Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
- 2000 - 2004 PhDSoil fauna and plant community interactions in relation to secondary succession and diversity, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
- 1993 - 1998 BSc, MSc in Bio-engineering with specialization Crop Protection, University of Gent, Belgium.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
- 2011: Marie Curie fellow
- 2009 – 2010: Post-doctoral researcher at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology with Wim van der Putten. Role of plant-soil interactions for range expanding plants.
- 2006 – 2009: Post-doctoral researcher at the University of Lancaster and Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Lancaster, UK, with Richard Bardgett and Nick Ostle. Investigating the effects of biodiversity restoration on soil carbon sequestration in grassland.
- 2005 - 2006: Post-doctoral researcher at the University of Guelph, Canada, with John Klironomos. Consequences of plant chemical defense in Plantago lanceolata ecotypes for mycorrhizal symbiosis and root pathogen and herbivore interaction.
- 2000 - 2004: PhD at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology with Wim van der Putten, University of Utrecht with Peter de Ruiter, and VU Amsterdam with Herman Verhoef, the Netherlands. Studying the effects of soil herbivores and fungal grazers on ecosystem functioning and biodiversity.
- 1998-2000: Researcher at Centre for Agricultural Research Merelbeke (Belgium) with Maurice Moens. Biological control of root-knot nematodes in greenhouse crops using selected soil fungi.
Projects
The effects of soil herbivores and fungal grazers on ecosystem functioning and biodiversity (NWO Biodiversity program)
The restoration of species rich grasslands after land abandonment by soil inoculation, investigating key soil microbes and soil inoculum density to stimulate target plant species.
Plant-soil feedback/Microbial ecology (SP6 in The Jena experiment: Exploring mechanisms underlying the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning)
http://www.the-jena-experiment.de/
Co-Operation
The Jena experiment: Exploring mechanisms underlying the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
http://www.the-jena-experiment.de/
Selected Publications
De Deyn G.B., Shiel R.S., Ostle N.J., McNamara N.P., Oakley S., Young I., Freeman C., Fenner N., Quirk H., Bardgett R.D. (2011) Additional carbon sequestration benefits of grassland diversity restoration. Journal of Applied Ecology 48: 600-608.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01925.x
De Deyn G.B., Quirk H., Oakley S., Ostle N.J., Bardgett R.D. (2011) Rapid transfer of photosynthetic carbon through the plant-soil system in differently managed species-rich grasslands. Biogeosciences 8: 1131-1139.
De Deyn, G.B., Quirk, H., Bardgett, R.D. (2011) Plant species richness, identity and productivity differentially influence key groups of microbes in grassland soils of contrasting fertility. Biology Letters 7: 75-78.
De Deyn, G.B., Quirk, H., Yi, Z., Oakley, S., Ostle, N.J., Bardgett, R.D. (2009) Plant species composition promotes carbon and nitrogen storage in model grassland communities of contrasting soil fertility. Journal of Ecology 97: 864-875.
De Deyn, G.B., Biere, A., van der Putten, W.H., Wagenaar, R., Klironomos, J.N. (2009) Chemical defense, mycorrhizal colonization and growth responses in Plantago lanceolata L.. Oecologia 160: 433-442.
De Deyn G.B., Cornelissen, H. and Bardgett, R.D. (2008) Plant traits and soil carbon sequestration in contrasting biomes. Ecology Letters 11: 516-531.
De Deyn, G.B., van Ruijven, J., Raaijmakers, C.E., de Ruiter, P.C. and van der Putten, W.H. (2007) Above- and belowground insect herbivores differentially affect soil nematode communities in species-rich plant communities. Oikos 116: 923-930.
De Deyn, G.B. and van der Putten, W.H. (2005) Linking above and belowground biodiversity. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 20: 625-633.
De Deyn, G.B., Raaijmakers, C.E., van Ruijven, J., Berendse, F. and van der Putten, W.H. (2004) The response of nematodes from different trophic levels in the soil food web to the identity and diversity of plant species. Oikos 106: 576-586.
De Deyn, G.B., Raaijmakers, C.E., Zoomer, H.R., Berg, M.P., De Ruiter, P.C., Verhoef, H.A., Bezemer, T.M. and Van der Putten, W.H. (2003) Soil invertebrate fauna enhances grassland succession and diversity. Nature 422: 711-713.
Links
Gerlinde at WUR Dept. Soil Quality: http://www.wewur.wur.nl/popups/vcard.aspx?id=DEYN001&lang=
http://www.the-jena-experiment.de/
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