CURRICULUM VITAE



Personal information

Surname:

Christianen

First names:

Maria Johanna Adriana (Marjolijn)

E-mail address:

Marjolijn.Christianen@gmail.com

Home Address and Postal code:

Herenweg 73 bis, 3513 CD, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Work Adress and Postal code

RU, FNWI, Room HG02.718, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525AJ, Nijmegen, NL

Phone:

+31 (0)6-43004710

Date and place of birth:

31-07-1981, Breda

Sex:

Female

Marital status:

Unmarried

Nationality:

Dutch


Education

 

2008 -2010

PhD Courses: Basic Statistics (WUR), General linear models (WUR) Spatiotemporal Models in Ecology (WUR), Applied biostatistics in R (NIOO)

2000 – 2006

MSc Biology, Radboud University (RU) Nijmegen. Certificated: 31 January 2006.

1999 – 2000

BSc Biology, Wageningen University. Certificated: 31 Augustus 2000

1993 – 1999

Pre-university education (VWO), KDC Emmen, Certificated may 1999. (Dutch, English, History, Biology, Maths, Chemistry, Arts, Social studies)


Research experience

 

October 2007- present

PhD research “Seagrass systems under nutrient loads and grazing. Interactive effects and feedbacks”. Fieldwork in the Indo-Pacific. Department of Environmental Sciences, RU Nijmegen

May 2006 – April 2007

Research on the recovery and conservation of Dutch fens, focusing on water macroinvertebrates, vegetation and water quality.
Bargerveen Foundation, Department of Animal Ecology, RU Nijmegen.

June 2004 and June 2006

Literature-, Field study on effects of vegetations structure on macroinverterbrates in fens, Connemara, Ireland. Accompanied by a team of 4 students.

August 2006

Exploratory field study southern Estonia. University of Tartu, Estonia.

March 2005 – January 2006

Marine ecological and physiological research regarding the effect of fauna on macrophyte communities with respect to nutrient loss (root uptake experiments, enclosure experiments, stabile isotope analysis δ13C and δ 15N, visual census).
RU Nijmegen and the Hasanuddin University of Makassar, Indonesia.

June 2003 – October 2004

Marine ecological research on the function of seagrass beds as a feeding habitat for coral reef fishes (food web analysis; stabile isotope analysis δ13C and δ 15N, visual cencus). Department of Animal Ecology and Ecophysiology, RU Nijmegen, and the Institute of Marine Science Zanzibar, Tanzania.

May - June 2002

Physiological research on the influence of the thyroid hormone T3 on thermoregulation of the eel (Anguilla anguilla). (Immuno cytochemistry, RIA, ELISA, Plasma analysis). Department of Animal physiology, RU Nijmegen.

 


Publications and Presentations

Christianen M.J.A., A Scientific Basis for Management of Seagrass & Marine Turtles in the Indo - Pacific. Lecture for MSc students Ru Nijmegen, 28 september 2010.

Christianen M.J.A., Green turtle grazing increases seagrass resilience. Presentation: EKP conference Samarinda, 20 September 2010.

Christianen M.J.A., Do green turtles protect the seagrass against the negative effects of eutrophication? Presentation: International Sea Turtle Symposium, Goa, India, 27 April 2010.

Christianen M.J.A., Seagrass Under Nutrient Loads & Turtle grazing. Presentation: 29-30 September 2009, AWI meeting in Sylt, Germany.

Christianen M.J.A., Seagrass under nutrient load and grazing. Presentation: LIPI Oceanography, Jakarta, Indonesia, July 10th 2009.

Vonk JA, Christianen MJA, Stapel J., (2009) Abundance, edge effect, and seasonality of fauna in mixed-species seagrass meadows in southwest Sulawesi, Indonesia. Marine Biology Research, Accepted 31 July 2009

Christianen MJA, van de Kerk, M, Govers, LL, van Katwijk, MM, Lamers, LPM, Bouma, TJ, Kiswara, W, Roelofs, JGM, Overgrazing by Green Turtles? Exceeded carrying capacity of an IndoPacific seagrass meadow. Poster presentation Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting February 11th 2009. 1st prize.

Christianen MJA, Vermue E, Movement of Sea turtles on Seagrass beds, A Case Study using Integro-Difference Spatio Temporal Models, Lecture Wageningen University. 15 May 2009

Christianen MJA, Seagrass in Tropical Estuaries Nutrientdynamics, Fauna, Eutrophication in Indonesia, Lecture during course Estuarine Ecology for MSc students, RU Nijmegen - 24 april 2009

Vonk JA, Christianen MJA, Stapel J (2008) Redefining the trophic importance of seagrasses for fauna in tropical Indo-Pacific meadows. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. Vol. 79-4: 653-660

Verberk WCEP, Kuper JT, Lamers LPM, Christianen MJA, & Esselink H. (2007) Restoring fen water bodies by removing accumulated organic sludge: what are the effects for aquatic macroinvertebrates? Proc. Neth. Entomol.Soc Meet. Vol. 18.

Dorenbosch M, Grol MGG, Christianen MJA, Nagelkerken I & van der Velde G, (2005) Do Indo-Pacific seagrass beds and mangroves contribute to fish density and diversity on adjacent coral reefs? Marine Ecology Progress Series. 302: 63-76

Christianen MJA (2007) Effect of restoration measurements on macroinvertebrates in fens. Presentation 21 March 2007. OBN research consortium, Staatsbosbeheer, Deventer and 30 November 2006, Landscape Ecology, University Utrecht.

Christianen, MJA and Pijnappels MHJ, Seagrass grazing by the sea urchin Tripneustes gratilla. Poster presentation Seagrass Congress Hassanudin University, Makassar, 26 July 2005.

Christianen, MJA (2006) Community structure, abundance and food web relations of bethic fauna and fish in  seagrass meadows, MsC thesis, Department of Environmental Science, Radboud University Nijmegen.

Christianen, MJA, Community structure, abundance and food web relations of benthic fauna and fish in seagrass  meadows, Lecture 9 January 2006 Department of Environmental Science, Radboud University Nijmegen.

Christianen MJA, Does the presence of seagrass contribute to fish density on coral reefs Zanzibar, Tanzania? Lecture at Radboud University Nijmegen, 14 October 2004.

Christianen MJA (2004) Interactions of coral reef communities between shallow coastal ecosystems, Zanzibar, Tanzania. A study using visual census and δ 13C and δ 15N stable isotope analysis. MsC thesis, Department of Animal ecology and ecophysiology, Radboud University Nijmegen.

Christianen MJA (2004) Influence of height of tide pools on flora and fauna species composition, West-Connemara, Ireland. Lecture 25 June 2005. Department of Aquatic Ecology, Radboud University Nijmegen.

Christianen, MJA (2002) Orientation and navigation of sea turtles. Literature study, Dept of An. Physiology, RU Nijmegen.

 


Relevant working experience

Oktober 2007 - present

PhD research ““Seagrass systems under nutrient loads and grazing. Interactive effects and feedbacks”. Department of Environmental Sciences, RU Nijmegen

April 2007 – June 2007

Teaching assistant Ecology and Environment, University Utrecht

June 2006 – April 2007

Researcher on the restoration ecology of water quality and watermacrofauna of fens (OBN, Ministry of LNV), Bargerveen foundation / Dept. Animal.Ecology, RU Nijmegen.

September 2004 – March 2005

Teaching assistant of biology students with their practical education in their 1st year: Plant and Animal biology, Philosophy and Endocrinology, Evolution etc, RU Nijmegen.


Management experience

Jan 2007 - present

Organization committee ‘IWWR-seminar series’, RU Nijmegen

2000-2002

Pr-manager, "Stichting BétaBedrijvenbeurs", RU Nijmegen.


Language skills

 

Dutch

Fluently verbally and in writing.

English

Good verbally and in writing (actively).

Swahili

Basic verbally.

Bahasa Indonesia

Basic verbally.


Other skills

 

Diving

Certificated as PADI open water diver (1999) and Advanced open water diver (2001)

Drivers license

Drivers license B (car) certificated October 1999.

Software

SPSS, SAS, Canoco, Microsoft Office, Matlab, ArcGIS,Photoshop.

Hobby

Photography, mountain biking, diving, swimming, rock climbing.