ProfessorMarcel Klaassen

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

Deakin Distinguished Professor (2017 - present)

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)