Last updated 19-01 2012

 

Education

2003-2007:             PhD-position at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Centre for

Terrestrial Ecology (CTE), Department of Multitrophic Interactions Heteren, the

Netherlands.

 

1997-2002:             Biology at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands

                                   Differentiation:    Population biology

                                   Specialisation:      Animal Ecology

                                   Minors:                  Nature conservation

                                                                   Nature and environmental education

                                                                   Scientific journalism

 

1991-1997:             Secondary school: Marnix college, Ede, the Netherlands

 

Positions held

2009-current:       Postdoctoral research project Academy of Finland at the University of Jyväskylä, Insect herbivores in a multi-enemy world: the role of plant allelochemicals

2007-2008:            Post-doc University of Jyväskylä, Evolution of predator-prey interactions: aposematic research group

2003-2007:            PhD-position at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Centre for Terrestrial Ecology (CTE), Department of Multitrophic Interactions Heteren, the Netherlands. ‘Costs and Benefits of iridoid glycosides in multitrophic interactions’

 

Students supervised

Graduates

Minna Laurentz (Feb.´08-Aug.´10) University of Jyväskylä, Finland: Diet quality can play critical role in the defence efficacy against parasitoids and pathogens in Glanville fritillary (Melitaea cinxia).  (Mater thesis, co-advise with C. Lindstedt)

Undergraduate

Maija Aarva (March´08- Feb.´10) University of Jyväskylä, Finland: Effect of plant allelochemicals levels on the morphological characters of Plantago lanceolata.  (Bachelor thesis, co-advise with C. Lindstedt)

Inkeri Lehtinen (March´09- Dec.´09) University of Jyväskylä, Finland: Deteration effect of iridoid glycosides on ants. (Bachelor thesis, co-advise with C. Lindestedt)

 

Current collaborators

Dr. Saskya van Nouhuys, Senior Researcher, Metapopulation Research Group University of Helsinki, Finland and Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Cornell University, USA.

Dr. Arjen Biere, Senior Researcher, Terrestrial Ecology, Nederlands Instituut voor Ecology, Wageningen, the Netherlands.

Hannu Pakkanen, Researcher, Department of Chemistry, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.

 

Memberships

NIBI, Het Nederlands Instituut voor Biologie

BEPAR, Behavioural Ecology of Insect Parasitoids

NERN, The Netherlands Ecological Research Network

 

Oral presentations at conferences/workshops/symposia

 

2011          Co-evolution Symposium, Jyväskylä, Finland

2011          14th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships, Wageningen, the Netherlands

2011          EMPSEB 17-European meeting of PhD Students in Evolutionary Biology, Seia Portugal O. Nokelainen (presenter), R. Hegna, J.H. Reudler Talsma, C. Lindstedt and J. Mappes

2010          13th International Behavioral Ecology Congress-ISBE210, Perth, Australia O. Nokelainen (presenter), R. Hegna, J.H. Reudler Talsma, C. Lindstedt and J. Mappes

2009          Konnevesi Research Training Meeting, Konnevesi, Finland

2009          DGaaE Tagun, Göttingen, Germany. 16-19

2008          European Conference on Behavioural Biolgy, ECBB, Dijon, France O. Nokelainen (presenter), C. Lindstedt, E.Ihalainen, J.H. Reudler Talsma, L.Lindström and J. Mappes

2007          13th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships. Uppsala, Sweden,   A. Biere (presenter), J.H. Reudler Talsma, S.van Nouhuys and J. Harvey

2007          Research seminar of the Department of Biology and Environmental sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

2006          Behavioural Ecology of Insect Parasitoids. Antibes, France

2006          Workshop: “Plant-Insect Interactions”. Wageningen University, the Netherlands

2006          Annual Verweij days of the PhD school Functional Ecology. Lunteren, the Netherlands.

2004          12th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships. Berlin, Germany

2001               Dutch Entomologists’ Day. Amsterdam, the Netherlands

 

 

Poster presentations at meetings

2011           13th Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, Tübingen, Germany (co-author)

2010           ASAB Winter meeting-Interspeific communication, London, UK (co-author)

2008           Challenges in speciation research, Sheffield, UK (co-author)

2008           European Conference on Behavioural Biology, ECBB Dijon, France (co-author)

2005           Annual NIOO-days 2005. Lunteren, the Netherlands, (honourable mention).

2004           Annual NIOO-days, 2004. Lunteren, the Netherlands, January, 2004 (first prize).

2004           Annual Verweij days of the PhD school Functional Ecology. Texel, the Netherlands

2003           Dutch Entomologists’ Day. Groningen, the Netherlands

2003           Conference: ESEB IX (Evolution of host defence against parasites). Leeds, UK,

 

Current grants & project funding

Title: Insect herbivores in a multi-enemy world: the role of plant allelochemicals
Funding agency: Academy of Finland,
Location: Jyväskylä, Finland
Duration: 2009-2012

 

Past grants

Title: The effect of plant allelochemicals on the parasitation risk of sequestering and non sequestering herbivores

Funding agency: Ella and Georg Ehrnrooth Foundation

Location: Jyväskylä, Finland

Duration: Sept. 2008-Dec. 2008

 

 

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