Droevendaalsesteeg 10
6708 PB Wageningen
The Netherlands
During my PhD project at NIOO-KNAW and Wageningen University I will explore the potential of the new concept of Smart Nutrient Retention Networks to improve water quality and sustainable nutrient use.
The underlying societal problem that I aim to address in this project is that nutrients end up in surface waters, where they cause water quality problems (e.g. harmful algal blooms) and eventually are lost into the ocean where they become unavailable to humanity. The idea is that positive feedback mechanisms between water plants and nutrient retention in individual waterbodies can affect water quality of larger hydrological networks. In my project, I will develop a model to test and demonstrate smart management strategies to retain and recycle nutrients locally, whilst improving water quality at a larger scale.