Our Team - The Netherlands/Switzerland

Prof Sampurno Bruijnzeel

Emeritus professor of Land Use and Hydrology, VU University Amsterdam and Visiting Senior Research Fellow, King's College London

Sampurno Bruijnzeel is a forest hydrologist specializing in the soil and water impacts of tropical land-use change, particularly deforestation and reforestation/rehabilitation of degraded land. He will co-lead the hydrological work.

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Dr Ilja van Meerveld

Department of Geography, University of Zurich

Ilja van Meerveld is a hillslope and catchment hydrologist who is interested in the effects of land use, especially forestry and forest regrowth, on hydrological processes. She will co-lead the hydrological work.

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Dr Chandra Ghimire

Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation - ITC

Chandra is a forest hydrologist who is interested in the soil and water impacts of reforestation of degraded land.

Bob Zwartendijk

Department of Geography, University of Zurich

Bob is a researcher with a background in civil engineering and hydrology who is interested in the change in hydrological processes resulting from land use changes.

Pepijn van Ravensteyn

Critical Zone Hydrology Group - VUA

Pepijn is a research volunteer from VU University. He has a background in Environmental Sciences and is currently pursuing a MSc in Hydrology. His research will focus on the impact of land use change on surface runoff and the permeability of the topsoil.

Nanne Tolsma

Critical Zone Hydrology Group - VUA

Nanne is a research volunteer from VU University. He has a background in Physical Geography and Sedimentology. He now studies hydrology. During his time in Madagascar he will focus mainly on the impact of land use change on preferential flow patterns and the abundance of soil macrofauna.