Maarten Soetaert

Fruit tree nursery & freelance marine research consultant

Dentergem, Flemish Region, Belgium

About

After 8 years of fisheries research at the Ghent University and Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO) and an adventure with a startup company with 2 friends (SEMTECH), I started a tree nursery in 2021 focussing on producing high quality espalier fruit trees (mainly apple and pear) and grafted (chest)nuts. I try to combine this more practical and outside work with freelance consulting activities related to marine research.

Experience

  • marine research Consultant at Freelance
    Jan 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 6 mos

  • Tree nurser at Self-employed
    Mar 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 4 mos

  • Business Manager at De Bomelaar
    Mar 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 4 mos

  • co-founder of SEMTECH company at Self-employed
    Aug 2020 - Jul 2021 · 1 yr

  • Senior Researcher at ILVO
    Jan 2016 - Dec 2019 · 4 yrs