Category Archives: Science

SoilTemp meeting I

Posted on June 17, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

The beginning of June saw a gathering of great minds in the city center of Antwerp. Thanks to support of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), we could invite over 30 ecologists and microclimate specialists to our beloved city, to have … Continue reading →

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Podcast

Posted on May 29, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

For the Dutch-speaking followers of this website: check me happily podcast-ing away with the crew from the Dutch ‘Makkelijk Praten’-podcast! They made a 40-minute podcast about our research, in honours of my nomination as New Scientist Wetenschapstalent 2019. Are you … Continue reading →

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Good Field Practices

Posted on May 23, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Tomorrow, we have an important lab meeting with summer coming up: good field practices. We will bring together the master and PhD-students working with us to talk about the do’s and don’ts in the field, and to learn from each … Continue reading →

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Passing milestones

Posted on May 11, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Today was a day of big numbers, for me and the SoilTemp-project we are working on: our database passed two fantastic milestones. We now have over 5000 loggers from more than 40 countries in the database, which I am currently … Continue reading →

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iNaturalist

Posted on April 28, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

Natural history – the science of nature observation – has taken a rocket into the 21st century, and I love it. The ‘rocket’ I am talking about is called iNaturalist, and it is an app that allows anybody in the … Continue reading →

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Linguistic wonders

Posted on April 1, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

So, I had a little question: did my English vocabulary improve after 5 years of paper writing? Good question, I thought, and nothing our good friend R could not help me answer! So I dove into the data, read in … Continue reading →

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