On September 4th 2017 Dennis De Ryck obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Propagules and patterns: the population genetic structure of mangroves in the Western Indian Ocean as a result of dispersal and its constraints
Joint PhD with Université Libre de Bruxelles
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Ludwig Triest, Prof. Dr. Nico Koedam & Prof. Dr. Farid Dahdouh-Guebas
De Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (Internationale vereniging van vertebraten paleontologen) reikt jaarlijks de Steven Cohen Award for Student Research uit
On September 1st 2017 Tomas Crols obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Integrating network distances into an activity based cellular automata land-use model – Semi-automated calibration and application to Flanders, Belgium
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Frank Canters & Prof. Dr. Roger White
On August 30 2017 Jiri Keirsse obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bioengineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Functional role of tumour-associated dendritic cells and liver Kupffer cells during solid tumour progression and liver metastasis, respectively.
promotors: Prof. Dr. ir. Jo Van Ginderachter & Prof. Dr. Em. Patrick De Baetselier
On August 30 2017 Thomas Barlow obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Synthesis of Triazole-fused N-heterocycles using Catalyzed and Uncatalyzed Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition Reactions
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Steven Ballet
On August 28 2017 Cyrus Rumisha obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Genetic diversity and connectivity in the East African mangrove crustaceans Scylla serrata and Penaeus monodon in relation to trace metal pollution: implications for fisheries management.
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Marc Kochzius
On July 5th 2017 Debany Fonseca Pereira Batista obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
N² fixation as a source of new nitrogen in the Atlantic Ocean
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Frank Dehairs
On June 27th 2017 Magdalene Namondo Ngeve obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Genetic connectivity of mangroves along the Cameroonian coastline
promotor: Prof. Dr. Ludwig Triest & Prof. Dr. Nico Koedam
On June 27th 2017 Giuliano Maggi obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Search for High-Energy Neutrinos from Obscured Flat Spectrum Radio AGN using the IceCube Neutrino Observatory
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Nick van Eijndhoven