Divison of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Biomolecular Health Sciences, Utrecht University
Since 2013 Project Manager and Researcher at Marine Mammal Stranding Research
Education
2017 – 2021: PhD on harbour porpoise health at Utrecht University (4 years)
2015 – 2017: Master Environmental Biology at Utrecht University (2 years)
2009 – 2013: Bachelor at Van Hall Larenstein, course: Intergrated Coastal Zone Management (4 years)
2012 – 2013: Minor Marine Living Resources, Wageningen University (6 months)
For a list of peer-reviewed publication and other (scientific) output click here or check our website.
Other relevant work experiences:
- Member of the IUCN SSC Cetacean Specialist Group
- Member of expert panel of Strandings Initiative, International Whaling Commission
- Member of the ASCOBANS Intersessional Working Group on Beaked Whales
- Member of the ASCOBANS Intersessional Working Group on Prey Resource Depletion
- Member of Rijkswaterstaats Wind op Zee Ecologisch Programma (WoZEP) expert werkgroep 'Zeezoogdieren en onderwatergeluid'
- Member of ASCOBANS – Advisory Committee
- Member of ICES Working Group on Marine Mammal Ecology
- Member of Utrecht Plastic Sources, Sinks and Solutions (UPlasticS3) network
- Consultant for Dutch Government regarding Cetacean Strandings and Health, Seal strandings and rehabilitation
- European Cetacean Society – Member and conference visitor in Germany (2010); Spain (2011); Ireland (2012), Portugal (2013), Belgium (2014), Malta (2015), Madeira (2016), Denmark (2017), Italy (2018). Joint ECS/SMM World Marine Mammal Science conference Barcelona (2019).
- Society for Marine Mammalogy – Member and conference visitor in San Francisco (2015) and Halifax (2017). Joint ECS/SMM World Marine Mammal Science conference Barcelona (2019).
Awards
Stairway to Impact Award 2022 at NWO Domain Science Prices (€50.000)