Lecturer, researcher & project leader
HAS green academy, the Netherlands
Applied BiologyPhD, Physical Geography
Utrecht University
Doctoral research in Arctic climate biology. Degree awarded 4 February 2022.Fabian E. Z. Ercan, PhD
Lecturer · Researcher · Climate biologist
Research profile
Climate biologist working across ecology, geography, palaeoecology and climate adaptation. Research connects plant responses and past growing seasons with applied questions about soil, water, vegetation and land use.
Lecturer, researcher and project leader at HAS green academy.
Current role
Current
Education
MSc, Environmental Biology
Utrecht University
BSc, Biology
Utrecht University
Teaching & methods
Teaching in Applied Biology and Applied Geo-information Science: statistics, sustainable agriculture and climate biology.
Research toolkit: R, Python, GIS, statistics, experimental design and scientific writing. Teaching, coaching and guidance in scientific projects.
Selected project
Landbouw in Klimaatrobuuste Beeklandschappen
Climate-robust stream landscapes and agriculture. Regieorgaan SIA. Completed programme.
Selected publications
First multi-proxy Holocene growing season thermal conditions reconstruction from Central Europe
Eliise Poolma, Friederike Wagner-Cremer, Piotr Kołaczek, Sandra Słowińska, Anneli Poska, Mariusz Lamentowicz, Fabian E. Z. Ercan, Karolina Leszczyńska, Katarzyna Marcisz, Jakub Niebieszczański, Michał Słowiński, Witold Szambelan, Siim Veski & Leeli Amon (2026). Quaternary Science Reviews, 391, 110237.
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2026.110237ResearchGatePublished online 21 August 2026; assigned to the November 2026 issue.
Herstel van beekbegeleidende broekbossen: sponswerking in zandlandschappen
Fabian Ercan, Hanneke van Leur, Paul van der Donk, Leon van Kouwen & Ellen Weerman (2025). Vakblad Natuur Bos Landschap, 218, 4–7.
ResearchGatePublisher PDFOctober 2025, issue 218, pages 4–7.
Klimaatrobuuste graskruidenmengsels in heringerichte sloten op zandgronden
Fabian E. Z. Ercan, Mark J. van de Wouw & Ellen Weerman (2023). Water Matters.
Water Matters, December 2023 issueGrowing Season Changes over the Past Millennium in Northern High Latitudes: Tundra and Taiga Through Time
Fabian Everardus Zahit Ercan (2022). Utrecht University.
DOI: 10.33540/977North Atlantic Oscillation seesaw effect in leaf morphological records from dwarf birch shrubs in Greenland and Finland
Fabian E. Z. Ercan, Daan Blok, Stef Weijers, Astrid Odé & Friederike Wagner-Cremer (2021). Polar Research.
DOI: 10.33265/polar.v40.7709Effects of experimental warming on Betula nana epidermal cell growth tested over its maximum climatological growth range
Fabian E. Z. Ercan, Juha Mikola, Tarja Silfver, Kristiina Myller, Elina Vainio, Sandra Słowińska, Michał Słowiński, Mariusz Lamentowicz, Daan Blok & Friederike Wagner-Cremer (2021). PLOS ONE.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0251625A growing degree day inference model based on mountain birch leaf cuticle analysis over a latitudinal gradient in Fennoscandia
Fabian E. Z. Ercan, Hugo Jan de Boer & Friederike Wagner-Cremer (2020). The Holocene.
DOI: 10.1177/0959683619865605Enhanced Arctic-Tethys connectivity ended the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event in NW Europe
B. van de Schootbrugge, A. J. P. Houben, F. E. Z. Ercan, R. Verreussel, S. Kerstholt, N. M. M. Janssen, B. Nikitenko & G. Suan (2020). Geological Magazine.
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756819001262Public engagement
Provincie Noord-Brabant (2025)
Landbouw in klimaatrobuuste beekdalen: een taak voor boeren en beleidsmakers
HAS green academy (2025)
Van Biologie Olympiade naar docent: Het verhaal van Fabian Ercan
Eindhovens Dagblad (2024)
Van Noordpool naar beekdal is geen giga-stap
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Hart voor Groen (2024)
#7 Regeneratieve landbouw: klimaatrobuust landschap
SBS6 / Doe maar Duurzaam (2024)
Klimaatrobuuste oplossingen voor droogte en overstromingen
Atlas / SchoolTV · NTR (2022)
Wat kunnen eeuwenoude blaadjes ons vertellen over het weer?
NPO Radio 1 · NTR (2022)
Wat zeggen de fossielen van plantencellen over ons klimaat?
Selected academic profile prepared in September 2026, not a complete employment history or publication record. Education and dates: ORCID. Teaching and professional email: HAS green academy. Current role follows the author’s September 2026 update. Research selection: previous portfolio, funder and publisher records. Full source notes.