Hester Soomers

Hester Soomers is a Senior Nature Advisor at BIJ12, specializing in landscape ecology, animal ecology, and spatial modeling. They earned a PhD in landscape ecology from Utrecht University, where their dissertation focused on fragmentation and seed dispersal in freshwater wetlands. Hester has also held roles as a Project Leader at Bureau Waardenburg BV, an Ecologist at Taken Adviseurs en Ingenieurs, and a Staff Member in Ecology at Natuurmonumenten. Their extensive experience includes monitoring and data analysis in projects related to nature conservation and habitat management.