Jiska Vaarwerk

Jiska Vaarwerk

Communications Staff | Web Editor

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Droevendaalsesteeg 10
6708 PB Wageningen

+31 (0) 317 47 34 00

The Netherlands

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I get to combine my backgrounds in biology and communications to spread the word about ecology

Biografie

My background is in Biology and later communications. While I loved the subject of my bachelor's at Utrecht University I found out I wanted to use it for something other than academia. I am very interested in how nature works, in the broadest sense of the field. While studying for my master's degree in Bio Inspired Innovation I found science communication to be the perfect combination of learning new things about biology and using my skills to do something with this knowledge. 

After learning more about the field of communications I came to the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) to combine these experiences. My work at NIOO lets me learn more about the scientific subjects I am so interested in, and to translate the expertise so more people can use it and learn from it. I now focus on writing accessible texts about the research done at NIOO, keeping our website up to date, and guide citizen science and other science communication projects.

CV

Employment

  • 2024–Present
    Science communicator @NIOO-KNAW
  • 2022–2024
    Communications officer @Dutch Research Council (NWO)

Education

  • 2020–2022
    Master Bio Inspired Innovation @Utrecht University
  • 2015–2019
    Bachelor Biology @Utrecht University

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