Tim van Emmerik

Associate Professor Hydrologic Sensing | River plastic monitoring | Wageningen University & Research

Wageningen, Gelderland, Netherlands

About

Developing river plastic monitoring techniques, methodologies, and strategies. Passionate about data collection in strange places.

Experience

  • Wageningen University & Research (7 yrs)
    • Associate Professor Hydrologic Sensing
      Mar 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

      River plastic pollution | Hydrologic sensing across scales | Monitoring strategy development

    • Assistant Professor Hydrologic Sensing
      Jul 2019 - Mar 2024 · 4 yrs 9 mos

      River plastic pollution | Hydrologic sensing across scales | Monitoring strategy development

  • Council Member at American Geophysical Union
    Jan 2017 - Dec 2020 · 4 yrs

    Elected student/early career member on the AGU Council.

  • Head of River Research at The Ocean Cleanup
    Jan 2018 - Jun 2019 · 1 yr 6 mos

    Developing research program on riverine macroplastic pollution.

  • Research Fellow at Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS Institute)
    Jun 2017 - Dec 2017 · 7 mos

  • Ph.D. Researcher at TU Delft
    Jul 2013 - May 2017 · 3 yrs 11 mos

    Vegetation effects on radar | Diurnal plant-water dynamics | Microwave soil moisture & vegetation monitoring