curriculum vitae

Photo: Cathy Levesque

Dr. Joris M. Koene
Born in Amsterdam (The Netherlands) on the 28th of August 1972
Speaks Dutch, English, French, German


educational background

1 August 2025 - present: Full Professor of Integrative Biology
Ecology & Evolution, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (The Netherlands).

1 January 2021 - 31 July 2025: Associate Professor
Animal Ecology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (The Netherlands).

1 June 2008 - 31 Dec. 2020: Assistant Professor
Animal Ecology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (The Netherlands).

1 July 2011 - 31 May 2020: Editor-in-Chief of Animal Biology
The international journal of the Royal Dutch Zoological Society

2010: Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Awardee
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany)

1 June 2009 - present: Honorary Research Associate
Evolutionary Ecology, Naturalis Biodiversity Centre (The Netherlands).

2009: Senior Visiting Fellow
Evolutionary Ecology group, University of Antwerp (Belgium).

1 July 2005-31 May 2008: Post-doc
Department of Animal Ecology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (The Netherlands).

1 June 2002-30 June 2005: Post-doc
Department of Developmental & Behavioural Neurobiology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
(Moved to the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Seewiesen).

1 June 2000-31 May 2002: Post-doc
Department of Evolutionary Biology, Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet, Muenster (Germany)
(Moved to Animal Evolutionary Ecology at the Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen).

November 1999-April 2000: Post-doc
Collaboration between the McGill University (Canada) and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelpia (USA).

1995-1999: Ph.D.
Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal (Canada).

1990-1995: Studies in Biology (Dutch equivalents of B.Sc. & M.Sc.)
Faculty of Biology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (The Netherlands).


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