Researchers Department Environmental Geography
| ACADEMIC STAFF | |
| Prof. Peter Verburg | Professor Environmental Spatial Analysis and Head of department |
| Dr Nynke Schulp | Associate Professor (Deputy Head) |
| Dr Jasper van Vliet | Associate Professor |
| Dr Esther Boere | Assistant Professor |
| Dr Pierre Chopin | Assistant Professor |
| Dr Natalie Davis | Assistant Professor |
| Dr Alex Levering | Assistant Professor |
| Dr Pablo Negret Torres | Assistant Professor |
| Dr Mario Torralba Viorreta | Assistant Professor |
| Dr Cecilia Zagaria | Assistant Professor |
| Clara Jeanroy, MSc | Assistant Project Coordinator |
| Emmeline Long, MSc | Lecturer |
| RESEARCHERS | |
| Dr Christa Blokhuis | Postdoctoral Researcher |
| Dr Gabriella Bishop | Postdoctoral Researcher |
| Dr Chelsea Kaandorp | Postdoctoral Researcher |
| Dr Gerard Martínez Görbig | Postdoctoral Researcher |
| PHD CANDIDATES | |
| Vita Bakker, MSc | PhD research: Towards sustainable settlement change in Africa |
| Angela Camarena Barba, MSc | PhD research: ENTICE project: focusing on modelling and understanding the environmental impacts of trade |
| Rhys Evans, MSc | PhD research: Focusing on the spatial determinants of nature restoration and rewilding in the EU |
| Tom Hackbarth, MSc | PhD research: Bayesian modelling of socio-ecological systems |
| Xuanya Huang, MSc | PhD research: RUGBIS: understanding the relation between green-blue infrastructure and densification through mapping ecosystem services (temperature and flood regulation) |
| Liz Khazieva, MSc | PhD research: Land Degradation in the grasslands of Central Asia |
| Jacob Langenbacher, MSc | PhD research: Finding and evaluating sustainable management practices for European forests that reconcile climate, biodiversity, societal and economic objectives |
| Alex Neidermeier, MSc | PhD research: Land use change and fire risk |
| Ilse Nijensteen, MSc | PhD research: Mapping land use change and well-being in Europe |
| Joshua Nooij, MSc | PhD research: Bright Spots in Dutch Agricultural transformations |
| Paris Pencharz, MSc | PhD research: FOODCITYBOOST: Exploring urban agriculture, within the EU and UK, through a land system science lens involving spatial analyses and scenario modelling |
| Margherita Penna, MSc | PhD research: WILDCARD project: Focussing on studying the role of forest rewilding in Europe and its possible contribution in achieving climate and biodiversity targets. |
| Zilva van Rossum | PhD Research: Studying the effects of land use, climate change, and biodiversity governance on the (spatial) distribution of biodiversity patterns and associated services |
| Evelina Sandström, MSc | PhD research: LAMASUS: Adapting and improving on already existing land use models to better fit the scope of the policy objectives of the EU Green Deal |
| Anandi Sarita Namasivayam, MSc | PhD research: NaturaConnect: Use of dynamic land system change models to understand possible land-use outcomes and their impacts in different scenarios |
| Niek Scherpenhuijzen, MSc | PhD research: PathFinder: creating future forest management scenarios |
| Rex Steward, MSc | PhD research: Land use change in the Dutch Caribbean with an emphasis on impacts on coral reef health |
| Davide Tita, MSc | PhD research: |
| Loes Verkuil, MSc | PhD research: Emergence of environmental ‘bright spots’ in the Netherlands |
| Hang Yang, MSc | PhD research: Gaining insights on urban dynamics through the analysis of historical trajectories of human settlement development and the land use change model concentrating on the varying density within the built-up land |
| Zheyu Zhang, MSc | PhD research: Focusing on the Multiple Climate Change Impacts of Urbanization, aiming to address the gap in understanding how building-level dynamics influence climate risks |
| PREVIOUS PHD CANDIDATES | |
| Dr Sinoxolo Magaya | 2026 |
| Dr Jonas Appelt | 2025 |
| Dr Job Rosier | 2025 |
| Dr Camille Venier-Cambron | 2025 |