Dr. Lisette N. de Senerpont Domis is an aquatic ecologist at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology. She holds a PhD in Natural Sciences of Leiden University (2004). She is interested in how different components of human-induced global changes, such as climate warming, eutrophication, and habitat fragmentation affect species interactions in aquatic habitats, ranging from marine to freshwater systems.
Over the years, stimulated by the urgency of the ecology crisis this planet is facing, she became more and more interested in making ecological principles operational for aquatic ecosystem management and conservation. Together with researchers from the department of Aquatic Ecology at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology and the Aquatic Ecology & Water Quality Management Group of the Wageningen University (WUR), she has initiated the Aquatic Knowledge centre Wageningen or AKWA. AKWA translates state-of-the art fundamental scientific knowledge to encompassing solutions for the complex problems water users face in the light of fast environmental changes. Her current research spans the continuum from fundamental scientific research to applied research. Importantly, she builds on fundamental scientific insights to answer applied questions. Through her involvement with GLEON (gleon.org) and NETLAKE (https://www.dkit.ie/networking-lake-observatories-europe) she came to realize how important inclusive science is for answering multi-faceted questions in the light of global change.
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I graduated from Utrecht University in 1997. During my MSc- study I investigated the mechanisms in algal bloom formation in Dutch coastal waters using a chemostat approach (N.I.O.Z/Groningen University). Furthermore, I studied sustainable exploitation of a wood forest resource in Zimbabwe (Utrecht University).
From 1998-2003 I combined these two research interests, i.e. tropical ecology and marine ecology, in my PhD-study on macrophyte diversity on coral reefs in the Philippines. In my PhD-thesis, marine macrophyte diversity is explored at different levels of organization, from the levels of genes, individuals and populations within the genus chlorophyte genus Caulerpa to overall macrophyte species, and to guilds or functional groups. June 1 2004, I finished my PhD thesis entitled "Assessing macrophyte diversity on coral reefs in the Phillipines: Evaluation of the use indicator species, functional groups and other surrogates.
From 2004-2006, I worked as a NWO-funded post-doc on climate induced biodiversity shifts in freshwater ecosystem at the Department of Aquatic Food Webs at the NIOO-CL. By imposing different temperature regimes on defined phytoplankton and zooplankton communities in freshwater microcosms, I investigated the effect of climate change on biotic interactions and species composition of different trophic levels in pelagic freshwater habitats.
In 2007 I evaluated the use of past satellite imagery in modelling algal blooms in bays, estuaries and coastal ponds in the gulf of Mexico. This research was carried out in the group of Prof. Dr. Leibold at the University of Texas at Austin (U.S.A.) and funded by the Texas Water Development Board.
From 2008-2011, I worked on a postdoc project I wrote for NWO-Open competition.The questions I have been addressing in my project are on decoupling and adapatation of trophic interactions in aquatic food webs under climate change.
As of November 2011 I work as head of AKWA (Aquatic Knowledge Centre Wageningen, see https://nioo.knaw.nl/en/akwa). In this function, I aim at making ecological principles operational for aquatic ecosystem management and conservation. You can find my peer reviewed publications @ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lisette_De_Senerpont_Domis or http://www.researcherid.com/rid/C-2902-2008.
(Co-)supervision:
Phds:
Alena Gsell (2011-2013)
Laura Seelen (2014-2018)
Melanie Hedgespeth (2013-2016)
Cleo Stratmann (2017-2020)
Maggie Armstrong (2017-2020)
Elias Munthali (2017-2020)
Nandini Raman (2019-2023)
Berte Mekonen Belay (2019-2023)
Qing Zhan (2019-2022)
Asmita Dubey (2020-2024)
Postdocs:
Sven Teurlincx (2016-2019)
Terry-René Brown (2017)
Mandy Velthuis (2017)
Maira Mucci (2018)
Internships/theses
~25 (under)graduate students
Reviewing activities
Journals
American Nationalist, Ecological Engineering, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B., Global Change Biology, Ecology, Oecologia, Oikos, Journal of Phycology, Freshwater Biology, Marine Biology, Hydrobiologia, Polar Biology, Aquatic Ecology, Water Research, Limnology and Oceanography, Inland waters, Journal of Environmental management, Environmental Research Letters
Reports
Expert reviewer Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sixth assessment report, United Nations, 2019
Grant applications
IWT-Vlaanderen PhD scholarships, FCT research grants (Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation), Austrian Science Foundation, Czech Science Foundation, ESF College of Expert Reviewers, Junior and Senior Research Projects of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), “la Caixa” Fellowship Programme (in collaboration with Marie-Curie Fellowship Programme), Environmental Protection Agency Research and Development (EPA-USA)
Awards
Head of jury of the International Environment and sustainability Award (INESPO)
Editorship Freshwater Biology (2011-2012, 2016- to date), Inland waters (2012-2013)
Invited Talks (2015-2020)
2020
Markermeer: A tell-tale story of the wax and wane of ecological quality in a large Dutch reservoir. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, 3-6.8.2020
2019
Managing algal blooms: a European perspective. Lake Science for Muskoka: A Global Perspective on Problems and Solutions, Bracebridge, Canada, 06.11.2019
Bridging over Troubled Waters. CWE symposium, Wageningen, 9.10.2019
Scum detectives: understanding and managing cyanoblooms in the Anthropocene. Colby-Sawyer College, USA, 4.03.2019
2017
Steps towards more evidence based restoration of aquatic systems. Keynote speaker. Annual PE&RC day 2017, Utrecht University, 02.11.2017
Water: a finite resource in a fast changing world…how do we better manage these resources. New Paltz, NY, USA, 28.11.2017
Van zoet naar zout en weer terug? Effecten van klimaatverandering op de natuur...Zout-Zout tweedaagse, STOWA, Wageningen, 09.05.2017
Species interactions in the Anthropocene. Invited Speaker. NAEM days, Lunteren, The Netherlands, 15.2.2017
2016
MANTEL, NETLAKE, and AQUACOSM. Invited speaker. STOWA EU projecten dag. Amersfoort, the Netherlands, 10.11.2016
Citizen Science. Invited Speaker. NETLAKE/GLEON18. Lunz am See, Austria, 4.07.2016
Reaching beyond borders: putting aquatic ecology into practice. Invited Speaker. University of South Florida, U.S.A., 14.4.2016
2015
Plankton Ecology group of SIL: past, present and future. Keynote speaker. PEG2015: Unravelling the role of plankton diversity on bloom dynamics. Keynote speaker. Guangzhou, China, 24.11.2015
Henk van der Jeugd (2015). A new era for citizen science: combining past expertise with emerging technologies. Keynote Speaker. NIOO Science days, Heeze, The Netherlands, 12.11.2015
Cyanobacterial blooms. Steps towards more evidence based mitigation. Keynote speaker. Symposium on Freshwater Ecology and Cyanobacterial bloom dynamics , Chuncheon, Republic of Korea, 16.10.2015
Learning lessons from ecology. Keynote speaker. Strawberry earth academy Biodiversity and Fashion. Lelystad, the Netherlands, 04.02.2015
More detailed infor on recent projects, including size of grants and my role in these projects:
Inventwater (2021-2025) Inventwater: Inventive forecasting tools for adapting water quality management to a new climate, Co-promotor ESR15. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks
DRYvER: (2020-2024) Securing biodiversity, functional integrity and ecosystem services in DRYing rivER networks. €510,750 NIOO Principal Investigator, Management Committee member and Workpackage leader. Supervisor of 1 Postdoc.H2020-RIA
AQUACOSM-Plus (2020-2024) Network of Leading Ecosystem Scale Experimental AQUAtic MesoCOSM Facilities Connecting Rivers, Lakes, Estuaries and Oceans in Europe and beyond €395,411. NIOO Principal Investigator, Management Committee member and Workpackage leader. .H2020-INFRAIA. More information @ https://www.aquacosm.eu/
MANTEL (2017-2020): Management of climatic extreme events in lakes and reservoirs for the protections of ecosystem services. The MANTEL programm is funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action European Joint Doctorate Network. €510,749. NIOO Principal Investigator, Management Committee member, Work Package Leader, supervisor of 3 PhDs. More information @ https://www.mantel-itn.org/
AQUACOSM (2017-2020): Network of Leading European AQUAtic MesoCOSM Facilities Connecting Mountains to Oceans from the Arctic to the Mediterranean. The AQUACOSM programm is funded European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under H202-Infraia. €523,752. NIOO Principal Investigator, Management Committee member, Work Package Leader,, supervisor of a data manager and a postdoc. More information @ https://www.aquacosm.eu/
Climate Change and Biodiversity: Science and Policy in the European Union (2017): Funded by the Fullbright-Shuman EU program postdoc scholar Terry-René Brown studies climated-related shifts in the incidence of cyanobacterial blooms in Dutch surface waters. She uses data collected under the Water Framework directive and bathing water guideline.
NETLAKE (ES 1201) Networking Lake Observatories in Europe (2014-2017). Management Committee member, Work Package Leader. More information @ https://www.dkit.ie/ga/node/4322
Linking ESFs (2017-2018): Building Bayesian Belief Networks to link steering factors in water quality. €68,000. Funding is provided by STOWA and topsector Deltatechnology
Ecosystem services of man-made lakes in Noord-Brabant (2014-2017). Funded by the Province of Noord-Brabant and KNAW. €200,000 , NIOO Principal Investigator, Supervisor of 1 PhD. More information @ https://nioo.knaw.nl/nl/de-diepte
Dr Miquel Lürling (Wageningen University, Netherlands)
Dr. Eleanor Jennings (DKIT, Ireland)
Dr. Cayelan Carey (Virgina Tech, USA)
Prof. Dr. Bas Ibelings (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Prof. Dr. Prof.Dr. Meryem Beklioğlu (METU, Turkey)
Dr. Dennis Trolle (Aarhus University, Denmark)
Dr. Robert Ptacnik (Wassercluster, Lunz, Austria)
Dr. Rafa Marcé (ICRA, Spain)
Dr. Vicenc Acuna (ICRA, Spain)
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