Wildlife biologist and ecology research fieldworker, also working in education, lecturing and consultancy.Current work fields feature behaviour and ecology of bats, small mammals, reptiles, amphibians and freshwater macrofauna, but may be as diverse as biology itself. Apart from the fieldwork season, I am also available for guest classes, data processing and analyses, product development and writing.

Buro Bakker adviesburo voor ecologie was incorporated in ATKB; AquaTerra-KuiperBurger.Quickscans, research fieldwork, reporting and consultancy concerning Nature protection laws for diverse contracters. Especially concerning bats, urban birds and ecology of amphibians and reptiles.

Hosting and guiding fieldwork camps and teaching research and fieldwork techniques (incl. species identification) for biology and geography, mainly to secondary schools' science classes of both Dutch and International Schools (IB), but also to primary schools' and higher education groups. This took place at one- to multiple-days' on-site fieldwork camps, which we organised at our field study centres (Veldstudiecentrum) and other locations, as well as at schools. Development of educational programs and materials; acquisition, coaching of interns, maintenance of all materials and accommodation.Further diverse handy crafts and carpentry used for signposting, furnishing and maintenance of walking routes through countryside and towns.

Inventarisations and excursions for the Reptilan Amphibian & Fish Research and Conservation of the Netherlands

Diverse fieldwork, reporting and advising in ecological consultancy, especially for bat ecology and herpethology

Public education and acquisition for the Jane Goodall Institute and great apes generally, facilitated by and in co-operation with Rotterdam Zoo.Ethological inspection and reporting on monkey enclosure elsewhere for JGI.

Inquiry data management and analyses using SPSS

BSc. teaching in Ecology & Population Dynamics. Assisting the students' practical work for the courses Animal Biology; Social Ethology and Ecology & Population Dynamics.

Observations of bonobo social behaviour, subsequent data entry