maarten waterloo, Senior ecohydrologist at Acacia Water
Summary
I have a background in earth sciences and switched to hydrology in the late 1980s. I did my PhD on water and nutrient dynamics of Pinus caribaea plantation forests in Fiji. I subsequently worked mainly in tropical environments (Sarawak, Cameroon, Amazonia) and on Kyoto Protocol CO2 issues before becoming an assistant professor at the VU University Amsterdam. I gave course in general hydrology, global change, catchment response analysis, ecohydrology, soil-vegetation-atmosphere exchange, python programming, hydrological modelling, hydrological field measurement techniques and hydrological field studies (Portugal). I supervised several PhD students working on ecohydrological studies in Slovenia and the Brazilian Amazon. Since 2015 I work at Acacia Water in Gouda, The Netherlands, where I am involved in agricultural studies nationally and internationally (water, nutrients, pesticides) with projects in The Netherlands, Ethiopia and Burkina Faso. I am involved in international integrated water resource management training programmes for NUFFIC and am a member of the Dutch Disaster Reduction Team (DRR-Team) of the Dutch Government, having participated in missions in Niger and Tonga.
Contact info
Location: Gouda, Netherlands
Industry Experience
Education: PhD
Seniority: Expert, Engineer, Consultant
Years of experience: 20 years or above
Work Experience
Hydrologist
The University of Western Australia
Providing data and modelling results for sediment input into the proposed Bakun Dam in Sarawak within the framework of an Environmental Impact Assessment
Hydrologist
Wageningen University and Resesearch
Carrying out hydrological and carbon exchange research in Amazonia and for Kyoto Protocol input for the Dutch Government
Assistant professor
Master coordinator of the Hydrology MSc programme, participating in hydrological and micrometeorological courses, execution of field training courses, supervision of PhD students and carrying out hydrological research
Senior ecohydrologist
Studies on water, nutrients and pesticides in agriculture, surface water hydrological studies, SWAT modelling of water, nutrients and pesticides, sensor development and testing
Industry Expertise
- Consultant
- Drip Irrigation
- Soil
- Meteorology
- Ecohydrology
- Climate Change
- Hydrology
- Hydrometeorology
- Hydrochemistry
- Hydrological Modelling
- Hydrology Nutrient Cycling
- Geo-hydrology
- Agriculture & Forestry
- Hydrogeology & Hydrochemistry
- Hydrological modelling of climate change
- Surface Water Hydrology