Current PhD Projects
Mareike G. Bach
Supervisors: Theo Elzenga (GREEN), Jaqueline Stefels (GREEN)
Predicting DMS(P) production in a high-CO2 world - Does algal carbon-utilization provide the answer?
Wender Bil
Supervisors: Christiaan Both (ConsEco), Raymond Klaassen (ConsEco), Janne Ouwehand (ConsEco)
Ecology of Pied flycatchers on the wintering grounds in relation to migration
J. Romy Buwalda-Smit
Supervisors: Martien Kas (NeuBio), Jon Laman (UMCG), Mick Elliot (EGDB)
Evolutionary function and epigenetic profile of fetal-maternal microchimeric cells during mouse pregnancy
Ines M. Daras
Supervisors: Franjo Weissing (TRÊS), Sander van Doorn (TRÊS)
Eco-evolutionary causes and consequences of plasmid-mediated horizontal gene transfer
Lauren de Wit
Supervisors: Roelof Hut (NeuBio), Eddy van der Zee (NeuBio), Rob Henning (UMCG)
What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger - Increased lifespan in hibernators despite DNA damage
Nicolas P. Doubovetzky
Supervisors: Jean-Christoph Billeter (NeuBio), Bregje Wertheim (EGDB)
Neurogenetic dissection of a sexual conflict in Drosophila melanogaster
Merijn M.G. Driessen
Supervisors: Simon Verhulst (BPE), Ido Pen (TRÊS), Irene Tieleman (BPE)
Mosaic aging
Jean-Yves Duriaux Chavarria
Supervisors: Pablo Tittonell (ConsEco), Viviana Ruiz-Gutierrez (Cornell University), Ruth Howison (ConsEco)
People-Nature trade-offs and synergies in agricultural landscapes - Guiding conservation and regeneration from local people’s perspectives
Aude A. Giraud
Supervisors: Martine Maan (EGDB), Han Adriaenssen (Philosophy)
Epigenetics and inheritance of acquired characters - Lamarck's legacy and its relationship to modern advances in evolutionary biology
Peter K. Hoitinga
Supervisors: Bregje Wertheim (EGDB), Michael Fontaine (GREEN), Sander van Doorn (TRÊS)
Evolution of complex molecular networks in immunity
Iftikhar Ahmad Khan
Supervisors: Theo Elzenga (GREEN), Luit de Kok (GREEN)
Expression of candidate genes coding for proline and tubulin in Cicerarietinum L. genotypes during cold stress
Shem C. Kifugo
Supervisors: Han Olff (ConsEco), Joseph Ogutu (University of Hohenheim)
Spatial pattern of land use change and its driving forces in the greater Serengeti-Mara ecosystem
Pinar Kohlmeier-Güler
Supervisors: Ido Pen (TRÊS), Jean-Christophe Billeter (EGDB), Ton Groothuis (EGDB)
Adaptive parental effects in fluctuating environments - Integration of experimental evolution, genomics, physiology and theoretical modelling
Dehuang Kong
Supervisors: Gertjan van Dijk (NeuBio), Sahar El Aidy (GBB)
Role of dietary fibers in energy balance regulation of mice: a dual focus on health and growth
E.C. (Elske) Koppenaal
Supervisors: Han Olff (ConsEco), Stijn Temmerman (University of Antwerp), Han van Dobben (WUR)
Effects of soil subsidence following gas extraction on Ameland related to autonomous dynamics in the Wadden Sea
Kevin Kort
Supervisors: Sander van Doorn (TRÊS), Hermie Harmsen (UMCG), Franjo Weissing (TRÊS)
Eco-evolutionary dynamics and control of the gut microbiome
Koosje P. Lamers
Supervisors: Christiaan Both (ConsEco), Raymond Klaassen (ConsEco)
Dispersing to northern breeding areas as adaptation to climate change in migrant birds
Xu Liu
Supervisors: Theo Elzenga (GREEN), Luit de Kok (GREEN)
The physiological, biochemical and proteomic contribution of alfalfa under salt stress
Hemant Singh Maheshwari
Supervisors: Theo Elzenga (GREEN), Dick van Elsas (GREEN)
Selection of microbiomes associated with soybean for enhancing growth, nutrient mobilization and tolerance to abiotic stresses
Ilaria Manfredonia
Supervisors: Sebastian Lequime (GREEN), Bregje Wertheim (EGDB)
RNA secondary structures in the evolution of Flaviviruses
Reinaldo S. Marfull Castro
Supervisors: Jan Komdeur (BPE), Franjo Weissing (TRÊS)
Begging responses in a social and environmental context in blue tits
Xenia Moreira Lopes
Supervisors: Per Palsbøll (GREEN), Martine Bérubé (GREEN), Jooke Robbins (CCS, Provincetown)
Timing and genomic fingerprints of marine mammal adaptations to polar climates
Gordon S.O. Ojwang
Supervisors: Han Olff (ConsEco), Joseph Ogutu (University of Hohenheim)
Savannah herbivore dynamics and changing landscapes of the Maasai pastoral lands within the Mara ecosystem, East Africa
Tim Oortwijn
Supervisors: Theunis Piersma (ConsEco), Jan van Gils (NIOZ)
Carry-over effects of body shrinkage in red knots
Suzanne S.H. Poiesz
Supervisors: Theunis Piersma (ConsEco), Henk van der Veer (NIOZ), Katja Philippart (NIOZ)
Changes in coastal North Sea fish communities - Causes and consequences
Miguel A. Puentes-Escamilla
Supervisors: Charlotte Hemelrijk (TRÊS), Bauke Buwalda (NeuBio)
Social behaviour, sex ratio and physiology in mixed-sex groups of rats - Models and experimental data
Tianjian Qin
Supervisors: Rampal Etienne (TRÊS), Luis Lima Valente (Naturalis)
Effects of phylogenetic relatedness and species interactions on macroevolutionary patterns
Nur Qomariyah
Supervisors: Gertjan van Dijk (NeuBio), Anton Scheurink (NeuBio)
Anti-diabetic effects of Sansevieria leaves based on endocrine, behavioural and immunohistochemical techniques in the rat
Vania E. Rivera León
Supervisors: Per Palsbøll (GREEN), Martine Bérubé (GREEN), Jooke Robbins (CCS, Provincetown)
Evolution of seasonal philopatry in the marine realm
Mário A. Santos Mira
Supervisors: Ido Pen (TRÊS), Jean-Christophe Billeter (EGDB), Ton Groothuis (EGDB)
Environmental predictability and the evolution of parental effects - Integrating ecology, phylogeny, modelling and genetics
Raphaël Scherrer
Supervisors: Rampal Etienne (TRÊS), Sander van Doorn (TRÊS), Michael Fontaine (GREEN)
Adaptive diversity and eco-evolutionary dynamics
Clea N. van de Ven
Supervisors: Tjisse van der Heide (ConsEco), Valérie Reijers (Radboud University Nijmegen)
Small steps, giant leaps - How coastal landscapes are formed by spatially organizing plants
Tom S.L. Versluijs
Supervisors: Theunis Piersma (ConsEco), Jeroen Reneerkens (ConsEco), Jan van Gils (NIOZ)
Coping with phenological mismatch - How an insectivorous migrant shorebird may mitigate the negative effects of a warming Arctic by prey and patch selection
Wenxia Wang
Supervisors: Jan Komdeur (BPE), Hua Wu (Central China Normal University)
Evolution of parental care and communal breeding
Xuelai Wang
Supervisors: Christiaan Both (ConsEco), Roelof Hut (NeuBio)
Tracing evolution of annual timing in a long distance migratory song bird - A combined natural behaviour and neuro-genetics approach
Yingying Wu
Supervisors: Uli Eisel (NeuBio), Regien Schoemaker (NeuBio/UMCG)
Analyzing the biological function of microglia hyper-ramification in neurodegeneration and depression
Tao Yang
Supervisors: Theo Elzenga (GREEN), Luit de Kok (GREEN)
Role of receptor-like kinases in stress-tolerance traits in root-architecture of Arabidopsis thaliana and selected fodder plants
Lars E. Zandbergen
Supervisors: Joana Falcao Salles (GREEN), Marjon de Vos (GREEN)
Ecology and evolution of microbial infectious ecosystems
Qingtian Zhao
Supervisors: Jan Komdeur (BPE), Xin Lu (Wuhan University)
A test of the adaptive benefits of cooperatively breeding ground tits
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