Jordy van der Beek

Hi! My name is Jordy van der Beek and I’m very happy to join the PDPC as a PhD student in 2023. I’ve studied Biology at Leiden University in the Netherlands with a specialization in Biodiversity and Sustainability. The recurring themes in my research are taxonomy and ecology, with a strong focus on mosquitoes. I’m actually writing this introduction from Bonaire, while conducting the first large mosquito inventory on the Dutch ABC-islands in 75 years. I like the way mosquito biodiversity, ecosystem health and public/veterinary/wildlife health are so strongly connected. I am really looking forward working on these interdisciplinary topics in the PDPC with the fellow PhD students and the many other researchers in the coming years.