Education

2015: PhD in Microbial Ecology
Department of Aquatic Microbiology, University of Amsterdam, NL
Topic: Growth and functioning of the microbial plankton community: effects of temperature, nutrients, and light

2004: Diploma in Biology
Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Münster, D
Topic: Sex allocation in the simultaneous hermaphrodite Macrostomum sp.

Academic Positions

(05 - 07/2015)
Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Aquatic Microbiology, University of Amsterdam, NL

(11/2011 – 07/2014)
Research assistant, Department of Theoretical Biology, University of Groningen, NL
Guest researcher at ECOSYM, University of Montpellier 2, FR (01/2012-05/2013)

(02/2008 – 10/2011)
Research assistant, Department of Aquatic Microbiology, University of Amsterdam, NL

(08/2004 –01/2008)
Research assistant, Department of Marine Biology & Department of Theoretical Biology, University of Groningen, NL

Research Interests

• Microbial community assembly
• Resource competition theory
• N2-fixing cyanobacteria, phytoplankton
• Chemostats

Current Project

EcOILogy

Publications

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