I was born in Holland but raised in Southern Spain. From an early age, I developed a very strong interest in biodiversity and science, a passion that motivated me to pursue an academic career. For many years, I balanced a full-time job as a cancer researcher with my hobbies of wildlife art and nature photography. I also love travelling and exploring the great outdoors, preferably off the beaten track. After working in the UK for 7 years, I moved to Stockholm, Sweden. In 2021, I completed the cycle by returning to Spain.

Here is the link to my photo albums on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ivl_wildlife_photography/albums

My iNaturalist heatmap:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/map?user_id=wildchroma#2/0/0

My iNaturalist records per country:

1. Sweden - 3632 observations / 1446 species
2. Spain - 3570 observations / 1601 species
3. United Kingdom - 397 observations / 321 species
4. Madagascar - 386 observations / 273 species
5. Ethiopia - 321 observations / 243 species
6. The Gambia - 277 observations / 194 species
7. Sri Lanka - 275 observations / 181 species
8. Namibia - 259 observations / 187 species
9. Kazakhstan - 219 observations / 187 species
10. Nepal - 195 observations / 160 species
11. Netherlands - 166 observations / 145 species
12. Canada - 154 observations / 123 species
13. United States - 153 observations / 125 species
14. Thailand - 129 observations / 109 species
15. Bulgaria - 121 observations / 100 species
16. Oman - 112 observations / 89 species
17. Portugal & Madeira - 97 observations / 91 species
18. Brazil - 95 observations / 78 species
19. Cyprus - 77 observations / 61 species
20. Jordan - 62 observations / 52 species
21. India - 41 observations / 37 species
22. Morocco - 30 observations / 26 species
23. Germany - 27 observations / 25 species
24. France - 26 observations / 26 species
25. Iran - 26 observations / 19 species
26. Ireland - 24 observations / 24 species
27. Malta - 21 observations / 19 species
28. United Arab Emirates - 18 observations / 14 species
29. Iceland - 13 observations / 13 species
30. Finland - 12 observations / 11 species
31. Qatar - 11 observations / 11 species
32. Czech Republic - 9 observations / 9 species
33. Norway - 3 observations / 3 species
34. Denmark - 3 observations / 3 species