Staff and students

CAVElab team 2023

Head of the lab

Prof. dr. ir. Hans Verbeeck

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Prof. dr. ir. Kim Calders

Kim Calders

Prof. dr. ir. Marijn Bauters

Marijn Bauters

Scientific staff (Post Doc) 

dr. ir. Félicien Meunier

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dr. ir. Steven De Hertog

Steven De Hertog

dr. ir. Karun Dayal

Karun Dayal

dr. ir. Louise Terryn

Louise Terryn

Scientific staff (Support)

dr. Kim Jacobsen

Kim Jacobson

MSc. Lodewijk Lefevre

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Scientific staff (PhD)

MSc. Xingyan Cao

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ir. Barbara D'hont

Barbara D'hont

MSc. Shilin Chen

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ir. Thomas Sibret

Thomas Sibret

MSc. Franklin Geovanny Marin Molina

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ir. Tom Verhelst

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MSc. Inès dos Santos Vieira

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MSc. Mengxi Wang

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ir. Kasper Coppieters

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MSc. Quan Pan

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MSc. Xi Peng

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ir. Wout Cherlet

Wout Cherlet

ir. Wouter Van den Broeck

Wouter Van den Broeck

MSc. Zane Cooper

Zane Cooper

ir. Emma Van de Walle

Emma Van de Walle

ir. Todi Daelman

Todi Daelman

MSc. Andrea Chávez Pacheco

Andrea Chavez Pacheco

Secretary

Anabelle Michiels

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Faculty of bioscience engineering, Campus Coupure
+32 (0) 9 264 61 36
Anabelle.Michiels@UGent.be

External scientific staff members

dr. ir. Hannes De Deurwaerder

Hannes De Deurwaerder

Princeton University
Hannes.DeDeurwaerder@UGent.be

dr. ir. Sruthi Krishna Moorthy

Sruthi Moorthy

University of Maryland
sruthi.krishnamoorthyparvathi@UGent.be

dr. ir. Francis Mumbanza Mundondo

Francis Mumbanza Mundondo

dr. Marc Peaucelle

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INRAE (Bordeaux, FR)

dr. Wim Verbruggen

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University of Copenhagen

wv@ign.ku.dk

Master students 2023-2024

Warre Demuynck - Analyzing large field-data-bases to gain better understanding on the two major tropical forests of the world

Geike De Sloover - The mysteries of oak growth: Investigating how competition shapes the structure of oak trees

Tielde Ghyselinck - Biomass growth in biodiversity plantings under drought

Ella Van de vreken - Modeling the cork thickness distribution in Portuguese cork oak stands

Sarah Lamotte - Studying the impact of temperature change on the carbon absorption capacity of tropical tree species in the Congo basin forests

Manon Lamond - Light competition between trees and lianas in a tropical forest

Elise Huysman - Light competition between trees and lianas in a tropical forest

Eline De Loore - Title TBD

Former lab members

dr. ir. Jean-François Bastin (Associate Prof. Gembloux, Agro-Biotech)

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dr. Manfredo Di Porcia

Manfredo di Porcia

dr. ir. Marie Combe

Marie Combe

dr. ir. Yunfei Bao

Yunfei Bao

dr. ir. Jackie Epila (Lecturer at Lira University, Uganda)

Jackie Epila

dr. ir. Miro Demol

Miro Demol

David Ellsworth (Western Sydney University)

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International Collen-Francqui professor 2022-2023

MSc. Tao Chen

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dr. Joseph Okello

Joseph Okello

dr. Chang Liu

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