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
On June 21st 2017 Fanny Coppens obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Structural characterisation of the adhesins SabA from Helicobacter pylori and LpfD from Escherichia coli
Promotor: Prof. dr. Han Remaut
On June 21st 2017 Alex Nehemia obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Influence of salt farming on the habitat, trophic ecology and genetic population structure of macroinvertebrates in mangroves.
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Marc Kochzius
On June 9 2017 Harry Zekollari obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Modelling the evolution of glaciers and ice caps in a changing climate
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Philippe Huybrechts