Current PhD Projects

Alexandra Abromeit-Sundermann

Supervisors: Martien Kas (NeuBio), Cato Drion (NeuBio)

The neurobiology of sensory information processing deficits in autism spectrum disorders

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

Supervisors: Roelof Hut (NeuBio), Peter Meerlo (NeuBio)

Quantification of photoreceptor contribution to circadian entrainment, thermoregulation and mental performance in humans

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 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 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

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 R. Claassen

Supervisors: Klemens Eriksson (GREEN), Sancia van der Meij (GREEN)

Unravelling sympatric speciation in a marine host-symbiont system

Sylvia G. de Vries

Supervisors: Christiaan Both (ConsEco), Raymond Klaassen (ConsEco)

On the ecological design of solar parks

Ruth Fawthrop

Supervisors: Marcel Visser (NeuBio/NIOO), Melissah Rowe (NIOO)

The evolutionary causes and consequences of human commensalism in the Eurasian Passer sparrows

Genesiska

Supervisors: Joana Falcao Salles (GREEN), Theo Elzenga (GREEN)

Understanding the drivers of the potato microbiome

Sergio A. González Mollinedo

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

Inbreeding, mitochondrial performance and senescence in birds

Yiqin He

Supervisors: Joana Falcao Salles (GREEN), Xavier Le Roux (INRAE, Lyon)

Impacts of biofertiliser inoculation on the soil microbial communities

Jundong Huang

Supervisors: Theo Elzenga (GREEN), Kira Tiedge (GREEN)

The role of potato root traits on abiotic stress tolerance

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

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 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

Supervisors: Martien Kas (NeuBio), Robbert Havekes (NeuBio)

Role of microglia in autism spectrum disorders

Jully S. Senteu

Supervisors: Han Olff (ConsEco), Joseph Ogutu (University of Hohenheim)

Historic and projected herbivore dynamics in Narok County, Kenya

Esther Swankhuisen

Supervisors: Chris Smit (ConsEco), Christiaan Both (ConsEco)

The impacts of (feral) cats on meadow bird populations

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

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 P. Varley

Supervisors: Tjisse van der Heide (ConsEco/NIOZ), Ralph Temmink (NIOZ), Oscar Franken (ConsEco)

Building with ecosystem engineers

Kornelija Vitkute

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

Effects of light on physiology and brain function in diurnal and nocturnal species

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

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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