PhD researcher

Bram Oosterbroek

In May 2013, he started working at ICIS as a PhD researcher in the fields of ecosystem services, spatial modeling, human health and biodiversity

About

Bram Oosterbroek holds a Bachelor and Master of Environmental Sciences (2012), obtained at Wageningen University. He also completed a Minor in Nature Conservation (BSc) and Geo Information Science (MSc) there. During his MSc thesis, he developed a spatial model to predict mosquito nuisance in the Netherlands. Thereafter, he worked part-time at the Foundation for Sustainable Development and at consultancy agency Tauw. During that time, he further specialized in ecosystem services and the application of geo information systems to model ecological and environmental phenomena.

In May 2013, he started working at ICIS as a PhD researcher in the fields of ecosystem services, spatial modeling, human health and biodiversity. He is working on a spatial (geographic) model to assess the impact of ecosystem services on human health. He is also involved in teaching the master course ‘Basic Modeling Skills’ as well as in supervision of master theses within his field.