Current PhD Projects
![Maureen Baars](/research/gelifes/_phd/baars.png)
I. Maureen Baars
Supervisors: Irene Tieleman (BPE), Joana Falcao Salles (GREEN), Maurine Dietz (BPE)
Microbiome-mediated functions of avian preen glands - Understanding the chemosignalling and antimicrobial potentials
![Luis Barba Escoto](/research/gelifes/_phd/barba-escoto.png)
Luis Barba Escoto
Supervisors: Pablo Tittonell (ConsEco), Santiago López-Ridaura (CIMMYT, Mexico)
The effect of agricultural intensification on biodiversity and ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes
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Ryan F.A. Brewer
Supervisors: Rampal Etienne (TRÊS), Luis Lima Valente (Naturalis), Frederic Lens (Naturalis)
Trait-dependent diversification of Canary Island plant lineages
![Junfei Cao](/research/gelifes/_phd/junfei-cao.png)
Junfei Cao
Supervisors: Eddy van der Zee (NeuBio), Robbert Havekes (NeuBio)
The role of cofilin in synaptic plasticity and memory deficits associated with sleep problems in phenylketonuria (PKU)
![Vicente Castillo Chora](/research/gelifes/_phd/nn.png)
Vicente d.J. Castillo Chora
Supervisors: Rampal Etienne (TRÊS), Adolfo Navarro Sigüenza (UNAM, Mexico)
Differentiation, introgression, and the role of secondary contact in the genome of a clade of the family Corvidae (Psilorhinus - Calocitta)
![Ricardo Contreras Osorio](/research/gelifes/_phd/contreras-osorio.png)
Ricardo Contreras Osorio
Supervisors: Jan Komdeur (BPE), María del Coro Arizmendi Arriaga (UNAM, Mexico)
Birds in transition - Effects of ecosystem displacement caused by climate change
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Taylor B. Craft
Supervisors: Theunis Piersma (ConsEco), Anne Beaulieu (Campus Fryslan)
Assessing agricultural sustainability by integrating remote sensing and animal ecology with agricultural practices
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S. Delip K. Das
Supervisors: Theunis Piersma (ConsEco), Rampal Etienne (TRÊS)
Why do some Black-tailed Godwits winter in coastal mudflats while others choose inland freshwater habitats?
![Ornela Dehayem Nanwou](/research/gelifes/_phd/dehayem-nanwou.png)
Ornela Dehayem Nanwou
Supervisors: Rampal Etienne (TRÊS), Frederic Lens (Naturalis), Luis Lima Valente (Naturalis)
Untangling the influence of traits on insular diversification - Theory
![Xiaodan Guo](/research/gelifes/_phd/xiaodan-guo.png)
Xiaodan Guo
Supervisors: Gertjan van Dijk (NeuBio), Han Moshage (UMCG)
Natural products for the treatment of diabetes mellitus
![Julia Hagauer](/research/gelifes/_phd/hagauer.png)
Julia Hagauer
Supervisors: Felicity Jones (EGDB), Frank Chan (EGDB)
Divergence in gene regulatory response to contrasting environments between populations of threespined sticklebacks
![Michael Kimaro](/research/gelifes/_phd/kimaro.png)
Michael H. Kimaro
Supervisors: Han Olff (ConsEco), Kristen Denninger Snyder (Colorado State University/RISE, Tanzania)
Evaluating the efficacy, impacts, and perceptions of electric fencing as a human-wildlife conflict management tool in the western Serengeti
![Yuhong Li](/research/gelifes/_phd/yuhong-li.png)
Yuhong Li
Supervisors: Han Olff (ConsEco), Michiel Veldhuis (Leiden University)
Consequences of variation in basal resource quality for the structure of savannah food webs
![Michella Ligtelijn](/research/gelifes/_phd/ligtelijn.png)
Michella Ligtelijn
Supervisors: Theunis Piersma (ConsEco), Matty Berg (ConsEco/VU)
Ecology of arthropod populations impacted by agriculture
![Donghui Ma](/research/gelifes/_phd/donghui-ma.png)
Donghui Ma
Supervisors: Jan Komdeur (BPE), Franjo Weissing (TRÊS)
Our changing world - Do ecological factors and sociality shape adaptive potential in social animals?
![Siyu Mei](/research/gelifes/_phd/siyu-mei.png)
Siyu Mei
Supervisors: Joana Falcao Salles (GREEN), Sebastian Lequime (GREEN)
Eco-evolutionary principles driving soil microbiome adaptations to environmental change
![Rebecca Muller](/research/gelifes/_phd/muller.png)
Rebecca Muller
Supervisors: Irene Tieleman (BPE), Barbara Helm (NeuBio), Arjun Amar (University of Cape Town)
Effects of climate change on life-cycle events in southern African birds
![Jyotsna Nepal](/research/gelifes/_phd/nepal.png)
Jyotsna Nepal
Supervisors: Joana Falcao Salles (GREEN), Eléonore Attard (University of Pau), Rémy Guyoneaud (University of Pau)
Insights into the diversity of the endophytic community in potatoes and factors affecting this diversity
![Camilla Paraciani](/research/gelifes/_phd/paraciani.png)
Camilla Paraciani
Supervisors: Robbert Havekes (NeuBio), Peter Meerlo (NeuBio)
Recovering memories thought to be lost in the sleep deprived brain
![Mayerli Prado Rivera](/research/gelifes/_phd/prado-rivera.png)
Mayerli A. Prado Rivera
Supervisors: Jocelien Olivier (NeuBio), Martien Kas (NeuBio)
Early life stress and development of the antisocial brain - Individual differences, neurobiological correlates and epigenetic mechanisms
![Jorien Rippen](/research/gelifes/_phd/rippen.png)
Jorien C. Rippen
Supervisors: Klemens Eriksson (GREEN), Alwin Hylkema (WUR)
Foundation species on artificial reefs - Determined bottom-up or top-down?
![Yang Shen](/research/gelifes/_phd/yang-shen.png)
Yang Shen
Supervisors: Rampal Etienne (TRÊS), Luis Lima Valente (Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin)
Macroevolution of mutualistic interactions on islands
![Frigg Speelman](/research/gelifes/_phd/speelman.png)
Frigg J.D. Speelman
Supervisors: Hannah Dugdale (BPE), Simon Griffith (Macquarie University), David Rischardson (UEA)
Fitness benefits and heritability of long-term partnerships
![Marie Stessens](/research/gelifes/_phd/stessens.png)
Marie E.M. Stessens
Supervisors: Theunis Piersma (ConsEco), Rampal Etienne (TRÊS), Eldar Rakhimberdiev (ConsEco)
Demography and conservation of the Black-tailed godwit in the Netherlands
![Michael van Dijk](/research/gelifes/_phd/van-dijk.png)
Michael van Dijk
Supervisors: Martien Kas (NeuBio), Robbert Havekes (Neubio), Remco Molenhuis (NeuBio)
Lost connections - Information transfer between the left and right brain hemispheres and its role in social behaviour
![Renée Veenstra](/research/gelifes/_phd/veenstra.png)
Renée Veenstra
Supervisors: Theunis Piersma (ConsEco), Matty Berg (ConsEco/VU)
The ecology of soil macrofauna in farmland ecosystems
![Amandine Vidal-Hosteng](/research/gelifes/_phd/vidal-hosteng.png)
Amandine Y. Vidal-Hosteng
Supervisors: Rampal Etienne (TRÊS), Christophe Thébaud (Université Paul Sabatier, France)
Island Biodiversity - Toward a new theory of non-equilibrium biodiversity
![Sophie Wilhelm](/research/gelifes/_phd/wilhelm.png)
Sophie A. Wilhelm
Supervisors: Elkan Akyurek (BSS), Robbert Havekes (NeuBio)
I'm just not myself today - The cognitive consequences of sleep deprivation
![Mingxuan Wu](/research/gelifes/_phd/mingxuan-wu.png)
Mingxuan Wu
Supervisors: Johan van de Koppel (ConsEco/NIOZ), Tjeerd Bouma (ConsEco/NIOZ/UU)
Interactions between plant traits and environmental forces drive the resilience of salt marsh ecosystems by shaping biogeomorphic patterns
![Euan Young](/research/gelifes/_phd/young.png)
Euan A. Young
Supervisors: Hannah Dugdale (BPE), Virpi Lummaa (University of Turku), Erik Postma (University of Sheffield)
Quantitative genetics of human life-history
![Gaoyang Yu](/research/gelifes/_phd/gaoyang-yu.png)
Gaoyang Yu
Supervisors: Jan Komdeur (BPE), Peter Korsten (Bielefeld University)
Understanding individual variation in aggressiveness in females - What are the eco-evolutionary and physiological drivers?
![Jiaoyue Zhu](/research/gelifes/_phd/jiaoyue-zhu.png)
Jiaoyue Zhu
Supervisors: Roelof Hut (NeuBio), Gertjan van Dijk (NeuBio), Dawei Wang (IPP-CAAS)
Interactions between photoperiod, circadian rhythmicity, energy balance and growth in mammals
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