Huig has been working as a geochemical engineer since 1995 for Geochem Research and Arcadis. Since 2014 he has worked as a freelancer under the name of BodemBergsma. Starting out as an all-round geochemist, focus has shifted during the years via mineral carbon sequestration to soil mineral fertility. Lately BodemBergsma is involved in mineral soil restoration in nature reserves, asbestos weathering experiments and rock dust fertilization in Sub Saharan Africa.