Current PhD Projects

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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

Mareike G. Bach

Supervisors: Theo Elzenga (GREEN), Jaqueline Stefels (MarBio)

Predicting DMS(P) production in a high-CO₂ world - Does algal carbon-utilization provide the answer?

Wender Bil

Supervisors: Christiaan Both (ConsEco), Raymond Klaassen (ConsEco), Janne Ouwehand (ConsEco)

Ecology of Pied flycatchers on the wintering grounds in relation to migration

Nadja Brait

Supervisors: Joana Falcao Salles GREEN), Sebastian Lequime (GREEN)

Evolutionary interactions between flaviviruses

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

J. Romy Buwalda-Smit

Supervisors: Martien Kas (NeuBio), Jon Laman (UMCG), Mick Elliot (EGDB)

Evolutionary function and epigenetic profile of fetal-maternal microchimeric cells during mouse pregnancy

Isabelle P.R. Buyens

Supervisor: Chris Smit (ConsEco)

When the going gets tough - How facilitation influences plant community structure across severity gradients

Hannah C. Charan-Dixon

Supervisors: Klemens Eriksson (MarBio), Ingrid Tulp (Wageningen Marine Research)

The function of salt marches for fish in the Wadden Sea

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

Supervisors: Tjisse van der Heide (ConsEco), Tjeerd Bouma (ConsEco/NIOZ)

ReViFES – North Sea reef vitalisation for ecosystem services

Ines M. Daras

Supervisors: Franjo Weissing (TRÊS), Sander van Doorn (TRÊS)

Eco-evolutionary causes and consequences of plasmid-mediated horizontal gene transfer

Jon Dickson

Supervisors: Tjisse van der Heide (ConsEco), Klemens Eriksson (MarBio), Laura Govers (MarBio)

Wadden Mosaic – Restoration of hard substrates

Lauren de Wit

Supervisors: Roelof Hut (NeuBio), Eddy van der Zee (NeuBio), Rob Henning (UMCG)

What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger - Increased lifespan in hibernators despite DNA damage

Nicolas P. Doubovetzky

Supervisors: Jean-Christoph Billeter (NeuBio), Bregje Wertheim (EGDB)

Neurogenetic dissection of a sexual conflict in Drosophila melanogaster

Merijn M.G. Driessen

Supervisors: Simon Verhulst (BPE), Ido Pen (TRÊS), Irene Tieleman (BPE)

Mosaic aging

Jean-Yves Duriaux Chavarria

Supervisors: Pablo Tittonell (ConsEco), Viviana Ruiz-Gutierrez (Cornell University), Ruth Howison (ConsEco)

People-Nature trade-offs and synergies in agricultural landscapes - Guiding conservation and regeneration from local people’s perspectives

Bass Dye

Supervisors: Klemens Eriksson (MarBio), Karline Soetaert (Utrecht University)

Essential fish habitat in the Wadden Sea

Aude A. Giraud

Supervisors: Martine Maan (EGDB), Han Adriaenssen (Philosophy)

Epigenetics and inheritance of acquired characters - Lamarck's legacy and its relationship to modern advances in evolutionary biology

Maarten R. Hamberg

Supervisors: Roelof Hut (NeuBio), Robert Henning (UMCG), Robbert Havekes (NeuBio)

The cool brain - How hibernators maintain neuronal integrity

Solveig H. Höfer

Supervisors: Tjisse van der Heide (ConsEco), Valérie Reijers (Radboud University Nijmegen)

Space for sand

Peter K. Hoitinga

Supervisors: Bregje Wertheim (EGDB), Michael Fontaine (MarBio), Sander van Doorn (TRÊS)

Evolution of complex molecular networks in immunity

Iftikhar Ahmad Khan

Supervisors: Theo Elzenga (GREEN), Luit de Kok (GREEN)

Expression of candidate genes coding for proline and tubulin in Cicerarietinum L. genotypes during cold stress

Shem C. Kifugo

Supervisors: Han Olff (ConsEco), Joseph Ogutu (University of Hohenheim)

Spatial pattern of land use change and its driving forces in the greater Serengeti-Mara ecosystem

Pinar Kohlmeier-Güler

Supervisors: Ido Pen (TRÊS), Jean-Christophe Billeter (EGDB), Ton Groothuis (EGDB)

Adaptive parental effects in fluctuating environments - Integration of experimental evolution, genomics, physiology and theoretical modelling

Dehuang Kong

Supervisors: Gertjan van Dijk (NeuBio), Sahar El Aidy (GBB)

Role of dietary fibers in energy balance regulation of mice: a dual focus on health and growth

E.C. (Elske) Koppenaal

Supervisors: Han Olff (ConsEco), Stijn Temmerman (University of Antwerp), Han van Dobben (WUR)

Effects of soil subsidence following gas extraction on Ameland related to autonomous dynamics in the Wadden Sea

Kevin Kort

Supervisors: Sander van Doorn (TRÊS), Hermie Harmsen (UMCG), Franjo Weissing (TRÊS)

Eco-evolutionary dynamics and control of the gut microbiome

Koosje P. Lamers

Supervisors: Christiaan Both (ConsEco), Raymond Klaassen (ConsEco)

Dispersing to northern breeding areas as adaptation to climate change in migrant birds

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

Xu Liu

Supervisors: Theo Elzenga (GREEN), Luit de Kok (GREEN)

The physiological, biochemical and proteomic contribution of alfalfa under salt stress

Hemant Singh Maheshwari

Supervisors: Theo Elzenga (GREEN), Dick van Elsas (GREEN)

Selection of microbiomes associated with soybean for enhancing growth, nutrient mobilization and tolerance to abiotic stresses

Ilaria Manfredonia

Supervisors: Sebastian Lequime (GREEN), Bregje Wertheim (EGDB)

RNA secondary structures in the evolution of Flaviviruses

Reinaldo S. Marfull Castro

Supervisors: Jan Komdeur (BPE), Franjo Weissing (TRÊS)

Begging responses in a social and environmental context in blue tits

Kasper J. Meijer

Supervisors: Han Olff (ConsEco), Tjisse van der Heide (ConsEco), Laura Govers (MarBio)

How effective are marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Wadden Sea?

Xenia Moreira Lopes

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

Timing and genomic fingerprints of marine mammal adaptations to polar climates

Gordon S.O. Ojwang

Supervisors: Han Olff (ConsEco), Joseph Ogutu (University of Hohenheim)

Savannah herbivore dynamics and changing landscapes of the Maasai pastoral lands within the Mara ecosystem, East Africa

Tim Oortwijn

Supervisors: Theunis Piersma (ConsEco), Jan van Gils (NIOZ)

Carry-over effects of body shrinkage in red knots

Elisa Pais Pellizzer

Supervisors: Joana Falcao Salles (GREEN), Lara Sette (UNESP)

Bioremediation of petroleum and derivatives in soil microcosms using different treatments

Suzanne S.H. Poiesz

Supervisors: Theunis Piersma (ConsEco), Henk van der Veer (NIOZ), Katja Philippart (NIOZ)

Changes in coastal North Sea fish communities - Causes and consequences

Morrison T. Pot

Supervisors: Marcel Visser (NIOO/NeuBio), Henk van der Jeugd (NIOO)

Towards understanding the avian migratory program

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

Miguel A. Puentes-Escamilla

Supervisors: Charlotte Hemelrijk (TRÊS), Bauke Buwalda (NeuBio)

Social behaviour, sex ratio and physiology in mixed-sex groups of rats - Models and experimental data

Tianjian Qin

Supervisors: Rampal Etienne (TRÊS), Luis Lima Valente (Naturalis)

Effects of phylogenetic relatedness and species interactions on macroevolutionary patterns

Nur Qomariyah

Supervisors: Gertjan van Dijk (NeuBio), Anton Scheurink (NeuBio)

Anti-diabetic effects of Sansevieria leaves based on endocrine, behavioural and immunohistochemical techniques in the rat

Katrin Rehlmeyer

Supervisors: Tjisse van der Heide (ConsEco), Laura Govers (MarBio)

Exploring possibilities for subtidal seagrass restoration in the Dutch Wadden Sea

Jana M. Riederer

Supervisors: Franjo Weissing (TRÊS), Jan Komdeur (BPE)

Social determinants of evolvability

Vania E. Rivera León

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

Evolution of seasonal philopatry in the marine realm

E.E. (Lizzie) Roeble

Supervisors: Rampal Etienne (TRÊS), Luis Lima Valente (Naturalis)

Global island biogeography and diversity dynamics of Asteraceae

Mário A. Santos Mira

Supervisors: Ido Pen (TRÊS), Jean-Christophe Billeter (EGDB), Ton Groothuis (EGDB)

Environmental predictability and the evolution of parental effects - Integrating ecology, phylogeny, modelling and genetics

Adithya Sarma

Supervisors: Robbert Havekes (NeuBio), Jean-Christophe Billeter (EGDB)

An evolutionarily conserved pathway that links sociability, sleep and memory

Raphaël Scherrer

Supervisors: Rampal Etienne (TRÊS), Sander van Doorn (TRÊS), Michael Fontaine (GREEN)

Adaptive diversity and eco-evolutionary dynamics

Juliana P. Sosa Espinosa

Supervisors: Simon Verhulst (BPE), Marco Giraldo (University of Antioquia), Doekele Stavenga (FSE)

Colour and polarization signalling of Morpho butterflies

Jan Spoelder

Supervisors: Theo Elzenga (GREEN), Dick van Elsas (GREEN)

Endophytes in potato tubers

Marcos Suárez Menéndez

Supervisors: Per Palsbøll (MarBio), Klemens Eriksson (MarBio), Rampal Etienne (TRÊS)

Ecosystem iron retention and recycling in the pelagic phase via top predators

Marianthi Tangili

Supervisors: Simon Verhulst (BPE), Per Palsboll (MarBio), Hannah Dugdale (BPE)

DNA methylation as an epigenetic clock of biological age – A new tool to study ageing and ecology & evolution of life histories?

Clea N. van de Ven

Supervisors: Tjisse van der Heide (ConsEco), Valérie Reijers (Radboud University Nijmegen)

Small steps, giant leaps - How coastal landscapes are formed by spatially organizing plants

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 J. van der Schoot

Supervisors: Bert Hoeksema (ConsEco/Naturalis), Charles Fransen (Naturalis)

Coral associated fauna, curse or blessing?

Tom S.L. Versluijs

Supervisors: Theunis Piersma (ConsEco), Jeroen Reneerkens (ConsEco), Jan van Gils (ConsEco/NIOZ)

Coping with phenological mismatch - How an insectivorous migrant shorebird may mitigate the negative effects of a warming Arctic by prey and patch selection

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 W. Wang

Supervisors: Pablo Tittonell (ConsEco), K. Wang (Beijing Institute of Technology)

The historical and future impacts of climate change on global agricultural productivity

Wenxia Wang

Supervisors: Jan Komdeur (BPE), Hua Wu (Central China Normal University)

Evolution of parental care and communal breeding

Xuelai Wang

Supervisors: Christiaan Both (ConsEco), Roelof Hut (NeuBio)

Tracing evolution of annual timing in a long distance migratory song bird - A combined natural behaviour and neuro-genetics approach

Qingtian Zhao

Supervisors: Jan Komdeur (BPE), Xin Lu (Wuhan University)

A test of the adaptive benefits of cooperatively breeding ground tits

Tianhao Zhao

Supervisors: Barbara Helm (NeuBio), Bregje Wertheim (EGDB)

Phenotypic and genetic differences of migratory songbirds from central China migration flyway

Nele Zickert

Supervisors: Ton Groothuis (EGDB)

The function of lateralization

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