Maarten Hoepel

Evolutionary Biologist

Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

About

Experience

  • Guest Researcher at Naturalis Biodiversity Center Nederland
    Sep 2025 - Present · 11 mos

    Part of the research group "Biodiversity Hotspots" Participated in a two-week field expedition to Bioko, Equatorial Guinea in January 2026.

  • Intern at Naturalis Biodiversity Center Nederland
    Oct 2024 - Jul 2025 · 10 mos

    Research internship “The morphological divergence of passerines on land-bridge islands”, grade: 9.

  • Intern at Wageningen University & Research
    Jan 2024 - Jul 2024 · 7 mos

    Research internship “Determinants of tropical fish diversity in marine lakes: a case study in Island Biogeography Theory in Raja Ampat, Indonesia”, grade: 8.

  • Intern at Wildlife & Ecological Investments
    Mar 2023 - Jun 2023 · 4 mos

    During this internship I worked in Balule Game Reserve in the Greater Kruger National Park in a team with international interns with a focus on reserve management and research. I helped assessing biodiversity through bird counts, game drives and analysing data from camera traps.

  • Bijlesdocent at R&R Huiswerkbegeleiding en Studiecoaching
    Sep 2019 - Mar 2023 · 3 yrs 7 mos

    Bijles geven aan individuele leerlingen in biologie, scheikunde, natuurkunde en wiskunde. Daarnaast groepen leerlingen ondersteunen in de studievaardigheden.