On Friday 18th December 2015 Zino Boisdenghien obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
The Linear Response Function in Conceptual Density Functional Theory: Fundamental Aspects and Applications to Atoms
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Paul Geerlings, Prof. Dr. Frank De Proft and Dr. Stijn Fias
On December 10th, 2015 San HADŽI obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Structural and thermodynamic basic of transcription regulation of the higBA2 toxin-antitoxin module from Vibrio cholerae
Promotoren: Prof. Dr. Remy Loris & Prof. Dr. Jurij Lah
Joint PhD with the University of Ljubljana
On 8th December 2015 Van Overmeire Eva obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Characterization and regulation of distinct macrophage subsets during tissue injury and tumor growth
promotoren: Prof. Dr. ir. Jo Van Ginderachter & Prof. Dr. Patrick De Baetselier
On November 30th 2015 Pallab Bhowmick obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
The role of structural disorder in the degradation signal in the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Peter Tompa
Co-promotor: Dr. Mainak Guharoy
On November 25th 2015 Joke Belza obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Science with the following doctoral thesis:
Petrography and Geochemistry of Ejecta Deposits from the K/Pg Boundary Chicxulub crater (Yucatan, Mexico)
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Philippe Claeys and Prof. Dr. Frank Vanhaecke
Jury members : E. Keppens (president), M. Elskens (secretary), Steven Goderis (VUB), Johan De Grave (UGent), Christian Koeberl (Univ. Vienna), Jan Smit (VUA), Ph. Claeys and Frank Vanhaecke (as advisors).
Joint phD between Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Universiteit Gent.
On October 28th 2015 Jozef Dingemans obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Adaptation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to the cystic fibrosis lung and the role of shear stress in disrupting alginate matrix biofilms
Promotors: Prof. Dr. em. Pierre Cornelis & Prof. Dr. Daniël Charlier
On October 7th 2015 Maria Venetia Apostolopoulou obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Evaluation of Posidonia oceanica as a biomonitoring organism to assess oil pollution
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Frank Dehairs
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
