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Get your diploma ‘Master of Science in Biology’ in Brussels

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5 excellent ways to start your career as a biologist
5 reasons to study in Brussels

Get your diploma ‘Master of Science in Biology’ in Brussels

5 graduation options
5 excellent ways to start your career as a biologist
5 reasons to study in Brussels

Get your diploma ‘Master of Science in Biology’ in Brussels

5 graduation options
5 excellent ways to start your career as a biologist
5 reasons to study in Brussels

Get your diploma ‘Master of Science in Biology’ in Brussels

5 graduation options
5 excellent ways to start your career as a biologist
5 reasons to study in Brussels

Get your diploma ‘Master of Science in Biology’ in Brussels

5 graduation options
5 excellent ways to start your career as a biologist
5 reasons to study in Brussels

Get your diploma ‘Master of Science in Biology’ in Brussels

5 graduation options
5 excellent ways to start your career as a biologist
5 reasons to study in Brussels

Get your diploma ‘Master of Science in Biology’ in Brussels

5 graduation options
5 excellent ways to start your career as a biologist
5 reasons to study in Brussels

Get your diploma ‘Master of Science in Biology’ in Brussels

5 graduation options
5 excellent ways to start your career as a biologist
5 reasons to study in Brussels

Get your diploma ‘Master of Science in Biology’ in Brussels

5 graduation options
5 excellent ways to start your career as a biologist
5 reasons to study in Brussels

Get your diploma ‘Master of Science in Biology’ in Brussels

5 graduation options
5 excellent ways to start your career as a biologist
5 reasons to study in Brussels

Get your diploma ‘Master of Science in Biology’ in Brussels

5 graduation options
5 excellent ways to start your career as a biologist
5 reasons to study in Brussels

PhD Abrehet Kahsay Mehari

20/06/2023 - 16:00

Abrehet Kahsay Mehari behaalde op 20 juni 2023 de academische graad van DOCTOR IN DE WETENSCHAPPEN met de volgende doctorale thesis: 'Ecological state of tropical wetlands under different human disturbances (Lake Tana, Ethiopia)'

Abrehet Kahsay Mehari obtained on June 20, 2023 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the following doctoral thesis: 'Ecological state of tropical wetlands under different human disturbances (Lake Tana, Ethiopia)'

Promotors: Prof. dr. Iris Stiers (VUB), Em. Prof. dr. Ludwig Triest (ULB), Dr. Pieter Lemmens (KULeuven), Dr. Ayalew Wondie (Bahir Dar University), Prof. dr. Luc Leyns (VUB)

PhD Gordian Rocky Mataba

06/03/2023 - 16:00

Gordian Rocky Mataba behaalde op 6 maart 2023 de academische graad van DOCTOR IN DE WETENSCHAPPEN met de volgende doctorale thesis: Exploring integrated strategies to control oviposition and larval development in mosquitoes in Northern Tanzania

Gordian Rocky Mataba obtained on March 6, 2023 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the following doctoral thesis: Exploring integrated strategies to control oviposition and larval development in mosquitoes in Northern Tanzania

Promotors: Prof. dr. Bram Vanschoenwinkel (VUB), Prof. dr. Luc Brendonck (KU Leuven), Prof. dr. Linus Munishi (The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology)

PhD Chaimae El Bouzidi

11/02/2023 - 10:00

Chaimae El Bouzidi behaalde op 11 februari 2023 de academische graad van DOCTOR IN DE WETENSCHAPPEN met de volgende doctorale thesis: 'Contribution to the biology and population genetics of the European hake (Merluccius merluccius) in the north Atlantic of Morocco'

Chaimae El Bouzidi obtained on February 11, 2023 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the following doctoral thesis: 'Contribution to the biology and population genetics of the European hake (Merluccius merluccius) in the north Atlantic of Morocco'

Promotors: Prof. dr. Marc Kochzius, Prof. dr. Mounir Hassani Zerrouk, Prof. dr. Mohammed Bakkali

Gezamenlijk doctoraat met University Abdelmalek Essaadi/ Joint PhD with University Abdelmalek Essaadi

PhD Ángela Aristizábal Botero

02/02/2023 - 00:00

Ángela Aristizábal Botero behaalde op 2 februari 2023 de academische graad van DOCTOR IN DE WETENSCHAPPEN met de volgende doctorale thesis:Reconstructing ecological process in inselberg rock pool
communities from the Columbian Guiana shield

Ángela Aristizábal Botero obtained on February 2, 2023 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the following doctoral thesis: Reconstructing ecological process in inselberg rock pool
communities from the Columbian Guiana shield

Promotors: Prof. dr. Bram Vanschoenwinkel (VUB), Prof. dr. Emilio Realpe (Universidad de los Andes)

Joint PhD Universidad de los Andes

PhD Evelien Deboelpaep

31/10/2022 - 17:00

Evelien Deboelpaep behaalde op 31 oktober 2022 de academische graad van DOCTOR IN DE WETENSCHAPPEN met de volgende doctorale thesis: 'Connectivity of migration landscapes: from suitable wetland habitats to suitable networks for migratory waterbirds'

Evelien Deboelpaep obtained on October 31, 2022 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the following doctoral thesis: 'Connectivity of migration landscapes: from suitable wetland habitats to suitable networks for migratory waterbirds'

Promotors: Prof. dr. Nico Koedam, Prof. dr. Bram Vanschoenwinkel

PhD Lana Ramaekers

07/10/2022 - 15:00

Lana Ramaekers behaalde op 7 oktober 2022 de academische graad van DOCTOR IN DE WETENSCHAPPEN met de volgende doctorale thesis: 'Freshwater zooplankton under elevated pCO2: from individual to community effects'

Lana Ramaekers obtained on October 7, 2022 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the following doctoral thesis: 'Freshwater zooplankton under elevated pCO2: from individual to community effects'

Promotor: Prof. dr. Bram Vanschoenwinkel

Co-promotors: Prof. dr. Luc Brendonck, Dr. Tom Pinceel

Gezamenlijk doctoraat met KU Leuven

Joint PhD with KU Leuven

PhD Lise Beirinckx

28/03/2022 - 16:00

Lise Beirinckx behaalde op 28 maart 2022 de academische graad van DOCTOR IN DE WETENSCHAPPEN met de volgende doctorale thesis: 'Disentangling ongoing hybridization and cryptic species of the submerged macrophyte genus Ruppia using ecological and molecular insights'

Lise Beirinckx obtained on March 28, 2022 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the following doctoral thesis: 'Disentangling ongoing hybridization and cryptic species of the submerged macrophyte genus Ruppia using ecological and molecular insights'

Promotors: Prof. dr. Ludwig Triest, Prof. dr. Bram Vanschoenwinkel

Availability diplomas 2020-2021

18/01/2022 - 10:30

Availability diplomas 2019-2020

11/02/2021 - 16:45

Grazing animals cannot keep up with fertilisation in grasslands

18/12/2020 - 15:00

Nutrient enrichment in grasslands provides extra plant growth, and the animals that eat these plants cannot keep up in most places. This increase in biomass not only reduces biodiversity in the landscape but also increases the risk of natural fires. This is shown by research from the Nutrient Network, a worldwide research network of which Prof Dr Harry Olde Venterink and Dr Judith Sitters of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel are members. The results were published last month in the leading journal Nature Communications.