maarten waterloo, Senior ecohydrologist at Acacia Water
About
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.Information
- Location: Gouda, Netherlands
Industry experience
Education: PhD
Seniority: Expert, Engineer, Consultant
Years of experience: 20 years or above
Work experience
Agricultural University (Wageningen University & Research)
2022-01-06T19:15:29.870Z - Present
Hydrologist
Providing data and modelling results for sediment input into the proposed Bakun Dam in Sarawak within the framework of an Environmental Impact AssessmentThe University of Western Australia
1994 - 1994
Hydrologist
Carrying out hydrological and carbon exchange research in Amazonia and for Kyoto Protocol input for the Dutch GovernmentWageningen University and Resesearch
1995 - 2001
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 research2001-08-01 - 2015-10-14
Senior ecohydrologist
Studies on water, nutrients and pesticides in agriculture, surface water hydrological studies, SWAT modelling of water, nutrients and pesticides, sensor development and testing2015-10-15 - Present
Taxonomy
- Consultant
- Drip Irrigation
- Soil
- Meteorology
- Ecohydrology
- Climate Change
- Hydrology
- Hydrometeorology
- Hydrochemistry
- Hydrological Modelling
- Hydrology Nutrient Cycling
- Geo-hydrology
- Hydrogeology & Hydrochemistry
- Hydrological modelling of climate change
- Surface Water Hydrology