Renske Jongen MSc

In January 2018, I graduated as a biologist at Utrecht University. During my master studies I specialized on climate change and species interactions in both terrestrial and marine ecosystems. During my master, I did a research project at the Department of Animal Ecology (AnE) at NIOO-KNAW where I studied the effects of climate change on the phenology of the winter moth. In addition to my internship, I also worked at this department as an animal caretaker, field assistant and lab assistant. After my internship at NIOO-KNAW I did a research project in Adelaide (Australia) where I studied the effects of climate change on the foraging behavior of mangrove and saltmarsh associated juvenile fish.

After my graduation, I joined the department of Terrestrial Ecology, working as a field and laboratory assistant within the VICI project of Martijn Bezemer. Within this project I assist the PhD students and (post-doctoral) researchers that study how plants influence the soil biota in the rhizosphere, how these so-called soil legacy effects influence 1) the growth and chemical composition of other plants that later grow in that soil and 2) the aboveground insects that in turn depend on these plants.

Currently, I work as a general research assistant with the department of Terrestrial Ecology, where I am involved in setting up and performing field- and greenhouse experiments, molecular analyses and the supervision of students.

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Education

September 2014 – December 2017 Master – Environmental Biology at Utrecht University – Utrecht, The Netherlands
September 2011 – July 2014 Bachelor – Biology at Utrecht University – Utrecht, The Netherlands

Research experience

October 2017 – December 2017 Research intern at Wageningen Marine Research – Den Helder, The Netherlands
October 2016 – September 2017 Research intern at The University of Adelaide – Adelaide, Australia
January 2015 – September 2016 Research intern at The Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) – Wageningen, The Netherlands
October 2015 – September 2016 Research assistant at The Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) – Wageningen, The Netherlands

Phytotron

Bezemer Group

The research in the Bezemer-group focuses on aboveground and belowground multitrophic communities of grasslands. We aim to understand how aboveground and...Read more

Molecular Lab

Living legacies: Influence of plant-mediated changes in soil communities on aboveground plant-insect interactions

Via specific effects on soil organisms, plants can influence the soil community and this, in turn, can influence the growth of other plants that grow later in the same soil. In this VICI project we examine the impact of such soil-borne ‘legacy effects’ on plants and aboveground insects in natural...Read more