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Team

Together with a multidisciplinary consortium, including universities, the fishing industry, nature organisations, research institutes and the government, we are working towards a future with ecologically responsible sand extraction in the North Sea that is aligned with all stakeholders.

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Meet our team

OR ELSE’s research team consists of experts on ecologically sound sand extraction in coordination with other interests in the North Sea.

Management team

Martin-Baptist
Martin Baptist
Project leader Strategy development for sand extraction
Wageningen Marine Research
Marcel Rozemeijer
Marcel Rozemeijer
Projectmanager
Wageningen Marine Research
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Michaela Scholl
Financial manager
Wageningen Marine Research

Project leaders

Arjen Luijendijk
Arjen Luijendijk
Project manager WP1.0
Deltares & TU Delft
Karline Soetaert
Karline Soetaert
Professor and project manager WP1.3
NIOZ
Wouter-Kranenburg
Wouter Kranenburg
Co-project manager WP1.1
TU Delft
Geert Aarts
Geert Aarts
Project manager WP1.4
Wageningen Marine Research
Karen van de Wolfshaar
Karen van de Wolfshaar
Project manager WP1.5
Wageningen Marine Research
Hilde Toonen
Hilde Toonen
Project manager WP2.0 & 2.1
Wageningen Universiteit - Milieubeleid
Jan Jaap Poos
Jan Jaap Poos
Co-project manager WP 1.4
Wageningen Universiteit - Aquacultuur en visserij
Pieter-Roos
Pieter Roos
Project manager WP1.2
UTwente
Johan van der Molen
Johan van der Molen
Co-project manager WP1.3
NIOZ
Jaap van der Meer
Jaap van der Meer
Professor WP1.4 & 1.5
Wageningen Universiteit - Aquacultuur en visserij
Julie Pietrzak
Julie Pietrzak
Professor and Project manager WP1.1
TU Delft
Suzanne Hulscher
Suzanne Hulscher
Professor WP1.2
UTwente
Stefan Aarninkhof
Stefan Aarninkhof
Professor WP1.1
TU Delft
Dick van Oevelen
Dick van Oevelen
Co-project manager WP1.3
NIOZ
Bas Borsje
Bas Borsje
Co-project manager WP1.2
Utwente
Cindy van Damme
Cindy van Damme
WP1.1
Wageningen Marine Research
Simon Bush
Simon Bush
Professor WP 2.0 & 2.1
Wageningen Universiteit - Milieubeleid
David Goldsborough
David Goldsborough
Co-project manager WP2.3
Hogeschool Van Hall Larenstein

Researchers

Elaine Mumford
Elaine Mumford
Policy and management actors
PhD Wageningen University
Maria Pafi
Maria Pafi
Institutional learning and change processes
Postdoc Wageningen University
Henrique Guarneri_
Henrique Guarneri
Modelling the North Sea
Postdoc TU Delft
Jana Schultz
Jana Schultz
Spatial distribution of seabed fauna
PhD Wageningen University
Alejandra-Ortiz-Duran
Alejandra Ortiz Duran
Shrimp and fish, growth and population size
PhD Wageningen University
Wout Ploeg
Wout Ploeg
Soil changes and sediment composition
PhD UTwente
Stef Gerard
Stef Gerard
Algae production and zooplankton
PhD NIOZ
Lucas Warmuth
Water movement and fish larval transport
PhD TU Delft
Mohammad-Daliri
Mohammad Daliri
Modelling algae and zooplankton
Postdoc NIOZ

Serious game developers

Igor Mayer
Igor Mayer
Project manager WP2.2
Breda University of Applied Sciences
Harald Warmelink
Harald Warmelink
User interface & user experience designer
Breda University of Applied Sciences
Magali Patrocínio Gonçalves
Magali Patrocínio Gonçalves
Programmer WP2.2
Breda University of Applied Sciences
Kevin-Hutchinson
Kevin Hutchinson
Programmer WP2.2
Breda University of Applied Sciences
Ekaterina-Uzunova
Ekaterina Uzunova
Co-project manager
Breda University of Applied Sciences

Communicatie

Petra-Damsma
Petra Damsma
Communications
The North Sea Foundation

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