Projects per year
Personal profile
Research expertise
Nathalie Cools behaalde haar doctoraat in de toegepaste biologische wetenschappen land-en bosbeheer aan de KULeuven. Ze startte haar loopbaan aan het INBO aan het Forest Soil Coördinating Centre van het Internatinaal Samwerkingsprogramma rond de bepaling en opvolging van de effecten van grensoverschrijdende luchtverontreining op de bossen (ICP Forests) in Europa. Daar stond ze in voor de kwaliteitsbewaking van de bodemstaalname en de laboratoriumanalyses. Geleidelijk aan breidde ze haar bodemexpertise uit naar de bodems in de heide en de open natuur in Vlaanderen. Sinds 2014 is Nathalie het aanspreekpunt voor het LTER-Belgium netwerk dat onderzoeksinstellingen en sites in België begaan met lange-termijn ecosysteem onderzoek verenigt.
Research expertise
Nathalie Cools obtained her PhD in applied biological sciences land and forest management at the KULeuven. She started her career at the INBO at the Forest Soil Coordinating Centre of International Co-operative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests (ICP Forests) in Europe. There she was responsible for the quality control of soil sampling and laboratory analyses. She gradually expanded her soil expertise to soils in heathland and open nature in Flanders. Since 2014, Nathalie has been the contact person for the LTER-Belgium network that unites research institutions and sites in Belgium committed to long-term ecosystem research.
Education/Academic qualification
Applied Biological Science Land and Forest Management, PhD, Multi-scale participatory Land Resource Assessment in Northwest Syria, Department of Land Management, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
1-Nov-1998 → 31-Dec-2002
Award Date: 23-May-2003
Thematic List 2020
- Soil & air
- Forest
- Data & infrastructure
Policy
- woodland protection
Geographic List
- Flanders
- Europe
Technological
- quality control
- fieldwork (observations and sampling)
- laboratory analysis
VODS 2023
- Soil chemistry
- Soil physics
- Soil biology
- Soil sciences, challenges and pollution not elsewhere classified
- Silviculture and agroforestry
- Ecology not elsewhere classified
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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PAS impact monitoring
Wuyts, K. (Project leader), Adriaens, D. (Cooperator), Carmen, R. (Cooperator), Cools, N. (Cooperator), De Becker, P. (Cooperator), De Keersmaeker, L. (Cooperator), Genouw, G. (Cooperator), Herr, C. (Cooperator), Leyssen, A. (Cooperator), Louette, G. (Cooperator), Mielke, F. (Cooperator), Neirynck, J. (Cooperator), Oosterlynck, P. (Cooperator), Packet, J. (Cooperator), Provoost, S. (Cooperator), Raman, M. (Cooperator), Van Calster, H. (Cooperator), Van Daele, T. (Cooperator), Vanden Borre, J. (Cooperator), Vanderhaeghe, F. (Cooperator), Verstraeten, A. (Cooperator), Wackenier, M. (Cooperator), Westra, T. (Cooperator) & Wouters, J. (Cooperator)
8/08/24 → 31/12/30
Project: Evinbo
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Integrated Research Infrastructure Services for Climate Change risks
Neirynck, J. (Project leader), Adriaenssens, V. (Cooperator), Callens, A. (Cooperator), Cools, N. (Cooperator) & Van den Broeck, F. (Cooperator)
1/04/24 → 1/10/29
Project: Evinbo
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WILDCARD (EVINBO)
Vandekerkhove, K. (Project leader), Adriaenssens, V. (Cooperator), Cools, N. (Cooperator), De Vos, B. (Cooperator), De Win, Y. (Cooperator), Deroo, H. (Cooperator), Lambrechts, S. (Cooperator), Pieters, M. (Cooperator), Vervaet, K. (Cooperator), Willems, K. (Cooperator) & Willems, S. (Cooperator)
1/02/24 → 31/01/28
Project: Evinbo
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MBAG - MNE preparation (= Monitoring Programme for the Natural Environment)
Wuyts, K. (Project leader), Adriaens, D. (Cooperator), Cools, N. (Cooperator), De Becker, P. (Cooperator), Dumortier, M. (Cooperator), Herr, C. (Cooperator), Leyssen, A. (Cooperator), Packet, J. (Cooperator), Van Gossum, P. (Cooperator), Vanden Borre, J. (Cooperator), Vanderhaeghe, F. (Cooperator), Wackenier, M. (Cooperator) & Wouters, J. (Cooperator)
1/04/23 → 31/12/25
Project: Evinbo
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The ForestWard Observatory to Secure Resilience of European Forests
De Vos, B. (Project leader), Cools, N. (Cooperator) & Deroo, H. (Cooperator)
1/11/22 → 31/10/26
Project: Evinbo
Research output
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4. Wetenschappelijk onderzoek
Beenaerts, N., Casaer, J., Cools, N., Crevecoeur, L., De Saeger, S., Evens, R., Fajgenblat, M., Lambrechts, J., Lathouwers, M., Neyens, T., Roland, M., Soudzilovskaia, N. & Maes, D., 18-Jan-2024, Nationaal Park Hoge Kempen: Natuurrapport 2000-2020. Genk, p. 222-245 24 p. ( Bijdrage aan een rapport niet door INBO uitgegeven).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Contribution to a report not published by INBO
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Forest condition and environmental drivers in Europe - Recent evidence from selected studies
Ferretti, M., Vesterdal, L., Schaub, M., Schwärzel, K., Canullo, R., Cools, N., De Vos, B., Fleck, S., Gottardini, E., Hamberg, L., Verstraeten, A., Nieminen, T. M., Pitar, D., Potocic, N., Raspe, S., Rautio, P., Marchetto, A., Schmitz, A., Timmermann, V. & Ukonmaanaho, L. & 5 others, , Dec-2024, Forest condition and environmental drivers in Europe - Recent evidence from selected studies. p. 12-17 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Contribution to a report not published by INBO
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How can datasets from ICP Forests contribute to carbon monitoring? Horizon Europe Credible project: Focus Group 3.4 "How to use data from long-term monitoring sites in the context of carbon farming?"
Cools, N., 22-Nov-2024. 10 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper/Powerpoint/Abstract
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INBO-beslissingsboom: Archiveren van natuurwetenschappelijke specimens (of niet)? Versie 1.0
Veltjen, E., Brosens, D., Cools, N., De Cuyper, B., De Vos, B., D'hondt, B., Herr, C., Lambeens, I., Maebe, K., Lettens, S., Pollet, M., Soors, J., Teunen, L., Vanden Broeck, A., Van Driessche, C., Verstraeten, A. & De Wever, A., 2024, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. (Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. 45)Research output: Book/Report › Reports of Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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INBO on the road to 2030
Eggermont, H. (Main author), Janssens, L. (Main author), De Wever, A., De Vos, B., Noël, C., De Charleroy, D., Buysse, D., Mortelmans, D., Maes, D., Van den Bergh, E., Van den Broeck, F., Turkelboom, F., Louette, G., De Landtsheer, I., Van Wichelen, J., Casaer, J., Peymen, J., Desair, J., Vandekerkhove, K. & Stevens, M. & 17 others, , 2024, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. 32 p. (Mededelingen van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. 2)Research output: Book/Report › Communications of the Research Institute for Nature and Forest
Open AccessFile1008 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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soilmap_simple: a simplified and standardized derivative of the digital soil map of the Flemish Region
Vanderhaeghe, F. (Creator), De Vos, B. (Creator) & Cools, N. (Creator), 10-Apr-2020
Dataset
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Data van: Gunstige abiotische bereiken voor vegetatietypes in Vlaanderen
Raman, M. (Creator), Cools, N. (Creator), De Keersmaeker, L. (Creator), Denys, L. (Creator), Leyssen, A. (Creator), Provoost, S. (Creator), Vanderhaeghe, F. (Creator), Vandevoorde, B. (Creator), Herr, C. (Creator), Wouters, J. (Creator) & Van Calster, H. (Creator), 31-Dec-2020
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10533792, https://zenodo.org/records/10533792
Dataset
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Reproductive data Fagus sylvatica: Widespread masting breakdown in beech
Foest, J. J. (Creator), Bogdziewicz, M. (Creator), Pesendorfer, M. B. (Creator), Ascoli, D. (Creator), Cutini, A. (Creator), Nussbaumer, A. (Creator), Verstraeten, A. (Creator), Beudert, B. (Creator), Chianucci, F. (Creator), Mezzavilla, F. (Creator), Gratzer, G. (Creator), Kunstler, G. (Creator), Meesenburg, H. (Creator), Wagner, M. (Creator), Mund, M. (Creator), Cools, N. (Creator), Vacek, S. (Creator), Schmidt, W. (Creator), Vacek, Z. (Creator) & Hacket-Pain, A. (Creator), Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 23-Apr-2024
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.qz612jmps, https://zenodo.org/records/11048442
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Activities
- 1 Organisation and participation in conference, workshop, training, seminar, meeting
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Intern symposium Bosonderzoek INBO
Wilms, H. (Organiser), Thomaes, A. (Speaker), De Ro, A. (Speaker), Tallieu, R. (Speaker), Sioen, G. (Speaker), Depaepe, W. (Speaker), Desair, J. (Speaker), De Lombaerde, E. (Speaker), Verbesselt, S. (Speaker), Vanden Broeck, A. (Speaker), Cools, N. (Speaker), De Wever, A. (Speaker), Eves Down, M.-R. (Speaker), Saerens, A. (Speaker) & Casaer, J. (Speaker)
5-Jun-2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conference, workshop, training, seminar, meeting