Merel Jansen
Scientist (Geoökologie & Physische Geographie)
Swiss National Science Foundation Postdoc Mobility fellowship
+49 (0)176 238 55 626
merel.jansen@uni-landau.de
Room P003
Pestalozzistr. 3, 76829 Landau, GERMANY
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Research Focus
- Deforestation related drought
- Land-use change
- Agroforestry and Non-timber forest products
- Tropical forests
- Ecological modelling
- Population dynamics
Curriculum Vitae
- Since 2002 Postdoctoral researcher, Swiss National Science Foundation Postdoc Mobility Fellowship: Geoecology and Physical Geography, iES Landau, University of Koblenz-Landau
- 2016-2019 Postdoctoral researcher, Ecosystem Management, ETH Zurich / Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Peru. Project: SUSTAIN
- 1012-2016 PhD candidate, personal PE&RC-NWO grant, Wageningen University, Center for Crop Systems Analysis / Forest Ecology and Forest Management. Thesis title: “Super-performance in a palm population”
- 2009-2011 M.Sc. Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Graduated Cum Laude. Major thesis: “Strong persistent growth differences govern individual performance and population dynamics in a tropical forest understorey palm”. Minor thesis: “Experimental personality research in Okapis (Okapia johnstoni): An assessment of the possibilities and challenges”
- 2005-2008 B.Sc. Physics and Astronomy, Utrecht University. Thesis: “Phase transitions in the early universe”