Leam Mykel Martes

Field of research

• Forest management
• Carbon accounting
• Forest modelling

Specialisation

• Modelling forest growth and carbon sequestration
• Harvested wood product carbon pool
• Modelling ecological systems
• National carbon balance projections and reporting

Expertise

• Western Europe
• Bolivia
• Lesser Antilles

Education

• 2014-2017 B.Sc. Bos- en Natuurbeheer. Wageningen University and Research (WUR), The Netherlands. B.Sc. thesis: Using harvest data to test biomass equations for tropical rainforests in Kabo, Surinam.
• 2017-2020 M.Sc. Forest and Nature conservation, Specialization: Ecology Wageningen University and Research (WUR). M.Sc. thesis: Effects of anthropogenic disturbances on population dynamics of Attalea princeps in the Beni savannah, Bolivia

Work experience

• Since 2020: Doctoral candidate, World forestry. Topic: Modelling forest carbon dynamics in a changing climate.

   

• FAO: Creating a model for the aggregation and calculation of carbon storage in Harvested Wood products using the FAOSTAT database.
• Stichting Probos: Creating software tools to assist in the calculations of the Dutch national carbon accounting.