My biography

2019-present

Professor of Earth Surface Science, Department of Ecosystem and Landscape Dynamics, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

August 2017- March 2018

Maternity leave

2017-2020

Senior Research Fellow (Associate Professor)/ BBSRC David Phillips Fellow, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom (20% appointment from January 2019).

2015-2017

BBSRC David Phillips Fellow in Soil and Ecosystem Ecology in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom.

July 2014-January 2015

Maternity leave

2013-2015

Faculty Fellow in Soil and Ecosystem Ecology at the Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom.

2012-2013

Senior Research Associate within EU-funded Ecofinders project in the Soil and Ecosystem Ecology group, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, United Kingdom.

2009- 2012

Research Associate within EU-funded project SOILSERVICE in the Soil and Ecosystem Ecology group, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, United Kingdom.

2009

PhD Soil Biology at the Department of Soil Quality (Wageningen University) and Alterra, Wageningen UR, Wageningen, the Netherlands (0.8 fte).

2003

BSc and MSc Environmental Sciences with specialisations Soil Biology and Nature Conservation. Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands.