-Grammar school Mendel College, Haarlem, Holland 1990- 1996 (6 years; including the classic languages Latin and old Greek)

-English Language and Literature University of Amsterdam, Holland 1996- 1997

-Animal management, BSc Van Hall Institute Leeuwarden, Holland 1998- 2002

-Wildlife management BSc-Honours University of Pretoria, South-Africa 2003

Work experience:

-Asylum for exotic animals: Artisklas Haarlem, Holland 1987- 1989

animal husbandry

-Volunteer in animal keeping Amsterdam zoo: Artis Amsterdam, 1989- 1995

Holland

-Education HawkWatch International Sept.- Nov. 2001

(onsite and in classrooms) Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

-Education (onsite) HawkWatch International Sept.- Nov. 2002

Grand Canyon Arizona, USA

Internships and thesis:

-Internship (1 month) House of reptiles: Amsterdam zoo, Aug. 1999

Holland

-Internship: determination of the Carpathian Large Carnivore Project Jan.- May 2000

consumption rate of a wild wolf Brasov, Romania

(Canis lupus) (4 months)

-Internship: population-research ‘Vereniging Natuurmonumenten’ March- July 2002

on adders (Vipera berus) Dieverbrug, Drenthe, Holland

(4 months)

-Thesis: collecting data HawkWatch International Sept.- Nov. 2001

Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

- Project: Anglo Platinum mine: Centre for Wildlife management March- Dec. 2003

management plan for a conservation Pretoria, South Africa

to be erected; Mpumalanga

Note: in possession of standard driver’s license.