On June 2nd 2017 Simon Van Kerrebroeck obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bioengineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Sourdough fermentation processes: meta-analysis, impact of pH evolution, and online real-time monitoring by selected ion flow tube-mass spectrometry
Promotor: Prof. Dr. ir. Luc De Vuyst
On January 25th 2017 David Laureys obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Bioengineering Sciences (VUB) and Doctor of Science: Biochemistry and Biotechnology (Univ. Gent)
with the following doctoral thesis: Microbial species diversity, community dynamics, substrate consumption, and metabolite production during water kefir fermentation
Promotors: Prof. Dr. ir. Luc De Vuyst & Prof. Dr. Peter Vandamme
Joint PhD with Universiteit Gent
On August 19th 2016 Henning Harth obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Microbial species diversity, community dynamics and metabolite formation kinetics of spontaneous barley, teff, and oat sourdough productions
Promotor: Prof. Dr. ir. Luc De Vuyst
On February 10th 2016 Moens Frédéric obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the followins doctoral thesis:
Microbial metabolism and interactions in complex fermentation ecosystems.
Promotor: Prof. Dr. ir. Luc De Vuyst
On January 22th 2015 SÁNCHEZ MAINAR María obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Functional potential of coagulase-negative staphylococci for the development of quality and safety during meat fermentation
Promotor: Prof. Dr. ir. Frédéric Leroy
On September 25th 2015 Audrey Rivière obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Bifidogenic and butyrogenic effects of prebiotic arabinoxylan-oligosaccharides, a kinetic and molecular approach
Promotor: Prof. Dr. ir. Luc De Vuyst
