Current PhD Projects

I. Maureen Baars

Supervisors: Irene Tieleman (BPE), Joana Falcao Salles (GREEN), Maurine Dietz (BPE)

Microbiome-mediated functions of avian preen glands - Understanding the chemosignalling and antimicrobial potentials

Luis Barba Escoto

Supervisors: Pablo Tittonell (ConsEco), Santiago López-Ridaura (CIMMYT, Mexico)

The effect of agricultural intensification on biodiversity and ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes

Ryan F.A. Brewer

Supervisors: Rampal Etienne (TRÊS), Luis Lima Valente (Naturalis), Frederic Lens (Naturalis)

Trait-dependent diversification of Canary Island plant lineages

Junfei Cao

Supervisors: Eddy van der Zee (NeuBio), Robbert Havekes (NeuBio)

The role of cofilin in synaptic plasticity and memory deficits associated with sleep problems in phenylketonuria (PKU)

Ricardo Contreras Osorio

Supervisors: Jan Komdeur (BPE), María del Coro Arizmendi Arriaga (UNAM, Mexico)

Birds in transition - Effects of ecosystem displacement caused by climate change

Taylor B. Craft

Supervisors: Theunis Piersma (ConsEco), Anne Beaulieu (Campus Fryslan)

Assessing agricultural sustainability by integrating remote sensing and animal ecology with agricultural practices

S. Delip K. Das

Supervisors: Theunis Piersma (ConsEco), Rampal Etienne (TRÊS)

Why do some Black-tailed Godwits winter in coastal mudflats while others choose inland freshwater habitats?

Ornela Dehayem Nanwou

Supervisors: Rampal Etienne (TRÊS), Frederic Lens (Naturalis), Luis Lima Valente (Naturalis)

Untangling the influence of traits on insular diversification - Theory

Xiaodan Guo

Supervisors: Gertjan van Dijk (NeuBio), Han Moshage (UMCG)

Natural products for the treatment of diabetes mellitus

Julia Hagauer

Supervisors: Felicity Jones (EGDB), Frank Chan (EGDB)

Divergence in gene regulatory response to contrasting environments between populations of threespined sticklebacks

Michael H. Kimaro

Supervisors: Han Olff (ConsEco), Kristen Denninger Snyder (Colorado State University/RISE, Tanzania)

Evaluating the efficacy, impacts, and perceptions of electric fencing as a human-wildlife conflict management tool in the western Serengeti

Yuhong Li

Supervisors: Han Olff (ConsEco), Michiel Veldhuis (Leiden University)

Consequences of variation in basal resource quality for the structure of savannah food webs

Michella Ligtelijn

Supervisors: Theunis Piersma (ConsEco), Matty Berg (ConsEco/VU)

Ecology of arthropod populations impacted by agriculture

Donghui Ma

Supervisors: Jan Komdeur (BPE), Franjo Weissing (TRÊS)

Our changing world - Do ecological factors and sociality shape adaptive potential in social animals?

Siyu Mei

Supervisors: Joana Falcao Salles (GREEN), Sebastian Lequime (GREEN)

Eco-evolutionary principles driving soil microbiome adaptations to environmental change

Rebecca Muller

Supervisors: Irene Tieleman (BPE), Barbara Helm (NeuBio), Arjun Amar (University of Cape Town)

Effects of climate change on life-cycle events in southern African birds

Jyotsna Nepal

Supervisors: Joana Falcao Salles (GREEN), Eléonore Attard (University of Pau), Rémy Guyoneaud (University of Pau)

Insights into the diversity of the endophytic community in potatoes and factors affecting this diversity

Camilla Paraciani

Supervisors: Robbert Havekes (NeuBio), Peter Meerlo (NeuBio)

Recovering memories thought to be lost in the sleep deprived brain

Mayerli A. Prado Rivera

Supervisors: Jocelien Olivier (NeuBio), Martien Kas (NeuBio)

Early life stress and development of the antisocial brain - Individual differences, neurobiological correlates and epigenetic mechanisms

Jorien C. Rippen

Supervisors: Klemens Eriksson (GREEN), Alwin Hylkema (WUR)

Foundation species on artificial reefs - Determined bottom-up or top-down?

Yang Shen

Supervisors: Rampal Etienne (TRÊS), Luis Lima Valente (Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin)

Macroevolution of mutualistic interactions on islands

Frigg J.D. Speelman

Supervisors: Hannah Dugdale (BPE), Simon Griffith (Macquarie University), David Rischardson (UEA)

Fitness benefits and heritability of long-term partnerships

Marie E.M. Stessens

Supervisors: Theunis Piersma (ConsEco), Rampal Etienne (TRÊS), Eldar Rakhimberdiev (ConsEco)

Demography and conservation of the Black-tailed godwit in the Netherlands

Michael van Dijk

Supervisors: Martien Kas (NeuBio), Robbert Havekes (Neubio), Remco Molenhuis (NeuBio)

Lost connections - Information transfer between the left and right brain hemispheres and its role in social behaviour

Renée Veenstra

Supervisors: Theunis Piersma (ConsEco), Matty Berg (ConsEco/VU)

The ecology of soil macrofauna in farmland ecosystems

Amandine Y. Vidal-Hosteng

Supervisors: Rampal Etienne (TRÊS), Christophe Thébaud (Université Paul Sabatier, France)

Island Biodiversity - Toward a new theory of non-equilibrium biodiversity

Sophie A. Wilhelm

Supervisors: Elkan Akyurek (BSS), Robbert Havekes (NeuBio)

I'm just not myself today - The cognitive consequences of sleep deprivation

Mingxuan Wu

Supervisors: Johan van de Koppel (ConsEco/NIOZ), Tjeerd Bouma (ConsEco/NIOZ/UU)

Interactions between plant traits and environmental forces drive the resilience of salt marsh ecosystems by shaping biogeomorphic patterns

Euan A. Young

Supervisors: Hannah Dugdale (BPE), Virpi Lummaa (University of Turku), Erik Postma (University of Sheffield)

Quantitative genetics of human life-history

Gaoyang Yu

Supervisors: Jan Komdeur (BPE), Peter Korsten (Bielefeld University)

Understanding individual variation in aggressiveness in females - What are the eco-evolutionary and physiological drivers?

Jiaoyue Zhu

Supervisors: Roelof Hut (NeuBio), Gertjan van Dijk (NeuBio), Dawei Wang (IPP-CAAS)

Interactions between photoperiod, circadian rhythmicity, energy balance and growth in mammals

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