Dr. Frederik Hendrickx
Dr. Frederik Hendrickx
(ORCID: 0000-0002-1176-0318)(PhD Biology 2003 Ugent, MSc Applied Statistics 2004 UHasselt) Dr. Frederik Hendrickx is senior Scientist at the RBINS and head of the Section Entomology of the OD Taxonomy and Phylogeny. He studies diverse subjects in entomology that range from evolutionary-oriented genomic research to more ecological- and conservation-oriented research on the mechanisms that affect the assembly and diversity of arthropod communities. These topics are studied using insects and arachnids from diverse habitats in temperate as well as tropical regions, such as the Galapagos archipelago. In recent years, genomic tools are increasingly used to understand the role of standing and structural genomic variation and historical processes in driving contemporary evolutionary patterns. His ecological-oriented work focuses on the effects of agricultural intensification, urbanization, fragmentation and climate change on the diversity of arthropod (meta-)communities at multiple spatial scales, with a special emphasis on how dispersal capacity drives these patterns. He is a visiting professor at Ghent University where he teaches courses on eco-evolutionary genomics. Besides his PhD in Biology, he holds a master’s degree in Applied Statistics.
(ORCID: 0000-0002-1176-0318)(PhD Biology 2003 Ugent, MSc Applied Statistics 2004 UHasselt) Dr. Frederik Hendrickx is senior Scientist at the RBINS and head of the Section Entomology of the OD Taxonomy and Phylogeny. He studies diverse subjects in entomology that range from evolutionary-oriented genomic research to more ecological- and conservation-oriented research on the mechanisms that affect the assembly and diversity of arthropod communities. These topics are studied using insects and arachnids from diverse habitats in temperate as well as tropical regions, such as the Galapagos archipelago. In recent years, genomic tools are increasingly used to understand the role of standing and structural genomic variation and historical processes in driving contemporary evolutionary patterns. His ecological-oriented work focuses on the effects of agricultural intensification, urbanization, fragmentation and climate change on the diversity of arthropod (meta-)communities at multiple spatial scales, with a special emphasis on how dispersal capacity drives these patterns. He is a visiting professor at Ghent University where he teaches courses on eco-evolutionary genomics. Besides his PhD in Biology, he holds a master’s degree in Applied Statistics.