Hans Van Gasteren
Head Of Nature Bureau
Gouda, South Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolHans Van Gasteren is a seasoned wildlife and radar ornithology specialist with over 30 years of experience preventing bird strikes for the Royal Netherlands Air Force, now leading its Nature Bureau. He blends operational risk management at military airfields with ecological research, pioneering the use of air defense and dedicated bird radars to predict and mitigate bird-aircraft conflicts across local, national and European scales. A longtime guest researcher at the University of Amsterdam and former ENRAM workgroup leader, he translates complex migration radar data into real-time warning systems and practical habitat and dispersal strategies. Hans’s work sits at the rare interface of nature and operations—he not only studies large-scale migration patterns but has implemented day-to-day bird control systems and BIRDTAM procedures used by pilots. Based in Gouda, he pairs formal ecological training (MSc Biology) with decades of field trials and international projects to make airspace safer while advancing migration ecology.
11 years of coding experience
MSc, Biology Sciences, MSc, Biology Sciences at University of AmsterdamBachelor, Ecology, Bachelor, Ecology at van de Broek InstitutionHAVO, Hoger algemeen voortgezet onderwijs (Havo), HAVO, Hoger algemeen voortgezet onderwijs (Havo) at Werenfridus
Github Skills (6)
visualize2
data-visualization1
visualization1
visualizations1
migration1
data-processing1
Github contributions (5)
enram/case-study
Jun 2014 - Jun 2015
Contributions:5 commits, 1 push, 4 comments in 1 year
data-challenge
inbo/crow
Oct 2020 - Mar 2023
Contributions:10 comments in 2 years 5 months
visualizeradarsaeroecologyweather-radarsbirds
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