On November 3 2017 Heikki Rasilo obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Computational models of associative learning in the acquisition of speech imitation, acoustic word models and word-meaning mappings
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Bart de Boer
On October 9 2017 Stijn Van Onsem obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Ponds in the human landscape - Biomonitoring, drivers and reproductive ecology of macrophytes in a peri-urban setting
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Ludwig Triest
On October 6 2017 Sara Contreras Martos obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Bioengineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Structural and functional characterization of two intrinsically disordered regions of the multi-domain transcriptional co-activator CREB-binding protein (CBP)
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Peter Tompa
On October 4 2017 Aymere Awoke Assayie obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Development of monitoring tools for short and long-term changes of ecological water quality of Ethiopian rivers
promotors: Prof. Dr. Ludwig Triest, Prof. Dr. Peter Goethals and Dr. Abebe Beyene
On September 26 2017 Chloé Abels obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Unraveling the role of liver-associated myeloid cells in sterile inflammation and infection
Promotoren: Prof. Dr. ir. Jo Van Ginderachter, Prof. Dr. Em. Patrick De Baetselier & Dr. Alain Beschin
On September 22 2017 Yannick Geboes obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Halogen bonds, hydrogen bonds and beyond: A cryospectroscopic study into competitive noncovalent interactions
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Frank De Proft & Prof. Dr. Wouter A. Herrebout
On September 15 2017 Kevin Deroover obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
A search for flavor changing neutral currents involving a top quark and a Higgs boson with the CMS experiment
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Jorgen D'Hondt
On September 13 2017 Caroline Michellier obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Contribution to geo-risk prevention: population vulnerability assessment in a data scarcity context. Case studies of Goma and Bukavu cities (RD Congo)
Joint PhD with Université Libre de Bruxelles
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Eléonore Wolff (ULB) & Prof. Dr. Matthieu Kervyn de Meerendré
On September 8th 2017 Jacques Masuret obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Generalised Sequences and Compactness Notions in Point-free Topology
Joint PhD with Stellenbosch University
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Mark Sioen & Prof. Dr. David Holgate
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