Current PhD Projects
![Alexandra Abromeit-Sundermann](/research/gelifes/_phd/abromeit-sundermann.png)
Alexandra Abromeit-Sundermann
Supervisors: Martien Kas (NeuBio), Cato Drion (NeuBio)
The neurobiology of sensory information processing deficits in autism spectrum disorders
![Macarena Blanco Pimentel](/research/gelifes/_phd/blanco-pimentel.png)
Macarena Blanco Pimentel
Supervisors: Klemens Eriksson (MarBio), Sancia van der Meij (MarBio)
Resilient reef restoration in the face of climate change with the tourism sector
![Francesca Borghese](/research/gelifes/_phd/borghese.png)
Francesca Borghese
Supervisors: Roelof Hut (NeuBio), Peter Meerlo (NeuBio)
Quantification of photoreceptor contribution to circadian entrainment, thermoregulation and mental performance in humans
![Sander Buddendorf](/research/gelifes/_phd/buddendorf.png)
Sander Buddendorf
Supervisors: Marcel Visser (NeuBio/NIOO), Kamiel Spoelstra (NIOO)
The influence of artificial light at night on bat-insect interactions across urban gradients
![William Cardona](/research/gelifes/_phd/cardona.png)
William A. Cardona
Supervisors: Pablo Tittonell (ConsEco), Joana Falcao Salles (GREEN), Martha Bolaños Benavides (AGROSAVIA)
Social-ecological evaluation of ecosystem services, resilience and the carbon footprint in agricultural landscapes facing extreme climatic variability in the department of Meta (Colombia)
![Gabriel Charvalakis](/research/gelifes/_phd/charvalakis.png)
Gabriel A. Charvalakis
Supervisors: Roelof Hut (NeuBio), Marcel Visser (NeuBio/NIOO), Kamiel Spoelstra (NIOO)
Response of insects to light at night - Linking sensory systems to spatial and temporal behaviour
![Joe Churchill](/research/gelifes/_phd/churchill.png)
Joseph E. (Joe) Churchill
Supervisors: Jan Komdeur (BPE), Rodrigo Vásquez Salfate (Universidad de Chile)
Climate and environmental impacts on embryonic and nestling development regarding post fledgling survival
![Jorn Claassen](/research/gelifes/_phd/claassen.png)
Jorn R. Claassen
Supervisors: Klemens Eriksson (GREEN), Sancia van der Meij (GREEN)
Unravelling sympatric speciation in a marine host-symbiont system
![Sylvia de Vries](/research/gelifes/_phd/de-vries.png)
Sylvia G. de Vries
Supervisors: Christiaan Both (ConsEco), Raymond Klaassen (ConsEco)
On the ecological design of solar parks
![Ruth Fawthrop](/research/gelifes/_phd/fawthrop.png)
Ruth Fawthrop
Supervisors: Marcel Visser (NeuBio/NIOO), Melissah Rowe (NIOO)
The evolutionary causes and consequences of human commensalism in the Eurasian Passer sparrows
![Genesiska](/research/gelifes/_phd/genesiska.png)
Genesiska
Supervisors: Joana Falcao Salles (GREEN), Theo Elzenga (GREEN)
Understanding the drivers of the potato microbiome
![Sergio González Mollinedo](/research/gelifes/_phd/gonzalez-mollinedo.png)
Sergio A. González Mollinedo
Supervisors: Hannah Dugdale (BPE), Simon Griffith (Macquarie University), David Richardson (UEA)
Inbreeding, mitochondrial performance and senescence in birds
![Yiqin He](/research/gelifes/_phd/yiqin-he.png)
Yiqin He
Supervisors: Joana Falcao Salles (GREEN), Xavier Le Roux (INRAE, Lyon)
Impacts of biofertiliser inoculation on the soil microbial communities
![Jundong Huang](/research/gelifes/_phd/huang.png)
Jundong Huang
Supervisors: Theo Elzenga (GREEN), Kira Tiedge (GREEN)
The role of potato root traits on abiotic stress tolerance
![Fred Ledidi](/research/gelifes/_phd/ledidi.png)
Fred V.O. Ledidi
Supervisors: Han Olff (ConsEco), Alex Kisingo (CAWM/Mweka)
Better land use planning for joint benefits of nature and people in Loliondo-Natron
![Rocio Meneses Ramirez](/research/gelifes/_phd/rocio-meneses.png)
María del Rocío Meneses Ramírez
Supervisors: Jan Komdeur (BPE), María del Coro Arizmendi Arriaga (UNAM)
Connecting habitat for pollinators - How to restore endangered hummingbird habitat in managed forests?
![Allison Muller](/research/gelifes/_phd/allison-muller.png)
Allison A. Muller
Supervisors: Jan Komdeur (BPE), Alison Leslie (University of Stellenbosch), Vincent Naude (University of Stellenbosch)
Establishing the distribution, feeding ecology and genetic connectivity of free-roaming cheetah in southern Africa
![Xin Ren](/research/gelifes/_phd/xin-ren.png)
Xin Ren
Supervisors: Martien Kas (NeuBio), Robbert Havekes (NeuBio)
Role of microglia in autism spectrum disorders
![Jully Senteu](/research/gelifes/_phd/senteu.png)
Jully S. Senteu
Supervisors: Han Olff (ConsEco), Joseph Ogutu (University of Hohenheim)
Historic and projected herbivore dynamics in Narok County, Kenya
![Esther Swankhuisen](/research/gelifes/_phd/swankhuisen.png)
Esther Swankhuisen
Supervisors: Chris Smit (ConsEco), Christiaan Both (ConsEco)
The impacts of (feral) cats on meadow bird populations
![Claire Tsui](/research/gelifes/_phd/tsui.png)
Lok Sze (Claire) Tsui
Supervisors: Hannah Dugdale (BPE), David Richardson (UEA)
Quantitative genetics and genomics of senescence in the cooperatively breeding Seychelles warbler
![Runè van der Merwe](/research/gelifes/_phd/van-der-merwe.png)
Runè van der Merwe
Supervisors: Han Olff (ConsEco), Daryl Codron (University of the Free State)
Factors limiting population dynamics of wildlife in small reserves across central South Africa
![Daniel Varley](/research/gelifes/_phd/varley.png)
Daniel P. Varley
Supervisors: Tjisse van der Heide (ConsEco/NIOZ), Ralph Temmink (NIOZ), Oscar Franken (ConsEco)
Building with ecosystem engineers
![Kornelija Vitkute](/research/gelifes/_phd/vitkute.png)
Kornelija Vitkute
Supervisors: Robbert Havekes (NeuBio), Peter Meerlo (NeuBio)
Effects of light on physiology and brain function in diurnal and nocturnal species
![Nynke Wemer](/research/gelifes/_phd/wemer.png)
Nynke Wemer
Supervisors: Jan Komdeur (BPE), Alison Leslie (University of Stellenbosch), Vincent Naude (University of Stellenbosch)
The effect of human-wildlife conflict on the free-roaming cheetah density and distribution in South Africa
![Xia Zhan](/research/gelifes/_phd/xia-zhan.png)
Xia Zhan
Supervisors: Jan Komdeur (BPE), Peter Korsten (BPE/MPI)
Competition as a driver of eco-evolutionary dynamics - Linking individual aggression and environmental quality to reproductive performance
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