Education

Below you can find a list of  the studies I have done after graduating secondary school:

Title of qualification awarded	PhD in Ecology
Dates	11 October 2016 – 26 April 2021
Principal subjects / occupational skills covered	Thesis: The role of plant functional traits in organising plant-pollinator interactions
Name of organisation providing education and training	Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Ecology. Vinicna 7, CZ-128 44, Prague 2, Czech Republic
Level in national or international classification	PhD

Title of qualification awarded	Msc. Forest and Nature Conservation
Dates	25 August 2010 – October 2012
Principal subjects / occupational skills covered	Courses: Trends in Forest and Nature Conservation, Ecological Methods, Wildlife Resource Management, Scientific Skills Training, Modular Skills training, Communities Conservation and Development, Restoration Ecology, Resource Ecology, Forest Ecology and Management, Animal Ecology Thesis: The effects of Amazonian Dark Earths on the composition, diversity and density of understory herbs, ferns and palms in a Bolivian Tropical Forest. Fieldwork for this thesis was done in Bolivia from 21-08-2011 until 30-12-2011. Thesis was completed with an 8 on 28-8-2012. Internship: Creating a management guideline for Roe Deer management in areas owned by Staatsbosbeheer (Dutch State Forestry service) from April – 29 October 2012. Title document: “Reeën bij Staatsbosbeheer, het beheer van een succesvolle diersoort nader bekeken & een stappenplan voor beter beheer in de gehele regio.” Internship was completed with an 8 on 29-10-2012.
Name of organisation providing education and training	Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 2, 6708PB Wageningen (The Netherlands)
Level in national or international classification	Master of Science

Title of qualification awarded	Btech. Nature Conservation
Dates	30 January 2008 – 21 November 2008
Principal subjects / occupational skills covered	Courses: Conservation management, Resource management, Freshwater management, Statistics, Environmental education, General ecology and Fire ecology.
Name of organisation providing education and training	Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Saasveld Campus, George (South Africa)
Level in national or international classification	Bachelor of Technology

Title of qualification awarded	Ba. Forest and Nature Management
Dates	24 August 2005 – 07 July 2010
Principal subjects / occupational skills covered	Dutch courses: De Gebiedsontwikkelaar (The Nature developer),De Beheerder (The environmental manager), De Inrichter (The nature designer), Beheersplan (Management plan) Ondernemingsplan (Business plan), De Onderzoeker (The Researcher) English courses: Tropical nature management, tropical forest ecology, soil and water conservation, soil sciences, non-timber forest products, agro forestry, social forestry, rural development, plantation forestry, statistics, forest policy, tropical forest utilisation, tropical silviculture, English and Spanish. Third year internship: Btech degree Nature Conservation (see above) Fourth year thesis research: Fuel wood usage of households in the working area of the TACARE (Lake Tanganyika Catchment Reforestation and Education) project, how can we make it more sustainable? For the Jane Goodall Institute Tanzania; PO-box 1182, Kigoma, Tanzania. 20-06-2009 – 10-12-2009.
Name of organisation providing education and training	Van Hall-Larenstein University of Applied Sciences, Larensteinselaan 26a, 6882CT Velp (The Netherlands)
Level in national or international classification	HBO Bachelor