Outreach

I try to communicate the importance of plant biology and science in general to the broader audience via various public engagement activities. All but one of these activities are Dutch spoken or written, sorry international folks! A list of media appearances is listed on this webpage. My personal favourite is the local television interview of 2017 (Dutch spoken).

• Organising committee “ß-day”; introducing 150+ 3rd year high school students to the natural and life sciences. (2011-2014; Dutch)
• TV interview for local television on Azolla ferns (2017; Dutch)
• Interview for national radio station BNR (2017; Dutch)
• Co-speaker at seminar about GMO en gene editing for UU allumni (2018)
• Participation in popular science TV program “De Kennis van Nu” on national television (2018; Dutch)

Being interviewed for national television about the amazing fern Azolla

• Interview popular scientific University magazine (2018; Dutch)
• Interview national newspaper “AD” (2018; Dutch)
• Activity for “the weekend of science”: plants under the microscope (2019; Dutch)

My colleagues show our guests our favourite plant Azolla through binoculars

• Elementary school lecture on the principle of breeding (2019; Dutch)
• Interview on the Amsterdam Hortus Botanicus podcast (2020; Dutch)

An interview for podcast ‘podplanten’

• Elmentary school lecture about the “plants of the future” and what it is to be a scientist. (2021)
• Interview for Utrecht University news feed about my views on Open Science (2021; English & Dutch)