Abbey Marcotte

I am an earth scientist, with a background in physical geography and (eco)hydrology and biogeochemistry. During my PhD at Wageningen University, I studied how  peatlands in the Netherlands and England respond to climate-driven disturbances such as wildfire and drought. My work combined large-scale field campaigns and water chemistry analyses to understand hydrological change, pollutant mobility, and ecosystem recovery.

As a postdoctoral researcher at NIOO-KNAW, I will be working on scenario development for shaping climate-robust landscapes in the Netherlands within the Climate-Robust Landscapes project. My focus is on how land-and water-use, biodiversity, and societal drivers interact to shape future landscapes. I am using a social-ecological systems (SES) approach to explore how climate change and demographic shifts interact to influence biodiversity and water quality across land-use type gradients (namely, urban, agricultural and natural areas). The aim is to create scenarios for sustainable and resilient landscapes up to the year 2050.