Current PhD Projects

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R. (Rosy) Andriana

Supervisors: Klemens Eriksson (GREEN), Joana Falcao Salles (GREEN), Birte Matthiessen (GEOMAR, Kiel)

Biological control of sediment stability on tidal flats

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H. Yacine Ben Chehida

Supervisors: Per Palsbøll (GREEN), Michael Fontaine (GREEN)

Ecology and evolution of harbour porpoises and related species

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Koen C.A. Bröker

Supervisors: Per Palsbøll (GREEN), Kees Camphuysen (NIOZ)

Monitoring and mitigation impacts of hydrocarbon exploration activities on marine mammal populations

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Y.C. (Ginny) Chan

Supervisors: Theunis Piersma (ConsEco), Christiaan Both (ConsEco)

Migration ecology of shorebird species in the East-Asian Australasian flyway

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Fangying Chen

Supervisors: Leo Beukeboom (EGDB), Louis van de Zande (EGDB)

How a reproductive parasite turns its host asexual

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Qingqing Chen

Supervisors: Chris Smit (ConsEco), Han Olff (ConsEco)

Ecological and evolutionary consequences of intra- and interspecific facilitation in steppe grasses along an aridity gradient

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Inger K. de Jonge

Supervisors: Han Olff (ConsEco), Matty Berg (ConsEco/VU Amsterdam)

The role of wildlife in improving the resilience of village lands

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Tiziana P. Gobbin

Supervisors: Ton Groothuis (EGDB), Martine Maan (EGDB), Ole Seehausen (University of Bern)

The role of parasites in host speciation - Testing for parasite-mediated divergent selection at different stages of speciation in cichlid fish

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Leonel S. Herrera Alsina

Supervisors: Rampal Etienne (TRÊS), Alex Pigot (TRÊS)

Effects of geographic range size evolution on biodiversity

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Danielle J. Houwing

Supervisors: Martien Kas (NeuBio), Jocelien Olivier (NeuBio), Sietse de Boer (NeuBio)

Antenatal depression and antidepressant use during pregnancy

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Lise M. Klunder

Supervisors: Per Palsbøll (GREEN), Henk van der Veer (NIOZ)

Anthropogenic effects on (macro)benthic diversity from shore to deep-sea assessed by metabarcoding and traditional taxonomy

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Giovanni Laudanno

Supervisors: Rampal Etienne (TRÊS), Bart Haegeman (CNRS, France)

On the origin of species assemblages - Theory development

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Kelley Leung

Supervisors: Leo Beukeboom (EGDB), Louis van de Zande (EGDB)

Genomic basis of life history traits and reproductive potential in selected and polyploid strains of Nasonia vitripennis

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Renske Lok

Supervisors: Domien Beersma (NeuBio), Roelof Hut (NeuBio)

ENERGY4ALL - Optimizing light characteristics to boost alertness at all ages

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A.H. Jelle Loonstra

Supervisors: Theunis Piersma (ConsEco), Christiaan Both (ConsEco)

Individual migratory strategies - How early-life experiences shape migratory strategies

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Long Ma

Supervisors: Jan Komdeur (BPE), Sjouke Kingma (BPE/TRÊS)

The chemical communication and behavior of communal breeding in the burying beetle (Nicrophorus vespilloides)

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Deepika B. Patel

Supervisors: Martien Kas (NeuBio), Bauke Buwalda (NeuBio), Sumantra Chattarji (NCBS Bangalore, India)

Structure and neuroplasticity of the social brain

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Hebo Peng

Supervisors: Theunis Piersma (Conseco), Jan van Gils (NIOZ), Zhijun Ma (Fudan University, Shanghai)

The food distribution and habitat use of migratory shorebirds in a threatened staging area

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Sara Raj Pant

Supervisors: Jan Komdeur (BPE), Hannah Dugdale (BPE/TRÊS), David Richardson (University of East Anglia)

Investigating the evolutionary forces underlying promiscuity in the Seychelles warbler

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Anouschka S. Ramsteijn

Supervisors: Gertjan van Dijk (NeuBio), Jocelien Olivier (NeuBio), Sietse de Boer (NeuBio)

More good than harm? - Antenatal depression and antidepressant use during pregnancy

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Vania E. Rivera León

Supervisors: Per Palsbøll (GREEN), Martine Bérubé (GREEN), Jooke Robbins (CCS, Provincetown)

Evolution of seasonal philopatry in the marine realm

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Edit Somogyi

Supervisors: Gertjan van Dijk (NeuBio), Csaba Nyakas (University of Physical Education, Hungary)

Comparison of the effects of ileal transposition and RYGB

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Roeland C. van de Vijsel

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

Developing an indicator system for estuarine ecosystem transition based on spatial patterns

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Jurjan P. van der Zee

Supervisors: Per Palsbøll (GREEN), Rampal Etienne (TRÊS)

Ecology, evolution and conservation of green and hawksbill sea turtles in the Dutch Caribbean

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Liang Xu

Supervisors: Rampal Etienne (TRÊS), Sander van Doorn (TRÊS)

On the origin of species assemblages - Mathematical foundation

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Yuan Zou

Supervisors: Leo Beukeboom (EGDB), Louis van de Zande (EGDB)

Genomics of sex determination and reproduction in the parasitoids Nasonia and Asobara

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