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biogeography, ecology, evolution, interactions, mycoheterotrophy, mycorrhizas, parasitism, phylogenetics
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Employment (6)

University of Amsterdam: Amsterdam, NL

2019-07-01 to present | Associate Professor (Department of Evolutionary and Population Biology)
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Vincent Merckx

Naturalis Biodiversity Center: Leiden, NL

2015-11-01 to present | Group Leader (Understanding Evolution)
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Vincent Merckx

Naturalis Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, Zuid-Holland, NL

2011-03-01 to 2015-10-31 | Research Fellow (Botany)
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Vincent Merckx

KU Leuven: Leuven, BE

2009-10-01 to 2011-01-31 | Postdoc (Biology)
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Vincent Merckx

University of California Berkeley: Berkeley, CA, US

2008-11-01 to 2009-09-01 | Postdoc (Plant and Microbial Biology)
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Vincent Merckx

KU Leuven: Leuven, BE

2008-06-01 to 2008-10-31 | Postdoc (Biology)
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Vincent Merckx

Education and qualifications (3)

KU Leuven: Leuven, BE

2003-01-01 to 2008-05-09 | PhD (Biology)
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Vincent Merckx

KU Leuven: Leuven, BE

2001-10-01 to 2003-07-01 | Master (Biology)
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Vincent Merckx

KU Leuven: Leuven, BE

1999-10-01 to 2001-07-01 | Bachelor (Biology)
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Vincent Merckx

Funding (7)

Does specialization lead to rarity? The distribution of mycoheterotrophic plants in relation to their mycorrhizal fungi

2012-04 to 2015-07 | Grant
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (Den Haag, NL)
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Vincent Merckx

Evolution of mycorrhizal specificity in flowering plants

2012-04 to 2015-07 | Grant
Naturalis Biodiversity Center (Leiden, NL)
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Vincent Merckx

Intriguing plant-fungi relationships in tropical rain forest: evolution of myco-heterotrophic plants

2009-10 to 2012-09 | Grant
Fund for Scientific Research Flanders (Brussels, BE)
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Vincent Merckx

The remarkable biology of mycoheterotrophic plants

2008-11 to 2009-09 | Salary award
Belgian American Educational Foundation (CT, CT, US)
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Vincent Merckx

A life in the dark: evolution of myco-heterotrophy in flowering plants with arbuscular mycorrhiza

2008-10 to 2009-09 | Salary award
KU Leuven (Leuven, BE)
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Vincent Merckx

Myco-heterotrophy in Dioscoreales: systematics and evolution

2008-01 to 2008-10 | Salary award
KU Leuven (Leuven, BE)
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Vincent Merckx

Burmanniaceae (Dioscoreales): moleculaire systemetiek, pollenmorfologie en fylogenie

2004-01 to 2007-12 | Salary award
Institute for the Promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology in Flanders (IWT Vlaanderen) (Brussels, BE)
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Vincent Merckx

Peer review (4 reviews for 3 publications/grants)

Review activity for Current biology. (1)
Review activity for Kew bulletin. (1)
Review activity for Nature ecology & evolution. (2)