Peter van der Sleen

Peter van der Sleen is an Assistant Professor in Forest Ecology and Forest Management at Wageningen University & Research. His work focuses on tropical ecosystems, particularly Amazonian floodplains, integrating stable isotope analysis, fire resilience, and climate interactions.

• Active in interdisciplinary research involving ecology, climatology, and geochemistry
• Collaborates with institutions across South America, Africa, and Europe

Research Trends include: (1) ENSO-driven wildfire impacts on Amazonian floodplains, (2) oxygen isoscapes for timber origin tracing, (3) climate-vegetation couplings in Central Africa, and (4) tropical tree growth modeling using dendrochronology. His publications emphasize quantifying ecological thresholds and self-reinforcing ecosystem transitions.

Projects include PhD co-promotion roles in studies on:

• Functional fire resilience across Amazonian forests
• Red-billed curassow and Atlantic Forest structure
• Lightning impacts on tropical forests
• Sedimentary ancient DNA for river science