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prof. dr. ir. C. (Chris) Smit

Professor in Experimental Conservation Ecology

Academic education

2005

PhD. Biology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland. Dissertation: “Facilitation of tree regeneration in wood pastures”

2000

BSc. and MSc. Forest and Nature Conservation, Wageningen University

Academic employment

2022 - present
Full professor, Conservation Ecology, University of Groningen

2016 - 2022

Associate professor, Conservation Ecology, University of Groningen

2010 - 2016

Assistant professor (tenure track), Community and Conservation Ecology group, University of Groningen

2008 – 2010

Assistant professor Environmental Sciences, Utrecht University.

2006 – 2008

Postdoc (NWO-Rubicon) Community and Conservation Ecology Group, University of Groningen.  

2005 – 2006

Postdoc (Swiss NSF) Environmental Sciences, University of Castilla-la Mancha, Spain.

2002 – 2005

PhD. Biology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

2001 – 2002

Researcher, National Reference Centre for Nature Management (EC-LNV, Wageningen)

2000 – 2001

Teaching Assistant, Department of Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation, Wageningen University.

2000 – 2001

Research Assistant, NIOO Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Centre for Terrestrial Ecology.

2000 – 2001

Research Assistant, Department of Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation, Wageningen University.

1997 – 1999

Teaching Assistant, Department of Plant Taxonomy, Wageningen University.

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