Dr. Qing Zhan
Qing Zhan is a postdoctoral researcher working on LTER-LIFE, a digital research infrastructure under development aimed at facilitating the building of digital twins of ecosystem. Within LTER-LIFE, Qing coordinates the development of Wadden Sea ecosystem use cases. By working on specific scientific use cases, ecologists like Qing can provide feedback that to refine the infrastructure being developed by software engineers.
Currently, Qing and his colleagues are working on three scientific use cases that are focused on the lower trophical levels of Waden Sea ecosystem:
1) Temporal and Spatial variations of primary production in the Dutch Wadden Sea, using in-situ monitoring platform and remote sensing techniques;
2) The effects of turbidity reduction on primary production in Ems-Dollard Estuary (a neighboing estuary to the Germany Wadden Sea), using ensemble modelling approach;
3) Population dynamics of cockles under the impacts of extreme climatic events (heatwaves & stroms).
*Example workflow for the use case 1*
Qing has a background in biogeochemistry and Ecological modelling. In November 15, 2023, he successfully defended his PhD thesis at Wageningen University, titled: "Towards climate-robust aquatic ecosystem restoration: lessons learned from controlled experiments and modeling" (available here). His doctoral research was conducted at the Netherlands Insitute of Ecology (NIOO), in Wageningen (2019-2023).
*Art cover of Qing's phd thesis*
Outside of work, Qing is passionate about football - having previously at GVC Wageningen (the Champion 2023-2024, GVC2); now playing for the NIOZ futsal team (Champion 2e Klasse 2025, NIOZ, Texel Fustsal league), and outdoor competition for Texel 94 (Voetbal op Texel - Texel '94). He also take any chance gliding/flying over Wadden Sea with, family & friends as a private pilot (PPL with SEP and TMG ratings) and is a member of the gliding club on Texel (Zweefvliegclub Texel).
*De Slufter, Texel from the air*
- You can read his scientific publications on Qing Zhan - Google Scholar.
- Connect with Qing on LinkedIn or twitter/X (less active).
