Projects per year
Personal profile
Research expertise
Els Lommelen is a data scientist in the Biometrics, Methodology and Quality Assurance team at the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). She supports researchers in experimental design, data analysis, quality assurance and reproducible research. In this context, she develops tools to automate routine analyses and teaches researchers how to use these tools. Before taking up this position, she worked as a researcher in various teams at INBO.
VODS 2023
- Mathematical software
- Modelling and simulation
- Statistics not elsewhere classified
Policy
- local conservation status
Technological
- automation
- statistics and modelling
- experimental design
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Digitisation of BWK habitat keys
Wouters, J. (Project leader), De Saeger, S. (Cooperator), Herr, C. (Cooperator), Lommelen, E. (Cooperator), Oosterlynck, P. (Cooperator), Van Landuyt, W. (Cooperator), Vermeersch, S. (Cooperator) & Verschelde, P. (Cooperator)
1/04/25 → 1/04/27
Project: Samenwerkingsovereenkomst INBO-ANB
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Radar research into the effects of wind turbines on birds and bats
Everaert, J. (Project leader), Adriaens, T. (Cooperator), Carmen, R. (Cooperator), Janssens, K. (Cooperator), Lommelen, E. (Cooperator), Loos, J. (Cooperator), Onkelinx, T. (Cooperator), Spanoghe, G. (Cooperator), Stienen, E. (Cooperator), Van De Walle, M. (Cooperator) & Verstraete, H. (Cooperator)
1/01/21 → 31/12/30
Project: EVINBO - Private sector
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Research from open to semi-open, extensively grazed nature areas in Flanders in function of implementation, evaluation and adjustment of nature management
Van Uytvanck, J. (Project leader), Christiaens, B. (Cooperator), Decleer, K. (Cooperator), Demolder, H. (Cooperator), Lommelen, E. (Cooperator), Provoost, S. (Cooperator), Thoonen, M. (Cooperator), Van Calster, H. (Cooperator), Van Gompel, W. (Cooperator), Van Kerckvoorde, A. (Cooperator), Van Spaendonk, G. (Cooperator) & Vercruysse, E. (Cooperator)
1/01/20 → 31/12/26
Project: INBO
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Development of the local conservation status (LSVI) habitat types calculation module
Lommelen, E. (Project leader), Leyssen, A. (Cooperator), Oosterlynck, P. (Cooperator), Paelinckx, D. (Cooperator), Spanhove, T. (Cooperator), Van Calster, H. (Cooperator), Van Hoey, S. (Cooperator), Van Hove, M. (Cooperator), Van Spaendonk, G. (Cooperator) & Westra, T. (Cooperator)
1/01/18 → 31/12/26
Project: INBO
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Quality management of field and lab work and drawing up of protocols
Genouw, G. (Project leader), Cools, N. (Cooperator), De Bie, E. (Cooperator), De Vos, B. (Cooperator), Denys, L. (Cooperator), Herr, C. (Cooperator), Jansen, I. (Cooperator), Lettens, S. (Cooperator), Leyssen, A. (Cooperator), Lommelen, E. (Cooperator), Mergeay, J. (Cooperator), Mertens, W. (Cooperator), Onkelinx, T. (Cooperator), Oosterlynck, P. (Cooperator), Packet, J. (Cooperator), Pollet, M. (Cooperator), Quataert, P. (Cooperator), Van Calster, H. (Cooperator), Van Daele, T. (Cooperator), Van den Bergh, E. (Cooperator), Vanderhaeghe, F. (Cooperator), Vermeersch, S. (Cooperator), Verschelde, P. (Cooperator) & Westra, T. (Cooperator)
1/10/15 → 31/12/29
Project: INBO
Research output
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Integrating eDNA metabarcoding into fish-based ecological indices for lowland rivers under the EU Water Framework Directive
Van Driessche, C., Everts, T., Neyrinck, S., Van Thuyne, G., Lommelen, E., Ruttinck, T. & Bonte, D., 12-May-2026, In: Environmental Sciences Europe. 38, 127Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Green space at school and attention in primary school children in Belgium: A stratified matched case-control study
Aerts, R., Calster, H. V., Ozen, M., Benchrih, R., Heyman, S., Swerts, E., Wuyts, A., Lammens, L., Lommelen, E., Leone, M., Wanner, S., Brulein, H., Groslambert, A., Vanmeersche, L., Legein, M., Smets, W., Spacova, I., Clercq, E. M. D., Lebeer, S. & Leonard, A. & 2 others, , 18-Jan-2025, In: Urban forestry and urban greening. 105, p. 128680 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Monitoring programme on strict forest reserves in Flanders (Belgium): methods and operational protocols – update 2024 with revised protocol for lying deadwood: With an overview of the intensive monitoring sites
Vandekerkhove, K., Van de Kerckhove, P., Leyman, A., De Keersmaeker, L., Thomaes, A., Vanhellemont, M., Lommelen, E., Esprit, M. & Goessens, S., 2024, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. 92 p. ( Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. 51)Research output: Book/Report › Reports of Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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Onderzoeksprogramma 2021‐2025 voor het uitvoeren van radaronderzoek naar de effecten van windturbines op vogels en vleermuizen. Resultaten van het onderzoek in 2022 tot maart 2023.
Everaert, J., Carmen, R., Lommelen, E., Onkelinx, T., Loos, J., Van De Walle, M. & Verstraete, H., 2023, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. 72 p. (Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. 52)Research output: Book/Report › Reports of Research Institute for Nature and Forest › peer-review
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Monitoring the impact of wind turbines on birds with a full 3D radar in a difficult environment: Radar validation and preliminary data exploration
Everaert, J., Lommelen, E., Carmen, R., Loos, J., Verstraete, H. & Van De Walle, M., 4-Apr-2022, p. 1. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
Open AccessFile2444 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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protocolhelper: Helper Functions to Manage Protocols. Version 0.8.0
Van Calster, H. (Creator), Onkelinx, T. (Creator), Vanderhaeghe, F. (Creator) & Lommelen, E. (Contributor), zenodo, 29-Apr-2025
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15303744, https://zenodo.org/record/7181251
Dataset: Software/Code
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checklist: A Thorough and Strict Set of Checks for R Packages and Source Code. Version 0.4.0
Onkelinx, T. (Creator), Onkelinx, T. (Contributor), Lommelen, E. (Contributor) & Van Calster, H. (Contributor), zenodo, 19-Jul-2024
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12784800, https://zenodo.org/records/12784800
Dataset: Software/Code
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Processed data of grasshoppers, butterflies and moths for analyses of species trend models for the regional WWF Living Planet Index for Belgium
Van Calster, H. (Creator) & Lommelen, E. (Creator), Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 27-Aug-2020
Dataset
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Habitatquarries: distribution of underground marl quarries in the Flemish Region and border areas, with the Flemish distribution of Natura 2000 habitat type 8310
De Saeger, S. (Creator), Lahaye, M. (Creator), Palmans, G. (Creator), Lommelen, E. (Creator) & Vanderhaeghe, F. (Creator), Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 8-Oct-2020
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4072967, http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4072968 and one more link, https://zenodo.org/records/4072968 (show fewer)
Dataset
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INBOmd: Markdown Templates for INBO. Version 0.6.0
Onkelinx, T. (Creator), Vanderhaeghe, F. (Contributor) & Lommelen, E. (Contributor), zenodo, 5-Jul-2023
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8116004, https://zenodo.org/records/8116004
Dataset: Software/Code
Activities
- 1 Organisation and participation in conference, workshop, training, seminar, meeting
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Summer school on advanced Bayesian methods
Langeraert, W. (Participant), Lommelen, E. (Participant), Verschelde, P. (Participant), Van Calster, H. (Participant) & Carmen, R. (Participant)
11-Sept-2023 → 13-Sept-2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conference, workshop, training, seminar, meeting