Dr. Merijn M. Bos contact
Louis Bolk Institute
Hoofdstraat 24
3972 LA Driebergen
The Netherlands

European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT):
Workpackage 7 (visit website)


- Science related experience
- Publications
- Biodiversity websites
M.M. Bos
Hundreds of farmers working with natural pest suppression in the Netherlands: Bloeiend Bedrijf (Flourishing Farm)
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Manuscript writing workshop
Workshop "Scientific manuscript writing", March-April 2007, Bogor, Indonesia

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Science related experience:
Since July 2008
Researcher position at the Louis Bolk Institute, Driebergen, the Netherlands with a personal focus on biodiversity in organic and conventional agriculture.
January 2007 - June 2008
Researcher position at the State Natural History Museum, Stuttgart, Germany within the EU 6th framework Network of Excellence 'EDIT' (European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy), Workpackage 7 (website) with Dr. Christoph Haeuser and Dr. Klaus Riede.
September 2003 - November 2006
PhD position at Göttingen University. Graduation: October 2006. Title: Biodiversity and trophic interactions in shaded cacao agroforests and rainforests in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia (download pdf). Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Teja Tscharntke and Dr. Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter.
February July 2003
Researcher at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology: Centre for Estuarine and Marine Research, Yerseke, Holland. Full-time.
September 1998 – April 2003
Bachelor and Master Degree in Biology at Leiden University, Holland. Title of the Master thesis: “Mussels (Mytilidae: Lithophaga spp.) and Gastropod parasites (Coralliophilidae: Leptoconchus spp.) boring into corals of the family Fungiidae at the Spermonde archipelago, off SW Sulawesi, Indonesia”, conducted at the National Museum of Natural History, Leiden, Holland. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. E. Gittenberger, Dr. B.W. Hoeksema and A Gittenberger.
June 2001 - September 2002
Part-time research assistant for Dr. P.J.A. Kessler at the National Herbarium Netherlands, branch Leiden University. Task: Inventory of the collection of woody plants of Sulawesi, Indonesia in the National Herbarium of Leiden, Holland.
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