Dissertations

J.E. Amaya Romero (EGDB/TRÊS): Speciation and evolution in the Anopheles gambiae complex in the face of widespread introgressive hybridization (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. B. Wertheim, Prof. M.C. Fontaine, Prof. G.S. van Doorn

M. Arroyo Araujo (Neurobiology): From replicability to generalizability - How research practice can shape scientific results (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. M.J.H. Kas, Prof. R. Havekes; copromotor Dr P. Meerlo

M.L.E. Gräfnings (Conservation Ecology): Seed to meadow - Developing intertidal seagrass restoration (thesis)


Promotor: Prof. T. van der Heide; copromotor: Dr L.L. Govers

X. Kong (Neurobiology): Effects of stress on circadian organization - How social defeat stress changes the alignment of peripheral circadian clocks (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. P. Meerlo, Prof. R.A. Hut

S.Y. Lemrabott (Conservation Ecology): Fish and fisheries dynamics at Banc d’Arguin, Mauritania - Consequences for the intertidal food webs (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. H. Olff, Prof. T. Piersma; copromotor: Dr A. van Leeuwen (NIOZ)

S. Munikumar (GREEN): Plant-endophytic fungi interaction under contrasting habitats - Composition, ecological significance and their mechanism of interactions with a special focus on abiotic stress (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. J.T.M. Elzenga, Prof. J.D. van Elsas, Prof. N. Karaba (UAS Bangalore)

J. Nauta (Conservation Ecology): How foundation species shape tidal flats (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. T.J. Bouma (NIOZ), Prof. H. Olff, Prof. D. van der Wal (NIOZ), Prof. L.L. Govers

C.F.G. Netz (TRÊS): Evolution in a complicated world (thesis)



Promotores: Prof. F.J. Weissing, Prof. G.S. van Doorn

K. Oberman (Neurobiology): Exploring novel interventions for post-operative cognitive dysfunction in rat models (thesis)


Promotores: Prof. R.G. Schoemaker, Prof. B.L. van Leeuwen (UMCG)

T. Oroszi (Neurobiology): The effects of whole-body vibration on brain functions - A novel approach to stimulate the brain? (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. E.A. van der Zee, Prof. C. Nyakas; copromotor: Dr S.F. de Boer

N. Ortí Casañ (Neurobiology/UMCG): Neuroinflammation: friend or foe in Alzheimer's disease? - Modulating the immune system as therapeutic strategy (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. U.L.M. Eisel, Prof. P.P. De Deyn (UMCG); copromotores: Dr P.J.W. Naudé (UMCG), Dr I.S. Zuhorn (UMCG)

T.S.C. Pannetier (TRÊS): Diversity-dependence and the role of competition in clade diversification (thesis)

Promotor: Prof. R.S. Etienne; copromotores Dr L. Bunnefeld (University of Stirling), Dr A.B. Duthie (University of Stirling)

E.F. Penning (Conservation Ecology): Sanderlinks (thesis)


Promotores: Prof. T. Piersma, Prof. L.L. Govers; copromotor: Dr A.I. Bijleveld (NIOZ)

L. Sanchez Aguilar (Conservation Ecology): On the European bison’s rewilding hooves - How to visualize it? (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. C. Smit, Prof. D.P.J. Kuijper (Polish Academy of Sciences)

R.F. Storms (TRÊS): Collective escape in bird flocks (thesis)


Promotores: Prof. C.K. Hemelrijk, Prof. S. Verhulst, Prof. C. Carere (University of Tuscia)

K. Tóth (Neurobiology): Neurobiological and behavioural changes following myocardial infarction - Sex-dimorphism and effects of exercise (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. R.G. Schoemaker, Prof. E.A. van der Zee

E. van der Goot (Neurobiology): Phenylketonuria in a microbial world - Gut-microbiome-brain interactions shaping behavior in PKU (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. E.A. van der Zee, Prof. J. Falcao Salles, Prof. F.J. van Spronsen (UMCG)

N.E. van Dis (EGDB): Evolution in action - Drivers of rapid adaptation to climate change in the winter moth (thesis)


Promotores: Prof. B. Wertheim, Prof. R.A. Hut, Prof. M.E. Visser (NIOO)

Y. van Hasselt-Wang (EGDB): Mechanism and regulation of circadian photoreception in the jewel wasp Nasonia vitripennis (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. B. Wertheim, Prof. L.W. Beukeboom

N.J.I. Velasco Saragoni (Conservation Ecology): Ecological and functional differentiation in a plant species with disjunct distribution - Morphology, niche, and role of Acacia caven at west and east of the Andes (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. C. Smit, Prof. R. Bustamante (University of Chile)

E.R. Veldhuis (Conservation Ecology): Surviving the nitrogen crisis - The case of Juniperus communis and its mycorrhizal fungi (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. C. Smit, Prof. A.J.P. Smolders (Radboud University), Prof. K. Verheyen (Ghent University)

Y. Wang (EGDB): Out of sight but not out of mind - The role of the embryo in hormone mediated maternal effects (thesis)


Promotor: Prof. A.G.G. Groothuis; copromotor: Dr B.J. Riedstra

L. Zhang (Conservation Ecology): The implications of adult sex ratios on evolutionary dynamics of dung beetles - Insights from Onthophagus taurus (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. J. Komdeur, Prof. T. Szekely (University of Bath)

B. Zhu (Conservation Ecology): Asian Black-tailed Godwits as new players in comparative approaches to morphology, sexual size dimorphism and flyway ecology (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. T. Piersma, Prof. Z. Zhang (Beijing Normal University)

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