2014-2019

HBO (College) – Life Sciences at the University of Applied Sciences in Utrecht

Specialization: Molecular biology; Bio molecular research (biotechnology, cell biology and metabolic diseases)

Minor: followed two 15 EC courses at University of applied sciences in Utrecht.

• Infection diseases
• Pharmacology

Internship: Wageningen University, Department of Agrotechnology and Food Sciences, 2017, 5 months. I researched the detection of allergen-specific IgG4 in human sera and detecting peanut allergens in human sera. I gained experience with ELISA’s and the processing of data with Microsoft Excel and Graphpad Prism.

Graduation internship: Erasmus hospital in Rotterdam, department of neuro oncology, 2018/19, 5 months. Researching prognostic biomarkers for septic patients using HPLC and orbitrap mass spectrometry. Gained experience with skyline and chromeleon software and the use of a HPLC and orbitrap mass spectrometer. In addition, I gained experience with the usage of the PubMed search engine.

Graduated: 2019

2019-2020

Premaster (University) – Earth sciences at Utrecht University (60 EC)

Courses followed:

• System Earth part 1
• System Earth part 2
• Paleontology Flora and Fauna
• Sedimentary Systems
• Basin Stratigraphy
• Paleoclimatology
• Fieldwork
  Fieldwork was an online course, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. During the premaster year, the compulsory Field work preparation course was followed as well.

Graduated: 2020

2020-2022

Master (University) – Earth, Life and Climate at Utrecht University (120 EC)

Courses followed:

• Paleoceanography and Climate variability
• Microbes and Biogeochemistry
• Vertebrate Evolution
• Astronomical climate forcing and time scales
• Dynamics of sedimentary systems
• Evolutionary paleobiology and proxies
• Fieldwork
  Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this turned into an online assignment.

Internships

2021 – Oertijdmuseum, Boxtel, the Netherlands
Title: Identification of a new Late Jurassic diplodocid dinosaur from the Morrison Formation, Wyoming
Contents: Through morphological comparison and phylogenetic analyses using TNT v1.5, a strong basis was created to prove that the specimen likely represents a new species within Diplodocinae.

2021-2022 – Oertijdmuseum, Boxtel, the Netherlands
Title: A guideline for the identification of microfossils retrieved through sediment screen washing from the Morrison Formation
Contents: A preliminary guide was written based on our current understanding of the microfauna of the Morrison Formation, and a number of fossils from the Howe-Stephens Quarry were identified using this guide.

Thesis
2022 – Oertijdmuseum; Naturalis Biodiversity Center; Teylers Museum; Geologisch museum Hofland, the Netherlands

Title: Identification and analysis of the dinosaur eggs of Dutch museums.
Contents: A large number of eggs from abovementioned Dutch museums were reidentified based on the relevant updated parataxonomic framework. Additionally, eggs were analyzed with a scanning electron microscope to investigate eggshell porosity. Finally, eggshell fragments were subjected to Raman spectroscopic analysis to investigate the potential presence of fossilized pigments.

Graduated: 2022

I am an interdisciplinary paleobiologist with broad interests in revealing the history and future of life on our changing planet, with particular interests in the exploration of fossil biomolecules and their encoded biosignatures. I explore molecular and morphological physiological insights to understand the evolutionary mechanisms leading to the independent emergence of gigantism in the past, and I aim to elucidate the extinction susceptibility of large-bodied terrestrial animals in the face of environmental and ecosystem change. I believe that understanding the mechanisms of macroevolution has the potential to inform long-term biodiversity conservation strategies in this critical moment of global change. I currently conduct my research in affiliation with the Oertijdmuseum in the Netherlands, and John Hopkins University in the United States.

Published

• van der Linden, T.T.P., de Zeeuw, T., Creuwels, J., & Gassó Miracle, E. (2023a). Teylers Museum - Öhningen Fossil Collection. Teylers Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/p438tp
• van der Linden, T.T.P., de Zeeuw, T., Creuwels, J., & Gassó Miracle, E. (2023b). Teylers Museum - Maastricht Fossil Collection. Version 1.2. Teylers Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/jfzgkb
• van der Linden, T.T.P., de Zeeuw, T., Creuwels, J., & Gassó Miracle, E. (2023c). Teylers Museum - Solnhofen Fossil Collection. Version 1.3. Teylers Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/83cczk
• van der Linden, T.T.P., de Zeeuw, T., Creuwels, J., & Gassó Miracle, E. (2023d). Teylers Museum - Type specimens Fossil Collection. Version 1.6. Teylers Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/x9ehbh
• van der Linden, T.T.P., Zelenitsky, D.K., Fraaije, R.H.B., Garcia, G., Valentin, X., Holwerda, F.M., & Schulp, A.S. (2024a). The first hadrosauroid eggshell from the Aix-en-Provence Basin (late maastrichtian) of France, Historical Biology, https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2024.2380808
• van der Linden, T.T.P., Tschopp, E., Sookias, R.B., Wallaard, J.J.W., Holwerda, F.M., & Schulp, A.S. (2024b). A new diplodocine sauropod from the Morrison Formation, Wyoming, USA. Palaeontologia Electronica, 27(3):a49. https://doi.org/10.26879/1380
• Jagt, J., & van der Linden, T.T.P. (2024). Opmerkelijke Luiks-Limburgse Krijtfossielen; Deel 55. Het geslacht van uitgestorven zee-egels bepaald. Natuurhistorish Maandblad, 11, 113, pp. 318-321. [English title: Remarkable Cretaceous fossils from Liège-Limburg; Part 55. The sex of fossil sea urchins determined]
• van der Linden, T.T.P., Taylor, M.P., Campbell, A., Curtice, B.D., Dederichs, R., Lerzo, L.N., Whitlock, J.A., Woodruff, D.C., & Tschopp, E. (2025). Introduction to Diplodocoidea. Palaeontologia Electronica, 28(2):a27. https://doi.org/10.26879/1506
• van der Linden, T.T.P., Wallaard, J.J.W., de Rijke, M., & Fraaije, R.H.B. (2025-accepted for publication). The first description of dinosaurian eggshell from the Maastrichtian Lance Formation, Wyoming, North America. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.

In Review

• Wallaard, J.J.W., van der Linden, T.T.P., Stephan, H., de Rijke, M., Zant, O., & Fraaije, R.H.B. Regurgitalite of a large theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic
• Morrison, C., Hart, W.J., O’Callaghan, E., Boisvert, C., van der Linden, T.T.P., Goodchild, O.A., Boeye, A., Scherer, C.R., Jones, H.T., Moran, T., Lewis, Z., Rayburn, K.C., Layton, C., Wasserlauf, J.Z., Bohus, C., Danison, A., Lopez-Vaca, A., Durrant, L.K., Guest, C., Gascoigne, S., & Allain, S.J.R. “Here, size is no accident”: a novel food web analysis of the Dry Mesa Dinosaur Quarry and ecological impact of Morrison Formation sauropod fauna.
• Morrison, C., Hart, W.J., van der Linden, T.T.P., Boeye, A., O’Callaghan, E., Boisvert, C., Gordon, H., Trapman, T., Jones, H.T., Goodchild, O.A., Guest, C., Lewis, Z., Rayburn, K.C., Layton, C., Bohus, C., Danison, A., Moran, T., Byrne, P.J., Gascoigne, S., & Allain, S.J.R. A functional fauna network analysis of the Morrison Formation.