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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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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 Ryckegem, G. (Cooperator), Vercruysse, L. (Cooperator), Wilms, H. (Cooperator) & Wuyts, K. (Cooperator)
1/01/25 → 31/12/29
Project: INBO
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NID4BirdLIFE
Stienen, E. (Project leader), Courtens, W. (Cooperator), Daelemans, R. (Cooperator), Desmet, P. (Cooperator), Milotic, T. (Cooperator), Milotic, T. (Cooperator), Van De Walle, M. (Cooperator), Verstraete, H. (Cooperator) & Vijncke, P. (Cooperator)
1/10/24 → 31/12/30
Project: EVINBO - Europees
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HiRAD – Harmonising and integrating Radar-based approaches for monitoring Aerial bioDiversity
Desmet, P. (Project leader) & Huybrechts, P. (Cooperator)
1/04/24 → 31/03/27
Project: EVINBO - Andere overheden
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BIG_PICTURE - Developing data management and analytical tools to integrate and advance professional and citizen science camera-trapping initiatives across Europe
Reyserhove, L. (Project leader), Bollen, M. (Cooperator), Casaer, J. (Cooperator), Desmet, P. (Cooperator) & Pallemaerts, L. (Cooperator)
1/04/24 → 31/03/27
Project: EVINBO - Andere overheden
Research output
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b3verse: A collection of R packages to calculate indicators from occurrence cubes
Langeraert, W., Desmet, P. & Van Daele, T., 19-Mar-2025, Biodiversity building blocks for policy.Research output: Other contribution › Online publication - Web publication
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Biological data derived from European weather radars
Desmet, P., Shamoun-Baranes, J., Kranstauber, B., Dokter, A. M., Weisshaupt, N., Schmid, B., Bauer, S., Haase, G., Hoekstra, B., Huybrechts, P., Leijnse, H., Noé, N., Van Hoey, S., Wijers, B. & Nilsson, C., 28-Feb-2025, In: Scientific Data. 12, 1, p. 361Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Citizen science brengt de verspreiding van uitheemse, invasieve rivierkreeften in Vlaanderen in kaart
Vermeylen, M., Maex, B., Scheers, K., Riascos, L., Adriaens, T., Chanet, W., Oldoni, D., Desmet, P., Mertens, S. & Steen, F., 2025, (Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. 67)Research output: Book/Report › Reports of Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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Creating the vision of rapid, repeatable, reactive data workflows for policy on biodiversity
Groom, Q., Abraham, L., Adriaens, T., Breugelmans, L., Clarke, D. A., Di Musciano, M., Dove, S., Estupinan-Suarez, L. M., Faulkner, K. T., Fernandez, M., Hendrickx, L. A., Hui, C., Joly, A., Kumschick, S., Langeraert, W., Martini, M., Miller, J., Oldoni, D., Pereira, H. & Preda, C. & 12 others, , 18-Sept-2025, In: Ecological Solutions and Evidence. 6, 3, p. e70113 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Design of R packages for indicator calculation: Milestone 28
Langeraert, W., Desmet, P. & Van Daele, T., 19-Mar-2025, Biodiversity building blocks for policy. 10 p.Research output: Book/Report › Report not published by INBO
Open AccessFile295 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, 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, 2017
Dataset
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Belgian baseline distribution of invasive alien species of Union concern (EU Regulation 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) & Prevot, C. (Creator), INBO, 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
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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Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): Supporting policy through data
Desmet, P. (Invited speaker)
19-Feb-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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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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MOVE2GBIF: GPS-zendergegevens van dieren mobiliseren naar Movebank en GBIF
Desmet, P. (Invited speaker)
7-Mar-2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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DTO-Bioflow General Assembly & Kick-off Meeting
Desmet, P. (Participant) & Verhelst, P. (Participant)
27-Sept-2023 → 28-Sept-2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conference, workshop, training, seminar, meeting