The Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, also known as NIOZ, in
Dutch
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the Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee, is the Dutch national
oceanographic
Oceanography (), also known as oceanology, sea science, ocean science, and marine science, is the scientific study of the ocean, including its physics, chemistry, biology, and geology.
It is an Earth science, which covers a wide range of top ...
institute. It is located on the island of
Texel
Texel (; Texels dialect: ) is a municipality and an island with a population of 13,643 in North Holland, Netherlands. It is the largest and most populated island of the West Frisian Islands in the Wadden Sea. The island is situated north of Den ...
, and in
Yerseke
Yerseke (, ) is a village situated on the southern shore of the Oosterschelde (Eastern Scheldt) estuary in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Zeeland. A separate municipality until 1970, it today forms part of the municipality of Reimerswaal (munic ...
, in the
Netherlands
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. The institute was founded in 1876 as the Zoological Station and in 1960 it was renamed to its current name. NIOZ carries out marine research in the waters of the Netherlands and overseas; it also plays a role in educating students, and it offers research facilities to marine scientists from the Netherlands and other countries worldwide. NIOZ has a longstanding collaboration with
Utrecht University
Utrecht University (UU; , formerly ''Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht'') is a public university, public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established , it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2023, it had an enrollment of ...
, for instance in an interdisciplinary Master’s programme Marine Sciences. NIOZ is part of the institutes organization of the
Dutch Research Council
The Dutch Research Council (NWO, Dutch: Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek) is the national research council of the Netherlands. NWO funds thousands of top researchers at universities and institutes and steers the course o ...
(NWO).
Wim Mook
Willem Gerrit "Wim" Mook (10 July 1932 – 24 January 2016) was a Dutch isotope physicist.
Life and career
Mook was born on 10 July 1932 in Groningen. He obtained his doctorate at the University of Groningen in 1968, with a dissertation titled: ...
was director of the institute from 1990 to 1996. Henk Brinkhuis was director from October 2011 until 1 November 2021, when he was succeeded by Han Dolman. In 2022, NIOZ had 337 employees.
Fleet
The National Marine Facilities (NMF), a division of NIOZ, operates three research vessels, each with their specific area of operation. These vessels are the
RV ''Pelagia'', the RV ''Navicula'' and the RV ''Adriaen Coenen'' which replaced the RV ''Stern'' on 1 August 2022. The RV ''Navicula'' is scheduled to be replaced by the RV ''Wim Wolff'' in 2023. The RV ''Pelagia'' is also due to be replaced but on 14 April 2022 a Dutch court ruled that the original contract must be amended, resulting in a delay of the final tender for the RV ''Anna Weber-van Bosse''.
References
External links
NIOZ website
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Oceanographic organizations
Organisations based in the Netherlands with royal patronage