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Professor

Marcel Klaassen

Deakin Distinguished Professor and Chair in Ecology

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences/Centre for Marine Science

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  • Deakin Distinguished Professor and Chair in Ecology
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences/Centre for Marine Science
  • +61 3 522 72464 (Work)
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

BIO

Prof. Marcel Klaassen has developed broad research interests including
theoretical, experimental and observational studies on numerous animal, plant
and microbe taxa. Throughout this, his focus has primarily been on bird
migration, population dynamics, nutritional ecology and disease ecology.

Career

Chair in Ecology, School of
Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Australia (2010 - present)

Director - Centre for Integrative Ecology, Deakin University, Australia (2010 - 2017)

Professor in Animal-Plant Interactions - Utrecht University, The Netherlands
(2005 - 2014)

Head of Department - Plant-Animal Interactions, Netherlands Institute of
Ecology, The Netherlands (1997 - 2009)

Postdoc - Netherlands Institute of Ecology, The Netherlands (1995 - 1997)

Research Fellow - Max-Planck-Institute for Behavioural Physiology, Germany
(1991 - 1995)

Scientist - Institute for Forestry and Nature Research, Wageningen UR
(University & Research centre), The Netherlands (1988 - 1991)

PhD - University of Groningen, The Netherlands (1988-1992)

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Deakin Distinguished Professor and Chair in Ecology
    Deakin University, School of Life and Environmental Sciences

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Philosophy
    University of Groningen
  • Master of Science
    University of Groningen

FIELDS OF RESEARCH (2020)

  • Ecology
  • Zoology
  • Evolutionary biology
  • Ecological applications

AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION

  • Masters by Research and PhD supervision

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE

  • School of Life and Environmental Sciences

STRATEGIC RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE

  • Centre for Marine Science