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Peter is open data coordinator and team lead for INBO's Open science lab for biodiversity. With over 15 years of experience in biodiversity informatics, his work involves the coordination and development of biodiversity research software, infrastructure and data standards. He (co)maintains several R packages and has standardized and published numerous (GBIF-mediated) datasets covering animal tracking, camera traps, citizen science, invasive alien species and radar aeroecology.
Thematic List 2020
- Data & infrastructure
VODS 2023
- Development of bioinformatics software, tools and databases
- Behavioural ecology
- Animal ecology
Technological
- library and information science
- data management
- data publication
- data standards
- open data
- open science
- GBIF
- ICT
- R
- Jekyll
- measuring technology
- GPS trackers
- acoustic telemetry
- camera traps
- radar
Free keywords
- open data
- open science
- research software
- data standards
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Frictionless libraries
Desmet, P. (Project leader), Govaert, S. (Cooperator) & Huybrechts, P. (Cooperator)
10/02/26 → 1/09/26
Project: EVINBO - Private sector
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Increased resilience against the invasive yellow-legged hornet through collaboration and novel technology
Hillaert, J. (Project leader), Adriaens, T. (Cooperator) & Desmet, P. (Cooperator)
1/01/26 → 30/06/27
Project: EVINBO - Vlaamse overheid
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Agouti FAIR
Milotic, T. (Project leader) & Desmet, P. (Cooperator)
1/01/26 → 31/12/26
Project: EVINBO - Andere overheden
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GULLIVER - Mobilizing gull movement data to Movebank and GBIF
Desmet, P. (Project leader) & Govaert, S. (Cooperator)
1/11/25 → 31/10/26
Project: EVINBO - Private sector
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Programme 'Coordination Monitoring and Research Infrastructure'
Cools, N. (Project leader), Adriaenssens, V. (Cooperator), Auwerx, J. (Cooperator), Brosens, D. (Cooperator), Bruneel, S. (Cooperator), Brys, R. (Cooperator), Christiaens, B. (Cooperator), Daelemans, R. (Cooperator), De Bruyn, L. (Cooperator), De Vos, B. (Cooperator), De Wever, A. (Cooperator), Desender, M. (Cooperator), Desmet, P. (Cooperator), Genouw, G. (Cooperator), Halfmaerten, D. (Cooperator), Heremans, S. (Cooperator), Langeraert, W. (Cooperator), Leyman, A. (Cooperator), Louette, G. (Cooperator), Maebe, K. (Cooperator), Mouton, C. (Cooperator), Oosterlynck, P. (Cooperator), Raman, M. (Cooperator), Teunen, L. (Cooperator), Van Driessche, C. (Cooperator), Van Gossum, P. (Cooperator), Van Onsem, S. (Cooperator), Van Ryckegem, G. (Cooperator), Vercruysse, L. (Cooperator), Wilms, H. (Cooperator) & Wuyts, K. (Cooperator)
1/01/25 → 31/12/29
Project: INBO
Research output
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Animal sensor networks @ INBO
Adriaenssens, V., Casaer, J., Coeck, J., Desmet, P., Govaert, S., Huybrechts, P., Oldoni, D., Stienen, E., Verhelst, P. & Milotic, T., 2026. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
Open AccessFile97 Downloads (Pure) -
D3.2 Documentation for working with species occurrence cubes
Desmet, P., Govaert, S., Trekels, M. & Abraham, L., 27-Feb-2026, Biodiversity building blocks for policy. 14 p.Research output: Book/Report › Report not published by INBO
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D5.5 Indicators Software
Langeraert, W., Breugelmans, L., Desmet, P., Dove, S., Kumschick, S., MacFadyen, S., Oldoni, D., Seebens, H., Trekels, M., Yahaya, M. M. & Van Daele, T., 1-Jul-2026, Biodiversity building blocks for policy. 36 p.Research output: Book/Report › Report not published by INBO
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D5.5 R Package and Documentation (Vignettes) for the Calculation of the Indicators
Langeraert, W., Breugelmans, L., Desmet, P., Dove, S., Kumschick, S., MacFadyen, S., Oldoni, D., Seebens, H., Trekels, M., Yahaya, M. M. & Van Daele, T., 23-Feb-2026, Biodiversity building blocks for policy. 36 p.Research output: Book/Report › Report not published by INBO
Open AccessFile235 Downloads (Pure) -
How a camera trap data standard enabled an ecosystem of interoperable tools
Desmet, P., 5-May-2026. 15 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper/Powerpoint/Abstract
Open AccessFile107 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Belgian baseline distribution of invasive alien species of Union concern (Regulation (EU) 1143/2014)
Adriaens, T. (Creator), Branquart, E. (Creator), Barbier, Y. (Creator), Coupremanne, M. (Creator), Desmet, P. (Creator), Devisscher, S. (Creator), Van Hoey, S. (Creator), Vanderhoeven, S. (Creator), Verreycken, H. (Creator) & Prévot, C. (Creator), INBO, 13-Jun-2018
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1288628, http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1288628
Dataset
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Resources from the workshop "Data for invasive species research, policy making and management".
Groom, Q. (Creator), Adriaens, T. (Creator), Desmet, P. (Creator), De Wever, A. (Creator) & Vanderhoeven, S. (Creator), zenodo, 28-Jan-2017
Dataset
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ABV - Common breeding birds in Flanders, Belgium (post 2016)
Piesschaert, F. (Creator), Vermeersch, G. (Creator), Brosens, D. (Creator), Westra, T. (Creator), Desmet, P. (Creator), Van De Poel, S. (Creator), Feys, S. (Creator), Cooleman, S. (Contributor) & Pollet, M. (Creator), INBO, 7-Oct-2021
DOI: 10.15468/pj2v6h
Dataset
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Muskrat captures in Flanders, Belgium
Cartuyvels, E. (Creator), Brosens, D. (Creator), Adriaens, T. (Creator), Baert, K. (Creator), Desmet, P. (Creator), Devisscher, S. (Creator), Neukermans, A. (Creator), Stuyck, J. (Creator) & Huysentruyt, F. (Creator), INBO, 6-May-2020
DOI: 10.15468/pequ4z, https://www.gbif.org/dataset/b7ee2a4d-8e10-410f-a951-a7f032678ffe#description
Dataset
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Orthophotos and DSMs/DTM derived from RPAS flights over the nature reserve Landschap De Liereman in Flanders, Belgium
Vanden Borre, J. (Creator), Pauly, K. (Creator), Van Hoey, S. (Creator), De Reu, J. (Creator) & Desmet, P. (Creator), INBO, 17-Jun-2019
Dataset
Prizes
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2018 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge
Reyserhove, L. (Recipient), Oldoni, D. (Recipient) & Desmet, P. (Recipient), 17-Oct-2018
Prize: Distinctions
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2023 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge
Noé, N. (Recipient), Desmet, P. (Recipient), Adriaens, T. (Recipient), D'hondt, B. (Recipient), Reyserhove, L. (Recipient) & Oldoni, D. (Recipient), 18-Oct-2023
Prize: Distinctions
Activities
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B-Cubed fourth annual general assembly meeting
Langeraert, W. (Participant), Desmet, P. (Participant), Oldoni, D. (Participant), Hillaert, J. (Participant) & Van Daele, T. (Participant)
4-May-2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conference, workshop, training, seminar, meeting
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BioMonWeek 2026
Langeraert, W. (Participant), Adriaenssens, V. (Participant), Desmet, P. (Participant) & Van Onsem, S. (Participant)
4-May-2026 → 8-May-2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conference, workshop, training, seminar, meeting
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Frictionless Data 101: How to document and validate datasets or create community standards with the Data Package standard
Desmet, P. (Invited speaker)
24-Oct-2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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How we plan to publish 1,000 bio-logging datasets to GBIF and OBIS
Desmet, P. (Speaker), Govaert, S. (Speaker), Huybrechts, P. (Speaker), Pye, J. (Speaker), Meneses, C. (Speaker) & Davidson, S. C. (Speaker)
23-Oct-2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): Supporting policy through data
Desmet, P. (Invited speaker)
19-Feb-2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution