Curriculum Vitae
Present:
I am currently involved in the European Project of OCean Acidification (EPOCA; http://www.epoca-project.eu). Due to anthropogenic CO2 emissions atmospheric CO2 levels have been increasing since the industrial revolution. This has also led to increased carbon dioxide levels in the oceans, which tend to exchange CO2 with the atmosphere until an equilibrium is reached. Because CO2 acts as a strong acid in water due to hydration and formation of carbonic acid, shifts in the acid-base equilibrium within the oceanic carbon cycle have occured as a consequence which has effects on numerous processes, among which calcification, primary production, proton gradients over cell membranes and so on.
Whereas the physico-chemical mechanisms at the base of ocean acidification are well constraint, the consequences to biota and ecosystems are poorly understood. Ecological modelling approaches are often used to predict the near and more distant future of our affected oceans, but the uncertainties in our knowledge and data impose considerable limitations in this respect. We try to relate and quantify the uncertainty in model outcomes in function of the current state of knowledge, in terms of data and parameter uncertainty as well as and model concepts and complexity.
Education:
PhD: Dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) dynamics in coastal systems, NIOO-CEME, 2010.
Two approaches were combined: (1) a retrospective analysis of existing monitoring data, allowing to assess the spatio-temporal variability in coastal ecosystems, and (2) an experimental setup to investigate the potential of DON as a source of fixed (using dual-labeled substrates; 13C and 15N) and available nitrogen to primary producers and bacteria. During my PhD research I also developped a more general interest in statistical analysis of monitoring data and time series analysis techniques necessary to analyse such serially dependent data.
Post-graduate education in marine science: Master of Science in Marine and Lacustrine Sciences, Ghent University, 2005.
Project: Using hyperspectral remote sensing data to model microalgal distribution and primary production on an intertidal flat
Another form of interdependence of observations.
Master of Biology, K.U.Leuven. 2004. (Licentiaat in the biologie, optie dierenecologie)
Project: The Relationship between Morphology and Population Genetic Aspects in the European Eel (Anguilla anguilla): a spatio-temporal analysis
Courses:
2009/10: NSG course on “Methods for spectral analysis of climatic time series” (Prof. C. Tarrico) in University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008/10: Training course: Data Management, The Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
2006/11: Writing a Scientific Article in Yerseke, The Netherlands
2006/11: Longitudinal and Incomplete Data, (G. Verbeke & G. Molenberghs) Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
2006/08: Aquatic Microbial and Molecular Ecology in Univerity of Southern Denmark; Odense, Denmark
2006/03: Goal Oriented Working and Planning in Utrecht, The Netherlands
2006/05: Estuarine Ecology in Yerseke, The Netherlands
Meetings:
2010/02: 2010 Ocean Sciences Conference, Portland, Oregon, US.
poster: Van Engeland et al.: Dissolved nitrogen uptake in the inner bay of Cadiz (Spain)
2008/03: 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting: From the Watershed to the Global Ocean, Orlando, Florida, US.
poster: Van Engeland, T. Knuijt, A., Laane, R. W., Soetaert, K., Middelburg, J. J.: Wavelet analyses show high variability in relationships between dissolved organic nitrogen, primary production and river discharge in the southern North Sea
2007/09: IMBER/LOICZ Continental Margins Open Science Conference, Shanghai, China.
oral presentation: T. Van Engeland, A. Knuijt, R.W.P.M. Laane, K. Soetaert and J.J. Middelburg: Dissolved organic nitrogen: an active ecosystem component at the land-ocean interface
Projects
EPOCA (European Project on OCean Acidification)
homepage: http://www.epoca-project.eu/
Selected Publications
Van Engeland, T., K. Soetaert , A. Knuijt, R.W.P.M. Laane & J.J. Middelburg (accepted). Dissolved Organic Nitrogen Dynamics in the North Sea: a Time Series Analysis (1995-2005). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.
Kromkamp, J. C. & T. Van Engeland (2009): Changes in Phytoplankton Biomass in the Western Scheldt Estuary During the Period 1978–2006. Estuaries and Coasts, doi:10.1007/s12237-009-9215-3
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