Dr. Jan Peter van der Sleen
- Scientific staff
- Research
- Group: Auen-Institut
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Institut für Geographie und Geoökologie
Abteilung Aueninstitut
Josefstr.1
D-76437 Rastatt
Peter van der Sleen
Topics
- forest ecology
- fish ecology
- global change
Current position
| 2017 - | Postdoctoral Researcher. Institute of Geography and Geoecology, department of Wetland Ecology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. |
Previous positions
| Nov 2015 - July 2017 | Postdoctoral Researcher. Marine Science Institute, University of Texas, USA. |
| Aug 2014 - Feb 2015 | Post-doctoral researcher. Forest Ecology and Management Group, Wageningen University, the Netherlands. |
| Jan 2011 - July 2017 | Freelance editor of a book ‘Field guide to the fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco and Guianas’. |
Education
| Feb 2010 - Jun 2014 | PhD candidate. Forest Ecology and Management Group, Wageningen University, the Netherlands. Title thesis: Environmental drivers of tree growth: a pan-tropical study of stable isotopes. |
| Sep 2006 - Feb 2009 | Master Tropical Ecology. Utrecht University, the Netherlands, and the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Brazil. Degree awarded with honors (cum laude). |
| Sep 2003 - Jun 2006 | Bachelor Biology. Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Bachelor thesis nominated for the best thesis award 2006. |
Awards and honors
| Apr 2016 | Publication Award (first price) at the NERN (Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting), Lunteren, the Netherlands. |
| May 2013 | Best oral presentation at the TRACE (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology) meeting, Viterbo, Italy. |
| Feb 2009 | MSc degree at the Utrecht University concluded with Honors (Cum Laude). |