Current PhD Projects

Sofie P. Buesink

Supervisors: Theunis Piersma (ConsEco), Thomas Lameris (ConsEco)

Timing and variation of fat storage build-up in waders preparing for spring migration

Max Burgoon

Supervisors: Tjisse van der Heide (ConsEco), Tjeerd Bouma (NIOZ)

Engineering emergent trait-based mimics to restore coastal ecosystems shaped by habitat- forming species

Addy W.J.J. de Jongh

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

The socio-spatial organisation and ecology of coastal otters

Femke E. de Ruiter

Supervisors: Tjisse van der Heide (ConsEco), Klemens Eriksson (MarBio), Melanie Bishop (Macquarie University)

The resilience of biological feedbacks and their influence on sediment dynamics

Natasja A. Drenth

Supervisors: Martien Kas (NeuBio), Hugh Marston (NeuBio)

The pathophysiological link between the default mode network and social functioning in mouse models for brain disorders

G. Arie E. Ebbenhorst

Supervisors: Frank Chan (EGDB), Felicity Jones (EGDB), David Field (Macquarie University)

On the origin and role of gene flow and introgression during adaptation in nature

Anne M.L. Hendriks

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

Engineering emergent trait-based mimics to restore coastal ecosystems shaped by habitat-forming species

Giulia Mozzanica

Supervisors: Uli Eisel (NeuBio), Jocelien Olivier (NeuBio), Aniko Korosi (UvA)

Stress and neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s disease

Mbaraka J. Salehe

Supervisors: Jean-Christophe Billeter (EGDB), Leo Beukeboom (EGDB), Bregje Wertheim (EGDB/WUR)

Improving mass rearing of houseflies by optimizing the circadian environment

Caterina Stacchiola

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

Reverting amnesia in the aging brain

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