Dedmer B. Van de Waal (Netherlands)
Dedmer B. Van de Waal received his PhD at the University of Amsterdam in 2010, after which he worked at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, Germany, as a post-doctoral fellow until 2013 when he started a tenure-track at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW). He recently became tenured as senior scientist and studies with his group the impacts of global change on harmful algal and cyanobacterial blooms. Specifically, he is interested in how physiological responses at the cellular level can explain ecological processes at a population and community level. He applies ecological stoichiometry to understand the physiology of toxic phytoplankton species, and their interaction with competitors and diseases. He is recipient of the ISSHA 2016 Patrick Gentien Young Scientist Award, and is member of the editorial boards of Ecology Letters and Aquatic Sciences, and topic editor for a Frontiers Research Topic on Progress in Ecological Stoichiometry. Recently, Dedmer became chair of the Dutch Cyanobacteria Working group, connecting scientists and stakeholders in water management.
