Author Archives: lembrechtsjonas

A new chapter: looking back, looking forward

Posted on December 5, 2025 by lembrechtsjonas

Last year I wrote about a major milestone: moving The 3D Lab to Utrecht University and stepping into my role as assistant professor in ecological scaling. Today, I’m happy to share the next chapter in that story: as of November, … Continue reading →

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The night

Posted on December 2, 2025 by lembrechtsjonas

[ENGLISH] A cold, dark autumn night. My alarm goes off at 1:15 a.m., and for a moment I wonder what on Earth I was thinking. Then it hits me: I had been invited for a night-time interview on NPO Radio … Continue reading →

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Shaping the future of environmental data sharing

Posted on November 11, 2025 by lembrechtsjonas

Are you working with environmental or biodiversity data and willing to help us out? At the Microclimate Ecology & Biogeography (MEB) network, we believe that open, reliable, and collaborative data exchange is the cornerstone of understanding and predicting biodiversity and … Continue reading →

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How to not be swamped by your microclimate data

Posted on November 11, 2025 by lembrechtsjonas

Microclimate data are finally finding their way more routineously into ecological models – and rightly so. Hooray for that! The growing availability of in-situ measurements is helping us bridge the gap between the coarse world of macroclimate and the fine-scale … Continue reading →

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A tale of homogenisation

Posted on October 22, 2025 by lembrechtsjonas

I’ve always been intrigued by ecological scaling – it’s literally in my title: Assistant Professor in Ecological Scaling. One of the main reasons we care so much about scaling is that ecological theories don’t always hold up when we change … Continue reading →

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Cliffhanger: Am I, as a climber, a threat or a treasure for plant diversity on rock cliffs?

Posted on October 21, 2025 by lembrechtsjonas

Translation of the submission for the pop-sci writing competition ‘Vlaamse Scriptiepijs’ by team member Sarane Coen With the River Meuse flowing far below, I search for the way up to the top. With fingers and toes, I follow a route … Continue reading →