.4 M€ personal grant money awarded
- 25 invited talks since obtaining my PhD in 2007
- Associate / Subject Editor for Functional Ecology (since 2018), Oikos (since 2013), and Journal of Animal Ecology (2011 – 2014)
- Faculty Member of the Faculty of 1000 (2009 – 2012)
- Grant Reviewer for Austrian Science Fund, Earthwatch, ERC H2020, NERC, Norway Research Council, NSF, NWO, SNF, The Royal Society
- Manuscript Reviewer for > 40 journals, incl. Nature Ecology & Evolution and Scientific Reports
Grants, Fellowships, and Awards
2018 1.5 yr, 0.8 fte, Post Doc position, €96,403, funded by Faculty of Science (UvA) (PI)
2017 Marie Curie Fellowship ECOEVOCLIM €165,599 (co-supervisor)
2017 Nomination for Lecturer of the Year 2017 ( University of Amsterdam)
2015 3-yr, 1 fte, Post Doc position, €185,000, funded through MacGillavry Fellowship 2014 Aspasia Grant (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research) (PI), € 100,000 2014 (declined)
2014 VIDI Fellowship (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research) (PI), 5 yrs, €
2014 800,000
2013 MEERVOUD Fellowship (Neth. Organisation for Scientific Research) (PI), 4 yrs, € 2014 225,000
2013 PhD student as part of MacGillavry Fellowship (University of Amsterdam)
2014 (supervisor)
2010 Nomination in “Viva400”: 400 most talented women under 38 in The
2010 Netherlands (Viva)
2008 Rubicon Fellowship (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research) (PI), 2
2010 yrs, € 87,480
2009 Dutch Wadden Academy Prize for best PhD thesis, € 5,000
2007 Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (AvH Foundation) (PI), 1 yr, € 25,000
2005 Marie Curie Research Fellowship (Marie Curie Fellowship Association) (PI), 6
2010 mo, £ 6,000
2001 Poster award, First European Conference on Behavioural Biology, Münster
2010 (Germany)
Academic leadership, services and management
2019 – present Works Council rep advisory board Faculty of Science Diversity Officer
2018 – present Elected Chair of the Faculty of Science Works Council (UvA)
2018 – present Mentor, Women in Science, British Ecological Society
2018 – present Chair Scientific Advisory Council at the Institute for Biodiversity and 2018 – present Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) (UvA)
2018 – present Associate Editor for Functional Ecology
2013 – present Subject Editor for Oikos
