Current
  • Nov 2019 – : Assistant Professor (TT); Aquatic Ecology group, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  • Oct 2019 – : Guest Lecturer in Ecology; School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Previous positions
  • Mar 2017 – Oct 2019: Lecturer in Ecology; School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Southampton, United Kingdom 
  • Nov 2014 – Mar 2017: Scientific collaborator (0.8 fte); Ecological Systems Laboratory, École Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
​​         Sept 2015–Sept 2017: Guest researcher Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
  • Nov 2011 – Oct 2014: NWO-VENI postdoctoral research fellow; Ecology & Biodiversity, Dept. of Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, NL
            May 2012–Oct 2014: Guest researcher at the Ecological Systems Laboratory, EPFL, CH
  • Mar ​2009 – Oct 2011: Postdoctoral research fellow (ERA, Biodiversity–PEATBOG); Ecology & Biodiversity, Dept. of Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, NL
           Nov–Dec 2010: Visiting Scientist, Water and Environmental Studies group, Linköping University, Sweden
           Sept 2011–Apr 2012: Coordinator Prince Bernhard Chair for International Nature Conservation, Utrecht University, NL
  • Aug 2008 – Feb 2009: Postdoctoral research assistant; School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
  • Sep 2007 – July 2009: Postdoctoral researcher (0.8fte) & lecturer (0.2fte); Environmental Sciences, Dept. of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, NL

Education
  • May 2003 – Aug 2007: PhD-student Peatland Conservation, Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, NL Thesis title: Competition between Sphagnum mosses in European raised bogs: the effects of a changing climate.​ Advisors: Prof. Dr. Matthijs G.C. Schouten, Dr. Juul Limpens and Prof. Dr. Frank Berendse  
  • May 2001 – Apr 2003   MSc Biology, Utrecht University, NL. (track: Ecology and Evolution)


Academic activities
  • Staff Engagement Champion for the School of Biological Sciences (SOBS)
  • Member of the SOBS Research Operations Group
  • Member of the SOBS Equality Diversity and Inclusion Committee
  • Peatland Ecology Special Interest Group of the British Ecological Society, Secretary
  • Plant-Soil-Ecosystems Special Interest Group of the British Ecological Society, Vice-Secretary
  • Member of the NERC Strategic Programme Area group ‘Peatland Resilience’: Innovative Science for Transforming Management (PRISM)
  • Expert panel Climate Change, International Peat Society
  • Dutch foundation for the conservation of Irish bogs, board member
  • Interview of Science Daily: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171027085530.htm
  • Interview in the Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/06/28/fire-chiefs-consider-setting-firesaddleworth- moor-stop-out/• Peatland Research Group, British Ecological Society; Ulster Museum: The secrets of Irelands peatlands: bog bodies, volcanoes and climate change. 11 September 2018
 
  • Editor Diversity 
  • Editor Functional Ecology blog, www.functionalecologists.com
  • Data contributor, TRY Initiative (plant trait database)

Reviewing
Academic journals:  Nat Commun, Ecol Lett, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, Glob Chang Biol, New Phytol, J Ecol, J Appl Ecol, Func Ecol, Oikos, Oecologia, Ecosystems, Plant Soil, Environ Exp Bot, J Veg Sci, Appl Veg Sci, Bor Environ Res, Ecohydrology, Aquat Bot, Plant Ecol, Plant Species Biol, Botany, Clim Chang, Polar Biol, Folia Geobot Phytotaxon, Wetlands, Ecol Evol, Land, Wetl Ecol Manag, J Geophys Res: Biogeosci, Freshwater Sci, Mires and Peat, Front Ecol Evol, Eur J Soil Biol, Biogeochemistry, Soil Biol Biochem, Sci Tot Environ, Ann Bot, Écoscience, Geoderma.
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Grant reviewing: NCN, (Narodowe Centrum Nauki) Polish National Science Centre (2018), FWF – Austrian Science Fund (2018), DFG, German Research Foundation (2016, 2018, 2019), CAČR, Czech Science Foundation (2018), NSERC, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (2018), Leverhulme Trust (2017), British Ecological Society, Small research grants; Outreach grants; Ecologists in Africa grants (2016 & 2017); BARD, The US–Israel Agricultural Research & Development Fund (2016); ETAg, Estonian Research Council (2015); Postdoctoral funding programme P.R.I.M.E., German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD, 2015); National Research Network for Low Carbon Energy and the Environment (2014); Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) postgraduate research awards (2011-2014).