PhD defenses
The following list provides an overview of all upcoming PhD defenses at Ghent University. The specified links refer to our Dutch website.
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Towards transformative forest politics? Agency, discourse and (counter)hegemony in the European Union’s external anti-deforestation policies
Apr 11- Faculty
- Faculty of Political and Social Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Elke Verhaeghe
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Politieke Wetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. Dr. Jan Orbie (Supervisor) Prof. Dr. Bas Arts (Co-supervisor)
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Taok3 regulates type 2 immune responses in the lung and adipose tissue
Apr 12- Faculty
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Bastiaan Maes
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de gezondheidswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Sophie Janssens, Vakgroep Inwendige Ziekten en Pediatrie - prof. Bart Lambrecht, Vakgroep Inwendige Ziekten en Pediatrie – prof. Hamida Hammad, Vakgroep Inwendige Ziekten en Pediatrie
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Value Chain Development for Indonesian Cinnamon [Cinnamomum burmannii (Nees & T. Nees) Blume] in Kerinci, Sumatera, Indonesia
Apr 17- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- Sidi Rana Menggala Susanto
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen: Socio-economie
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Eduardo de la Peña (BW21)-Em. Prof. dr. ir. Patrick Van Damme (ex BW21, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, voormalig BW21
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Responsive Polymers for corneal endothelial regeneration
Apr 17- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Jasper Delaey
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: chemie
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Sandra Van Vlierberghe, WE07 - Prof. dr. Peter Dubruel, WE07
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Salt of the North. An interdisciplinary Study into the Technical and Social Organisation of Roman Salt Production in the Civitas Menapiorum (Gallia Belgica)
Apr 18- Faculty
- Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
- Doctoral candidate
- Michiel Dekoninck
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de archeologie
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Wim Declercq, LW02 - Prof. dr. Koenraad Verboven, LW03
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My stress is our stress: Stress and coping processes among same-sex couples
Apr 24- Faculty
- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Song Chao
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de psychologie
- Promotor(s)
- Administratief promotor: prof. dr. Alexis Dewaele, vakgroep Experimenteel-Klinische en Gezondheidspsychologie (PP05) - Promotoren: prof. dr. Ann Buysse, vakgroep Experimenteel-Klinische en Gezondheidspsychologie - prof. dr. Wei Hong Zhang, vakgroep Volksgezondheid en Eerstelijnszorg (GE39)
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Spatial ecology, gene flow and conservation of the digger wasp
Apr 24- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Femke Batsleer
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: biologie
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Dries Bonte, WE11 - dr. Dirk Maes, INBO
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Topics in representation theory of the Dunkl total angular momentum algebra
Apr 24- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Alexis Langlois-Rémillard
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: wiskunde
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Joris Van der Jeugt, WE02 - prof. dr. Hendrik De Bie, WE06 - dr. Roy Oste, WE02
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Protein puzzle: piecing together root-knot nematode effectors' impact on plant parasitism through protein-protein interactions
Apr 25- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- Boris Stojilković
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Godelieve Gheysen, BW25
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Interrelations between the nitrogen availability of biobased fertilizers and dynamics of the plant-soil system
Apr 26- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- Hongzhen Luo
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. ir. Erik Meers, BW24 - Prof. dr. ir. Stefaan De Neve, BW20
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Local and landscape-level effects on Ethiopian church forest biodiversity and implications for forest ecosystem services
Apr 27- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Ferehiwot Admassie
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: biolopie
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Luc Lens, WE11 - prof. dr. Shimelis Aynalem Zelelew, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia - prof. dr. Bart Muys, KU Leuven - prof. dr. Diederik Strubbe, WE11 - prof. dr. Alemayehu Wassie, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia
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Crop modelling for adaptation to droughts with irrigation and agroforestry
Apr 27- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- Willem Coudron
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. ir. Pieter De Frenne, BW20 - Prof. dr. ir. Kris Verheyen, BW20 - Dr. ir. Tom De Swaef, ILVO
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Dehydroascorbate: A novel inducer of plant resistance in rice against root-knot nematode Meloidogyne graminicola
Apr 28- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- Satish Chavan
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen: landbouw
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. ir. Tina Kyndt, BW25
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The impact of red meat metabolites on the metabolic flexibility of colon cancer cells
May 02- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- Elien Alderweireldt
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen: levensmiddelenwetenschappen en voeding
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. ir. John Van Camp, BW23 - Prof. dr. Olivier De Wever, GE38
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Linkages between mangroves and fisheries in the Galapagos: ecological, social and management perspectives
May 05- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- José Fernando Pontón Cevallos
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. ir. Peter Goethals, BW22 - Dr. Rafael Bermúdez-Monsalve, Escuela Superior Politècnica del Litoral, Ecuador
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A brighter future for medical imaging - Designing nanocrystals for <i>in vivo</i> applications
May 05- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Loren Deblock
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: chemie
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Isabel Van Driessche, WE06 - Prof. dr. Klaartje De Buysser, WE06 - Prof. dr. Jonathan De Roo, University of Basel - Prof. dr. Christian Vanhove, EA06
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Responding to a warming ocean: a case study of the brown seaweed Dictyota dichotoma
May 05- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Soria Delva
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: biologie
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Olivier De Clerck, WE11 - prof. dr. ir. Jan Baetens, BW26 - dr. Kenny Bogaert, WE11 - prof. dr. Bernard De Baets, BW26
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Interactions among Ophiocordyceps sinensis, Thitarodes ghost moths and associated microbiota, and their impact on the artificial cultivation of medicinal Chinese cordyceps
May 15- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- Hua Wu
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. ir. Patrick De Clercq, BW21 - Prof. dr. Richou Han, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, China
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Upbringing in a context of prolonged collective violence: Lived experiences of caregivers in Northern Uganda
Jun 01- Faculty
- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Leen De Nutte
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de pedagogische wetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Administratief promotor: prof. dr. Ilse Derluyn, vakgroep Sociaal Werk en Sociale Pedagogiek (PP04) - promotor: prof. dr. Lucia De Haene (KU Leuven)
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Therapeutic exploration of ferroptosis in multiple sclerosis
Jun 22- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Emily Van San
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: biochemie en biotechnologie
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Peter Vandenabeele, WE14 - Prof. dr. Tom Vanden Berghe, WE14