Ellen van Donk focuses on how ecological mechanisms and abiotic factors govern the dynamics and structure of food webs in aquatic ecosystems.
Van Donk initiated the below mentioned innovative research lines and they still form the main core of the research program of her department. She combines curiosity-driven research in aquatic ecology with more strategic-applied research in nature conservation and ecosystem restoration.
Expertise
- Impact of chemical information transfer on food web interactions in lakes
- Ecological stoichiometry
- Host-parasite interactions in plankton
- Mixotrophy
- Biological control of toxic cyanobacteria
- Ecological restoration of lakes and ecotechnology
Current group-members
Former group-members
Postdocs: Miquel Lürling, Klaus Schwenk, Brigitte Goser, Susanna Romo, Peter Schippers, Wouter van de Bund, Matthijs Vos, Eric van Hannen, Stephan Hülsmann, Bas Ibelings, Maiko Kagami, Gerben van Geest
PhD students: Frederique van Holthoon, Arnout de Bruin, Miguel Dionisio Pires, Gabi Mulderij, Anthony Verschoor. Thomas Jensen, Irene van de Stap, Camilla Blikstad, Dedmer van de Waal, Iris Charalambidou, Ellis Penning, Daan Gerla, Susanne Wilken, Anne Immers, Ilse Cornelissen, Bart Grutters.
