For the polar bear research of my Professor Jane Waterman, I worked in subarctic Churchill, situated next to Hudson Bay at the Churchill Northern Studies Center. This research involves non-invasive methods of establishing individual identity, body condition and...
The objective of my thesis is to investigate the ultimate drivers and proximate mechanisms behind sociality in the unique social system of Cape ground squirrels, a promiscuous, egalitarian South African rodent species. Using a top-down approach, my thesis will be...
During the Covid pandemic, I worked in a specially designed Covid lab for the company Saltro. My role here was to process Covid samples. Since the lab had to scale up at an exceptional rate due to the unprecedented increasing demand for test analyses, the workflow and...
I worked at the Good Fish Foundation during the Covid Pandemic. The Good Fish foundation is a non-profit organization with a mission to improve sustainability of the seafood industry. The major tool Good Fish employs is the ‘VISWIJZER’, a comprehensive...
After falling seriously ill during my work in Ivory Coast, I was not in the right physical condition to pursue a PhD. During my long recovery process, due to my affinity with wine, I gradually started working with a friend that had started a wine festival a year...