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dr. N.B. Tjaden (Nils)

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About Me

I am a postdoctoral researcher at ITC in the department of Earth Observation Science (EOS). I have a background in (Geo-) Ecology and Biogeography, but since my diploma thesis on the infamous Asian Tiger Mosquito Aedes albopictus has my research been focused on spatial and spatio-temporal patterns of disease vectors and the pathogens they transmit. Working on a topic where so many different disciplines overlap makes for an exciting mix of concepts, mechanisms and methods. Being the main organizer of our talk series, the GeoHealth Hour, is a great opportunity to further broaden my horizon.

Ever since my first publication (on the extrinsic incubation period of dengue), making data accessible and digestible to others has been a major driver of motivation for me. The most recent result of this is ENDIG, an interactive geovisualization of European surveillance systems for communicable diseases.

 

Expertise

Medicine & Life Sciences
# Aedes
# Arboviruses
# Climate
# Climate Change
# Culicidae
# Disease Vectors
# Usutu Virus
# Vector Borne Diseases

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Recent
Tjaden, N. B. , & Blanford, J. I. (2023). ENDIG: Interactive Geovisualization of Surveillance Systems for Notifiable Diseases in Europe. In P. van Oosterom, H. Ploeger, A. Mansourian, S. Scheider, R. Lemmens, & B. van Loenen (Eds.), 26th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science : Spatial data for design (Vol. 4, pp. 1-6). Article 46 (AGILE: GIScience Series). Copernicus. https://doi.org/10.5194/agile-giss-4-46-2023
Cheng, Y. , Tjaden, N., Jaeschke, A., Thomas, S., & Beierkuhnlein, C. (2021). Using centroids of spatial units in ecological niche modelling: effects on model performance in the context of environmental data grain size. Global ecology and biogeography, 30(3), 611-621. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13240
Cheng, Y. , Tjaden, N. B., Jaeschke, A., Thomas, S. M., & Beierkuhnlein, C. (2020). Deriving risk maps from epidemiological models of vector borne diseases: state-of-the-art and suggestions for best practice. Epidemics, 33, 1-9. Article 100411. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epidem.2020.100411
Andriamifidy, R. F. , Tjaden, N. B., Beierkuhnlein, C., & Thomas, S. M. (2019). Do we know how mosquito disease vectors will respond to climate change? Emerging topics in life sciences, 3(2), 115-132. https://doi.org/10.1042/ETLS20180125
Tjaden, N. B., Caminade, C., Beierkuhnlein, C., & Thomas, S. M. (2018). Mosquito-borne diseases: advances in modelling climate-change impacts. Trends in Parasitology, 34(3), 227-245. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2017.11.006
Vetter, V. M. S. , Tjaden, N. B., Jaeschke, A., Buhk, C., Wahl, V., Wasowicz, P., & Jentsch, A. (2018). Invasion of a legume ecosystem engineer in a cold biome alters plant biodiversity. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, 1-12. Article 715. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.00715
Thomas, S. M. , Tjaden, N. B., Frank, C., Jaeschke, A., Zipfel, L., Wagner-Wiening, C., Faber, M., Beierkuhnlein, C., & Stark, K. (2018). Areas with high hazard potential for autochthonous transmission of Aedes albopictus-associated arboviruses in Germany. International journal of environmental research and public health, 15(6), 1-12. Article 1270. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15061270

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University of Twente
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
Langezijds (building no. 19), room 1303
Hallenweg 8
7522NH  Enschede
The Netherlands

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University of Twente
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
Langezijds  1303
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands

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