On March 3 2017 Pedro Parra Rivas obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Dynamics of dissipative localized structures in driven nonlinear optical cavities
Promotors: Prof. Jan Dackaert, Prof. Lendert Gelens & Prof. Damia Gomila
Joint PHD with Universitat de les Illes Balears
On February 27th 2017 Hong Hanh Tran obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Land use change dynamics, its drivers and consequences in the Ca Mau province, Mekong delta, Vietnam
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Matthieu Kervyn
On February 10th 2017 Jaime Alberto Chavarriaga Lozano obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Using Multiple Feature Models of Domains and Regulations to Develop Configuration Systems
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Viviane Jonckers, Prof. Dr. Rubby Casallas
Joint PhD with Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia
On February 3 2017 Laura van Bergen obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Insights into the architectural design of the active site of AhpE peroxiredoxin through an experimental and computational approach
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Frank De Proft, Prof. Dr. Joris Messens and Prof. Dr. Mercedes Alonso
On January 27th 2017 Kevin Van Vaerenbergh obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Model-free Reinforcement Learning for Real-world Applications
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Ann Nowé
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 January 20th 2017 Nolwenn Lemaïtre obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences (VUB) and Doctor in Marine Sciences (UBO-IUEM)
with the following doctoral thesis: Multi-proxy approach (234Th, Baxs) of export and remineralisation fluxes of carbon and biogenic elements associated ith the oceanic biological pump
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Frank Dehairs & Dr. Geraldine Sarthou
Joint PhD with Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France
On December 19th 2016 Sofie De Clercq obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Reaching a Consensus under Multi-Agent Preferences
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Ann Nowé, Prof. Dr. Martine De Cock & Dr. Steven Schockaert
Joint PhD with Universiteit Gent
On December 2nd 2016 Tim Brys obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Reinforcement Learning with Heuristic Information
Promotor: Prof. dr. Ann Nowé
On November 9th 2016 Francisco Benitez Capistros obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Social and ecological systems dynamics of the Galapagos Islands: Participatory methodological approaches to support sustainability, conservation science and management.
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Nico Koedam & Prof. Dr. Farid Dahdouh-Guebas
Joint PhD with ULB