Current PhD Projects
![Gargi Ahuja](/research/gelifes/_phd/ahuja.png)
Gargi Ahuja
Supervisors: Eddy van der Zee (NeuBio), Arjan Kortholt (GBB)
Combating Parkinson’s disease by modulating the activity of the kinase LRKK2 by way of passive exercise and an evolutionary approach
![Nadja Brait](/research/gelifes/_phd/brait.png)
Nadja Brait
Supervisors: Joana Falcao Salles GREEN), Sebastian Lequime (GREEN)
Evolutionary interactions between flaviviruses
![Misshelle Bustamante Ordonez](/research/gelifes/_phd/bustamante.png)
Misshelle A. Bustamante Ordonez
Supervisors: Franjo Weissing (TRÊS), Oscar Kuipers (GBB), Marjon de Vos (GREEN)
The role of eco-evolutionary interactions on the spread of antimicrobial resistance in pathogenic microbial communities
![Isabelle Buyens](/research/gelifes/_phd/buyens.png)
Isabelle P.R. Buyens
Supervisor: Chris Smit (ConsEco)
When the going gets tough - How facilitation influences plant community structure across severity gradients
![Hannah Charan-Dixon](/research/gelifes/_phd/charan-dixon.png)
Hannah C. Charan-Dixon
Supervisors: Klemens Eriksson (GREEN), Ingrid Tulp (Wageningen Marine Research)
The function of salt marches for fish in the Wadden Sea
![Janet Chik](/research/gelifes/_phd/chik.png)
H.Y. Janet Chik
Supervisors: Hannah Dugdale (BPE), Simon Griffith (Macquarie University), Julia Schroeder (Imperial College London)
The effects of sociality on senescence under an environmental pollution context
![Caterina Coral](/research/gelifes/_phd/coral.png)
Caterina Coral
Supervisors: Tjisse van der Heide (ConsEco), Tjeerd Bouma (ConsEco/NIOZ)
ReViFES – North Sea reef vitalisation for ecosystem services
![Jon Dickson](/research/gelifes/_phd/dickson.png)
Jon Dickson
Supervisors: Tjisse van der Heide (ConsEco), Klemens Eriksson (GREEN), Laura Govers (ConsEco)
Wadden Mosaic – Restoration of hard substrates
![Bass Dye](/research/gelifes/_phd/dye.png)
Bass Dye
Supervisors: Klemens Eriksson (GREEN), Karline Soetaert (Utrecht University)
Essential fish habitat in the Wadden Sea
![Maarten Hamberg](/research/gelifes/_phd/hamberg.png)
Maarten R. Hamberg
Supervisors: Roelof Hut (NeuBio), Robert Henning (UMCG), Robbert Havekes (NeuBio)
The cool brain - How hibernators maintain neuronal integrity
![Solveig Höfer](/research/gelifes/_phd/hofer.png)
Solveig H. Höfer
Supervisors: Tjisse van der Heide (ConsEco), Valérie Reijers (Radboud University Nijmegen)
Space for sand
![Jan Kreider](/research/gelifes/_phd/kreider.png)
Jan J. Kreider
Supervisors: Ido Pen (TRÊS), Leo Beukeboom (EGDB), Jan Komdeur (BPE)
Towards an eco-evo-devo theory for the evolution of eusociality - Integrating theory, field experiments and molecular genetics
![Sanne Lamers](/research/gelifes/_phd/sanne-lamers.png)
Sanne J.C. Lamers
Supervisors: Jean-Christophe Billeter (EGDB), Martien Kas (NeuBio)
A fly as best friend is an option too - The evolutionary conserved genetic pathways of sociability
![Anna Langener](/research/gelifes/_phd/langener.png)
Anna M. Langener
Supervisors: Martien Kas (NeuBio), Laura Bringmann (FBSS), Gert Stulp (FBSS)
Using multimodal data to understand the social environment and its effect on wellbeing
![Eva Lansu](/research/gelifes/_phd/lansu.png)
Eva M. Lansu
Supervisors: Tjisse van der Heide (ConsEco), Valérie Reijers (NIOZ)
C-Scape - Defining the spatial dimensions of climate-resilient natural beach-dune landscapes
![Kasper Meijer](/research/gelifes/_phd/meijer.png)
Kasper J. Meijer
Supervisors: Han Olff (ConsEco), Tjisse van der Heide (ConsEco), Laura Govers (ConsEco)
How effective are marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Wadden Sea?
![Elisa Pais Pellizzer](/research/gelifes/_phd/pais-pellizzer.png)
Elisa Pais Pellizzer
Supervisors: Joana Falcao Salles (GREEN), Lara Sette (UNESP)
Bioremediation of petroleum and derivatives in soil microcosms using different treatments
![Morrison Pot](/research/gelifes/_phd/pot.png)
Morrison T. Pot
Supervisors: Marcel Visser (NIOO/NeuBio), Henk van der Jeugd (NIOO)
Towards understanding the avian migratory program
![Carolina Prauchner Silva](/research/gelifes/_phd/prauchner-silva.png)
Carolina Prauchner Silva
Supervisors: Rampal Etienne (TRÊS), Renan Maestri (UFRGS), Milton de Souza Mendonça (UFRGS)
Patterns and evolutive consequences of galling insects and its host plants interactions
![Katrin Rehlmeyer](/research/gelifes/_phd/rehlmeyer.png)
Katrin Rehlmeyer
Supervisors: Tjisse van der Heide (ConsEco), Laura Govers (ConsEco)
Exploring possibilities for subtidal seagrass restoration in the Dutch Wadden Sea
![Jana Riederer](/research/gelifes/_phd/riederer.png)
Jana M. Riederer
Supervisors: Franjo Weissing (TRÊS), Jan Komdeur (BPE)
Social determinants of evolvability
![Lizzie Roeble](/research/gelifes/_phd/roeble.png)
E.E. (Lizzie) Roeble
Supervisors: Rampal Etienne (TRÊS), Luis Lima Valente (Naturalis)
Global island biogeography and diversity dynamics of Asteraceae
![Adithya Sarma](/research/gelifes/_phd/sarma.png)
Adithya Sarma
Supervisors: Robbert Havekes (NeuBio), Jean-Christophe Billeter (EGDB)
An evolutionarily conserved pathway that links sociability, sleep and memory
![Juliana Sosa Espinosa](/research/gelifes/_phd/sosa-espinosa.png)
Juliana P. Sosa Espinosa
Supervisors: Simon Verhulst (BPE), Marco Giraldo (University of Antioquia), Doekele Stavenga (FSE)
Colour and polarization signalling of Morpho butterflies
![Aurelia Strauss](/research/gelifes/_phd/strauss.png)
Aurelia F.T. Strauss
Supervisors: Barbara Helm (NeuBio), Marcel Visser (NIOO)
Chronotype of wild birds - Causes and consequences
![Marcos Suarez Menendez](/research/gelifes/_phd/suarez-menendez.png)
Marcos Suárez Menéndez
Supervisors: Per Palsbøll (GREEN), Klemens Eriksson (GREEN), Rampal Etienne (TRÊS)
Ecosystem iron retention and recycling in the pelagic phase via top predators
![Marianthi Tangili](/research/gelifes/_phd/tangili.png)
Marianthi Tangili
Supervisors: Simon Verhulst (BPE), Per Palsboll (GREEN), Hannah Dugdale (BPE)
DNA methylation as an epigenetic clock of biological age – A new tool to study ageing and ecology & evolution of life histories?
![Marrit van der Bruggen](/research/gelifes/_phd/van-der-bruggen.png)
Marrit van der Bruggen
Supervisors: Leo Beukeboom (EGDB), Bregje Wertheim (EGDB), Joana Falcao Salles (GREEN)
Insects as sustainable feed for a circular economy - Housefly behaviour and well-being under mass rearing conditions
![Roel van der Schoot](/research/gelifes/_phd/van-der-schoot.png)
Roel J. van der Schoot
Supervisors: Bert Hoeksema (ConsEco/Naturalis), Charles Fransen (Naturalis)
Coral associated fauna, curse or blessing?
![Maaike Vogel](/research/gelifes/_phd/vogel.png)
Maaike Vogel
Supervisors: Bregje Wertheim (EGDB), Leo Beukeboom (EGDB), Joana Falcao Salles (GREEN)
Insects as sustainable feed for a circular economy - Housefly health and immunology under mass rearing conditions
![Qingqing Wang](/research/gelifes/_phd/qingqing-wang.png)
Qingqing W. Wang
Supervisors: Pablo Tittonell (ConsEco), K. Wang (Beijing Institute of Technology)
The historical and future impacts of climate change on global agricultural productivity
![Maryann Watson](/research/gelifes/_phd/watson.png)
Maryann S. Watson
Supervisors: Klemens Eriksson (GREEN), Laura Govers (ConsEco)
The function of subtidal reefs for fish
![Sterre Witte](/research/gelifes/_phd/witte.png)
E. Sterre Witte
Supervisors: Tjisse van der Heide (ConsEco), Laura Govers (ConsEco)
Wadden Mosaic – Restoration of epibenthic shellfish beds
![Tianhao Zhao](/research/gelifes/_phd/tianhao-zhao.png)
Tianhao Zhao
Supervisors: Barbara Helm (NeuBio), Bregje Wertheim (EGDB)
Phenotypic and genetic differences of migratory songbirds from central China migration flyway
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