Curriculum Vitae
Studies and research activities:
March
2011 – present:
- Researcher in soil biogeochemistry, CIRAD, UMR
Eco&Sols, Montpellier
June
2009 – March 2011:
- Post-doctoral research
project at VUB, Brussels, Belgium on the biogeochemistry of the Tana
river, Kenya.
September
2004 – September 2008:
- Ph.D. research in biology at the University of
Gent, Belgium. Title: Quantification and modeling of the pelagic microbial
food web in an estuarine system, i.c. the Scheldt Estuarium. Project in
collaboration with the Centre for Estuarine and Marine Research, Yerseke, Netherlands. Financed by an
FWO scholarship. Successfully defended on 5 October 2009
September
2003 – September 2004:
- Research project: Quantification and modeling of
the pelagic microbial food web in an estuarine system, i.c. the Scheldt
Estuarium. BOF scholarship of the university of Gent, Belgium.
September
1999 – September 2003:
- masters in biology at the University of Gent,
Belgium (Great distinction)
September
1996 – September 1999:
- Bachelor in engineering physics at the University
of Gent, Belgium (distinction)
1990-1996:
Secundary school: Sint-Aloysiuscollege Ninove
1984-1990:
Primary school: Gemeentelijke basisschool Oetingen
Publication list:
In scientific magazines with reviewing process:
- Karel Van den
Meersche, Karline Soetaert, Jack Middelburg (2011) Plankton dynamics in an
estuarine plume: a mesocosm 13C and 15N tracer study.
Marine Ecology Progress Series
429, pp29-43
- Dick Van Oevelen, Karel Van den Meersche, Filip Meysman, Karline
Soetaert, Jack Middelburg and Alain Vézina (2010) Quantifying food web
flows using linear inverse models . Ecosystems 13, pp 32-45
- Karel Van den Meersche, Karline Soetaert,
Dick Van Oevelen (2009) xsample(): an R function for sampling linear inverse problems. Journal of Statistical Software, Code
Snippets 30(1), pp. 1-15
- Karel Van
den Meersche, Pieter
Van Rijswijk, Karline Soetaert, Jack J. Middelburg (2009)
Autochthonous and allochthonous contributions to mesozooplankton diet in a
tidal river and estuary:
Integrating carbon isotope and fatty acid constraints. Limnology and Oceanography 54 (1),
pp. 62-74
- Francesc Montserrat, C. Van
Colen, P. Provoost, M. Milla, M. Ponti, K. Van den Meersche, T. Ysebaert
and P.M.J. Herman (2009) Sediment segregation by biodiffusing bivalves. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf ScienceEstuarine,
Coastal and Shelf Science 83(4), pp.379-391
- Karel Van den Meersche,
Karline Soetaert, Jack Middelburg (2008) A Bayesian Compositional
Estimator for microbial taxonomy based on biomarkers. L&O Methods 6, pp. 190-199
- Karel
Van den Meersche, Jack
Middelburg, Karline Soetaert,
Pieter van Rijswijk, Eric Boschker en Carlo Heip (2004) Carbon-nitrogen coupling
and algal-bacterial interactions during an experimental bloom: Modeling a 13C
tracer experiment. Limnology and
Oceanography 49(3),
pp. 862-878
Meeting Abstracts
- K. Van den Meersche, F. Tamooh, A. Borges,
R. Merckx, F. Dehairs, F. Meysman, S. Bouillon (2011) Carbon and
alkalinity budgets in the lower Tana, Kenya. Aquatic Sciences
Meeting February 14-18, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- F. Tamooh, K. Van den Meersche, A. Borges,
R. Merckx, F. Dehairs, F. Meysman, S. Bouillon (2011) Distribution and
Composition of Organic Carbon in the Tana River Basin, (Kenya).Aquatic
Sciences Meeting February 14-18 , San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- J. J. Middelburg, K. Van
den Meersche, K. Soetaert (2009) A 13C and 15N
tracer study of plankton dynamics in an estuarine plume. Aquatic Sciences
Meeting January 25-30, Nice, France p. 176
- K. Van den Meersche, P. Van
Rijswijk,
J. Middelburg (2008) The planktonic food web of the Scheldt Estuary:
zooplankton feeding preferences revealed by 13C analysis. Ocean
Sciences Meeting March 2-7, Orlando,
Florida p. 419
- K. Van den Meersche, K.
Soetaert, J. Middelburg, (2006) Algal-bacterial coupling and
microzooplankton grazing in the Scheldt
estuary, using stable isotope labelling experiments. The 5th International
Conference on Applications of Stable Isotope Techniques to Ecological
Studies 2006, Belfast,
Ireland:
Book of Abstracts p. 125
- K. Soetaert, K. Van den
Meersche, J.J. Middelburg, C. Heip, (2005) Linking pelagic biogeochemistry
and food web dynamics: a coupled experimental-modelling approach. Dynamic
Planet 2005 (22-26 August 2005) Cairns,Australia: Book of abstracts.
p. 134
- K. Van den Meersche, et al. (2005) Algal-bacterial
interactions and transfer to copepods in an estuarine foodweb: a dual
labelling study. ASLO Summer Meeting (19-24 june 2005) Santiago de Compostela, Spain:
conference abstracts. pp. 157
- Frankignoulle, M. et al. (2004).
Nutrients cycling and the trophic status of coastal ecosystems
(EUROTROPH), in: (2004). European Conference on Marine Science
and Ocean Technology. Celebrating
European marine science: building the European research area:
communicating marine science, 10th - 13th May 2004, Galway, Ireland:
abstract book. pp. 118-119
- Van den Meersche, K. (2004). Koppeling van koolstof- en
stikstofmetabolisme van algen en bacteriën in een estuarien pelagisch
ecosysteem: bepalen door modelleren van een pulse-chase experiment met 13C-labelling,
in: Mees, J.; Seys, J. (Ed.) (2004). VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day, Brugge, Belgium 5 March 2004: book of
abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 17:pp. 112-114
- Van den Meersche, K. et al. (2004).
The microbial food web in the estuarine water column: a link or a sink?,
in: Mees, J.; Seys, J. (Ed.) (2004). VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day, Brugge, Belgium 5 March 2004: book of
abstracts. VLIZ Special
Publication, 17: p. 74
Internal reports
- Karel
Van den Meersche (2005) Protocol for dissolved organic nitrogen (DON)
determination on water samples. Internal report NIOO-CEME.
PhD thesis:
- Carbon flows in the planktonic food web
of temperate estuaries: A combined approach using stable isotopes,
biomarkers and modeling. (University of Gent, 5 october 2009)
Master’s thesis:
- Coupling
of carbon and nitrogen metabolism of algae and bacteria in an estuarine
pelagic ecosystem: estimations through modeling of a pulse-chase
experiment with 13C labeling. (in Dutch)
Software packages:
Other publications
- Karel
Van den Meersche, Wouter
Willems, Saskia Van Gaever, Ann Vanreusel, Koen Sabbe.
Oefeningen biostatistiek met R: cursusnota’s voor het practicum
biostatistiek voor studenten 3de bachelor biologie. Eds. 2006,
2007
Practical experience and keywords:
- Field
work: nutrients, organic carbon, inorganic carbon, suspended matter,
natural abundance of stable isotopes, zooplankton work
- Experimental
work: isotope labeling in watercolumn; mesocosm experiments
- Lab
work: lipid extraction, GC-IRMS
- Food
web modeling, biogeochemical modeling
- Bayesian
statistics
Attended conferences, workshops and other scientific activities:
- 26
June - 1 July 2011: ISMOM – Soil Interfaces in a Changing World, Montpellier,
France
- 14-18 February 2011: Aquatic
Sciences Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- 4-5
October 2010: Experimental, typological and modelling approaches to
evaluate at global and regional scales horizontal and vertical fluxes from
land to the open ocean through rivers, estuaries and the coastal ocean.
Workshop at Université de Liège, Belgium
- 2-7 March 2008: Ocean
Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Florida
- 14-16 September 2006: Estuarine
workshop with emphasis on zooplankton, the drainage basin approach and
restoration ecology. Nausicaa Boulogne sur mer, France
- August 2006: The 5th
International Conference on Applications of Stable Isotope Techniques to
Ecological Studies, Belfast,
Ireland
- June
2005: ASLO summer meeting, Santiago
de Compostela, Spain
- 29 October 2004: Studiedag samenwerkingsproject FWO-Vlaanderen
en NWO Vlanezo: Vlaams-Nederlandse samenwerking in
kustgebonden Zee-Onderzoek; studieobject: het estuarium van de Schelde.
Gent, Belgium
- 6-7 September 2004: Eurytemora workshop (presentation). Wimereux, France
- March 2004: VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day (poster). Brugge, Belgium
- November 2003: Current
themes in ecology – ecology in freshwater management. Wageningen, Nederland
Teaching activities:
Academic years 2003-2008:
- Assistant
Practical Statistics – 2nd Licence Biology (Prof. Dr. Ann Vanreusel)
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