Current PhD Projects

Sara Allievi

Supervisors: Pablo Tittonell (ConsEco), Rodrigo Tizón (INTA), Veronica El Mujtar (INTA)

CurveBend-AG: Biodiversity responses to collective regenerative practices in the Pampas

Agus A. Bentlage

Supervisors: marion Nicolaus (ConsEco), Christiaan Both (ConsEco)

Staying hidden in a changing world - The adaptiveness of fish camouflage strategies

Manuel R. Beißler

Supervisors: Pablo Tittonell (ConsEco), Rodrigo Tizón (INTA), Noelia Calamari (INTA)

CurveBend-AG: Biodiversity responses to regenerative livestock practices in Espinal Woodlands

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 (ConsEco)

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

Angela Garrote Cortínez

Supervisors: Pablo Tittonell (ConsEco), Raoul Beunen (Open Universiteit), Manuela Fernández (INTA)

CurveBend-AG: Optimising inclusive collective action on biodiversity recovery in Argentina

Akash Gupta

Supervisors: Roelof Hut (NeuBio), Casper van der Kooi (GREEN)

Photoperiodism - Circadian photoreception driving body composition changes in Lepidoptera

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

Alexandros Kaminas

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

Evolutionary consequences of isolation

Lotte P. Mens

Supervisors: Chris Smit (ConsEco), Matty Berg (VU), Fons van der Plas (WUR)

CurveBend-NL: Reconciling ecological and human lifescapes through collective action in Dutch dairy farming-dominated landscapes

Jaxon C. Mitchell

Supervisors: Casper van der Kooi (GREEN), Marcos Diniz Guimaraes (ZIAM), Jean-Christophe Billeter (EGDB)

What you see is what you get - Harnessing animal eye design to develop new vision systems

Giulia Mozzanica

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

Stress and neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s disease

Aniket V. Ranjangaonkar

Supervisors: Rampal Etienne (TRÊS), Julian Schrader (Macquarie University)

Island biogeography for plants worldwide

Pieter B. Riesenkamp

Supervisors: Klemens Eriksson (MarBio), Laura Govers (MarBio), Sjoerd Duijns (SOVON)

What is the ecological value of oyssel reefs in the Dutch Wadden Sea?

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

Clémentine I. Sey

Supervisors: Marjon de Vos (GREEN), Janesh Pillay (UMCG), Rampal Etienne (TRÊS), Jon Laman (UMCG)

Phenotyping of sepsis-causing microbial isolates and host immune responses - A novel approach informing diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for sepsis

Caterina Stacchiola

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

Reverting amnesia in the aging brain

Megha Suresh

Supervisors: Martijn Egas (TRÊS), Bregje Wertheim (WUR/EGDB)

Origin and evolution of the genetic code – A theoretical framework

Divya Varadharajan

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

Modelling sediment-biota interactions in the Wadden Sea

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