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• Development and assessment of spectroscopic techniques and advanced analysis methods for characterization of bio-based fertilizers

  Apr 16

  Faculty

  Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

  Doctoral candidate

  Khan Wali

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen

  Promotor(s)

  Prof. dr. ir. Erik Meers (Promotor admin) (BW24) - Prof. dr. ir. Eldert van Henten (Promotor) (Universiteit Wageningen) - Prof. dr. Muhammad Abdul Munnaf (Promotor) (Universiteit Wageningen)

• Elucidating the Biological Reactivity of (Aged) Micro- and Nanoplastic Particles in Marine Invertebrates: From Cellular to Organismal Responses

  Apr 21

  Faculty

  Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

  Doctoral candidate

  Jenevieve Hara

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen

  Promotor(s)

  Prof. dr. ir. Jana Asselman (Promotor admin) (BW22) - Prof. dr. Colin Janssen (Promotor) (BW22) - Prof. dr. Raewyn Town (Promotor) (Universiteit Antwerpen) - Prof. dr. Ronny Blust (Promotor) (Universiteit Antwerpen)

• Data-driven strategies for intercrop breeding of faba bean and triticale

  Apr 21

  Faculty

  Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

  Doctoral candidate

  Reena Dubey

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen

  Promotor(s)

  Prof. dr. ir. Steven Maenhout (Promotor admin), BW21 - Em. Prof. dr. ir. Geert Haesaert (Promotor), voorheen BW21

• Exploring the root-associated microbiome in soilless culture

  Apr 27

  Faculty

  Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

  Doctoral candidate

  Xinquan Hu

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen

  Promotor(s)

  Prof. dr. Danny Geelen (Promotor admin), BW21 - Dr. ir. Steffen Vanneste (Promotor), BW21

• RNAi biosafety: exploring basic mechanisms and unintended effects

  Apr 27

  Faculty

  Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

  Doctoral candidate

  Yimeng Chen

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen

  Promotor(s)

  Prof. dr. Kristof De Schutter (Promotor admin), BW21 - Prof. dr. ir. Guy Smagghe (Promotor), BW21 - Prof. dr. Jinzhi Niu (Promotor), Southwest University, China

• Acetogenic bacteria for lignocellulosic carbon conversion.

  Apr 27

  Faculty

  Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

  Doctoral candidate

  Natálie Palucha

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen: chemie en bioprocestechnologie

  Promotor(s)

  Prof. dr. ir. Wim Soetaert (Promotor admin), BW25 - Dr. Karel De Winter (Promotor), Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant

• Natural Language Processing for Technical Scientific Reports: Metadata Prediction, Document Set Augmentation, and Topic Evolution

  Apr 27

  Faculty

  Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

  Doctoral candidate

  Arne Deloose

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen: Wiskundige Modellering

  Promotor(s)

  Prof. dr. Jan Verwaeren (Promotor admin), BW26 - Prof. dr. Bernard De Baets (Promotor), BW26

• Nutritional and technological aspects of black soldier fly and yellow mealworm in pet food

  Apr 28

  Faculty

  Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

  Doctoral candidate

  Elias Leocadio dos Santos Neto

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen

  Promotor(s)

  Prof. dr. ir. Mia Eeckhout (Promotor admin), BW23 - Prof. dr. Myriam Hesta (Promotor), DI11

• Nutritional mitigation and grassland climate adaptation strategies in relation to enteric methane emissions from dairy cattle

  Apr 30

  Faculty

  Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

  Doctoral candidate

  Joni Van Mullem

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen

  Promotor(s)

  Prof. dr. ir. Veerle Fievez (Promotor admin), BW22 - Dr. Leen Vandaele (Promotor), ILVO - Dr. Nico Peiren (Promotor), ILVO

• Peasant Agroecology: Contested Territories and Rural Transformation in Argentina

  Apr 30

  Faculty

  Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

  Doctoral candidate

  Jonas Adriaensens

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen: Socio-economie

  Promotor(s)

  Prof. dr. ir. Joost Dessein (Promotor admin), BW27 - Prof. dr. Jeroen Adam (Promotor), PS05

• Foliar biofortification with iodine, selenium and zinc: impact on food quality and gastrointestinal release dynamics

  May 06

  Faculty

  Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

  Doctoral candidate

  Hind Belarbi

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen: levensmiddelenwetenschappen en voeding

  Promotor(s)

  Prof. dr. ir. Gijs Du Laing (Promotor admin), BW24 - Prof. Fassil Kebede (Promotor), Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) - Prof Ismail Cakmak (Promotor), Sabanci University, Turkije

• Development of Decellularized Extracellular Matrix–Based Biomaterials for In Vitro Liver Models and Their Influence on Hepatic Zonation

  May 06

  Faculty

  Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

  Doctoral candidate

  Hanne Criel

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen

  Promotor(s)

  Prof. dr. ir. John Van Camp (Promotor admin), BW23

• Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Global Oases and Their Cold Island Effect

  May 11

  Faculty

  Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

  Doctoral candidate

  Bochao Cui

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen

  Promotor(s)

  Prof. dr. ir. Peter Goethals (Promotor admin), BW22 - Dr. Marie Anne Eurie Forio (Promotor), BW22 - em. Prof. dr. Philippe De Maeyer (Promotor), WE12 - Prof. Dongwei Gui (Promotor), Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, China

• From Phytoplankton to Bioactivity: Sea Spray Aerosols as a Mechanistic Link Between Ocean Ecology and Human Health

  May 12

  Faculty

  Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

  Doctoral candidate

  Zixia Liu

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen

  Promotor(s)

  Prof. dr. ir. Jana Asselman (Promotor admin), BW22 - Prof. dr. Colin Janssen (Promotor), BW22 - Dr. Maarten De Rijcke (Promotor), Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ)