Freek Busschers (TNO-GDN)
Freek Busschers is a geologist at TNO - Geological Survey of the Netherland, specialized in stratigraphy, chronology, palaeolandscape development, and subsurface modelling of the Cenozoic North Sea Basin. After completing his PhD in Quaternary Geology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, he joined TNO in 2008 and has served as Science Lead of the Subsurface Modelling department since 2015. He has contributed to major international research initiatives, including the new IODP3 project on the North Sea, and is actively engaged in the geoscience community through roles in the International Union for Quaternary Research.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/freek-busschers-2446bb6/
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1495-1766
Marc De Batist (UGent-RCMG)
Marc De Batist is full professor in marine and sedimentary geology at Ghent University, where he is currently also the Head of the Renard Centre of Marine Geology. His fields of expertise include marine and lacustrine geology and geophysics; sedimentology, sedimentary geology and (sequence) stratigraphy; limnogeology; palaeoclimatology; palaeoseismology; geohazards; gas hydrates and methane seeps; Quaternary geology. Since the 1980’s, he has been involved in numerous campaigns and expeditions on lakes and at sea and in several EU-funded projects, has (co-)authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications and has (co)supervised close to 30 PhD students.
Web of Science: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/F-5722-2012
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1625-2080
Vanessa Heyvaert (RBINS-GSB)
Vanessa Heyvaert is senior geologist in coastal and fluvial sedimentology at RBINS, where she catalyzed GSB’s geohazard research group. She is currently the Head of the Geological Survey of Belgium. Moreover, she is Guest professor in sedimentology at Ghent University, Department of Geology.
She has a solid field and research experience in interdisciplinary research projects in the Middle East (Iran, Iraq), Mediterranean, Asia (Japan, Thailand) and Europe studying Holocene coastal and fluvial sedimentary records. Moreover, has been involved in several hydrogeological research projects and (transnational) Quaternary mapping. Over the past years, Vanessa’s research focused on the imprint of natural hazards (earthquakes, extreme wave events, landslides) on the sedimentary record.
Website: https://gsb.naturalsciences.be/personnel/vanessa-heyvaert/
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7382-0120
Bart Meijninger (TNO-GDN)
Bart Meijninger is a geologist at TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands since 2018. He obtained his MSc and PhD degree at Utrecht University. After that he worked for more than eleven years as a geologist at Fugro all over the world on geohazard assessments, geotechnical and geological core analyses, and geotechnical and geophysical site investigations for infrastructural developments on the seafloor. He has long-lasting experience in interpreting and integrating 2D and 3D seismic data, core data and geotechnical (CPT) data into 3D models.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bart-meijninger-58a8744/?originalSubdomain=nl
Tine Missiaen (VLIZ)
Tine Missiaen is a marine geophysicist with a longstanding experience in 2D and 3D subseafoor imaging using (ultra) high resolution acoustic techniques. She pioneered the marine geo-archaeological research in Belgium and coordinated several national and international projects on palaeolandscape reconstruction, both offshore and in intertidal areas. After working over 25 years at Ghent University she joined Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) in 2017 where she currently leads the Seascapes Past and Future research group.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8519-5737
Ruth Plets (VLIZ)
Ruth Plets is a marine geologist with experience in high-resolution geophysical methods and with a keen interest in marine geo-archaeology and Quaternary stratigraphy. After being awarded her degree in geology at Ghent University, she obtained an MSc in Oceanography and PhD in Geosciences from Southampton University, and subsequently worked at Memorial University (Canada) and Ulster University (Northern Ireland). Her research aims to use and develop methods used in the geosciences for marine archaeological purposes. Since 2019, she is employed as palaeo-landscape researcher at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) in Ostend (Belgium).
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9092-7533
Vera Van Lancker (RBINS)
Vera Van Lancker (PhD in Geology, Ghent University) is a marine geologist at the Institute of Natural Sciences and a Professor at Ghent University. Her research focuses on the sustainable exploitation of marine geological resources, with a particular interest in the interactions between human activities, seabed geology, and sediment dynamics, and how these relationships drive spatio-temporal changes in seabed habitats.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8088-9713