Maarten Trekels

Biodiversity Data Scientist  Department: Collections Contact: maarten.trekels@plantentuinmeise.be Phone: +32 2 260 09 86 Google Scholar  |  ResearchGate  |  ORCID  | Twitter: @mtrekels  |  Personal web page

My research focuses on the broad area of biodiversity informatics. At the moment, I’m mainly involved in standards development and linked open data. Examples of current topics are: development of the Collection Description standard (TDWG), IIIF compliance and the use of Wikidata/Wikibase in biodiversity data science.

Qualifications
Degrees

• MSc, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, 2009 

Employment history

• Biodiversity Data Scientist, Meise Botanic Garden, 2019 - ongoing
• Test, Requirements and Risks Engineer, IBA, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, 2017-2019
• Senior Test Engineer, Septentrio NV, Leuven, Belgium, 2015-2017
• Technical Expert, Flemish Government, Brussels, Belgium, 2014-2015
• Research Scientist, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, 2009-2014

Projects

• Linking Biodiversity and Culture Information (LinBi): https://linbi.eu/
• SYNTHESYS+: https://www.synthesys.info/
• DiSSCo Prepare: https://www.dissco.eu/prepare/

Publications
FRIS Research Portal