Current students
PhD student 2022- present
University of Amsterdam
The evolutionary trade-offs induced by coloration and toxicity in the seed bug, Lygaeus simulans
PhD student 2022- present
University of Amsterdam
Co-supervisors: Prof Astrid Groot
The impact of light at night on insect activity and subsequent food web effects.
PhD student 2020- present
University of Amsterdam
Co-supervisor: Prof Astrid Groot
Developing a sustainable attract-and-infect strategy to control the newly invaded pest Spodoptera frugiperda in Africa
Tim Wagenmakers MSc student
Guus Faber MSc student
Kasia Gęsicka MSc student
Bart ter Steege BSc student
Ole Schlobach BSc student
Simme Poelsma BSc student
(photo credit to Tim Wagenmakers)
Team Urban Predation 2024
Anne Haringhuizen & Britte van Beek MSc students – Effect of light pollution on invertebrate behavior and predation rates
Eve Bond MSc student – Effect of light pollution in insect attraction
Hidde Bloemsma BSc student
Daphne Jillings BSc student
Team Urban Birds 2024
Larissa Hijzelendoorn MSc student
Bart Versprille MSc student
Mei-Lin Remijn MSc student
Rachel Engelkes MSc student
Sterenn Efflam MSc student
Anne Willems BSc student
Lara Cramer BSc student
Julius El Sayed BSc student
Previous students
Cristina Ottocento
PhD Student 2019 – 2023
University of Jyvaskylä
Co-supervisors: Dr Bibiana Rojas & Prof Johanna Mappes
Chemical variation across the Wood Tiger Moth
Elise Fruitet
PhD Student 2019-2023
University of Amsterdam
Co-supervisors: Prof Astrid Groot, Dr Thomas Blankers & Prof Heckel
Evolution in an invasive species: How does sexual communication evolve in a recently invaded moth species?
Team Urban Predation 2023
Lotte van de Ven MSc student, Ecology & Evolution
Carmen Heemsbergen MSc student, Ecology & Evolution
Skip Harks BSc student Future Planet Studies, University of Amsterdam
Sarah Kraakman BSc student Biology, University of Amsterdam
Team Urban Birds 2023
Michelle Lara MSc student, Ecology & Evolution
Imre Loman MSc student, Ecology & Evolution
Chiara De Pasqual
PhD Student 2018-2022
University of Jyvaskylä
Co-supervisors: Prof Astrid Groot & Prof Johanna Mappes
Sexual selection for the maintenance of polymorphic colouration in the wood tiger moth
Team Urban Birds 2022
Mariachiara Fagan, Julia Eshuis, Silke Steiner & Shanna Engelsman
MSc students 2022, University of Amsterdam
Effect of urbanisation on Blue and Great tits
MSc student 2022 University of Amsterdam
Impact of lure type on moth monitoring in urban sites
Lotte Staal
MSc student 2022 University of Amsterdam
Examining UV colouration and sexual dimorphism in the butterfly Boloria pales
Team Urban Predation 2022
Branco Sieljes BSc student Future Planet Studies University of Amsterdam
Lodewijk De Jongh BSc student Biology University of Amsterdam
Emma Diepeveen
BSc student 2021 University of Amsterdam
Urban environment affects warning colouration in
Zygaena filipendulae
Team Urban Predation 2021
Eva van Westerlaak – MSc
Reinier van Buchem – BSc
Storm Engelbracht – BSc
Nicky van den Berg – BSc
Emma Laging Tobias Brok – BSc
Mink Amorison
Aeres Internship student
Population genetics of Plutella xylostella
Brenden Baker
MRes student 2018 – 2019
Western Sydney University
Co-supervisors: Dr Kate Umbers & Dr Clarissa House
Investigating the toxins secreted by the aposematic mountain katydid and their contribution to predator defence
Cristina Ottocento
MSc Student 2018 – 2019
U. of Padova, Erasmus Exchange Program to University of Jyväskylä
Co-supervisors: Dr Bibiana Rojas & Prof Johanna Mappes
Honest signalling in the wood tiger moth
Morgan Brain
MSc Student 2014-2016
University of Jyväskylä
Co-supervisors: Dr Bibiana Rojas & Prof Johanna Mappes
Honest signalling in female wood tiger moths
Morgan’s thesis is now published!
Miriam Furlanetto
MSc Student, 2017
U. of Padova, Erasmus Exchange Program to University of Jyväskylä
Co-supervisors: Dr Bibiana Rojas & Prof Johanna Mappes
Investigating the costs of warning signal and chemical defences production in wood tiger moths
Insect Chemical and Evolutionary Ecology 