Staff and students
Head of the lab
Prof. dr. ir. Hans Verbeeck
Prof. dr. ir. Kim Calders
Scientific staff (Post Doc)
dr. ir. Félicien Meunier
dr. ir. Steven De Hertog
dr. ir. Karun Dayal
Scientific staff (Support)
dr. Kim Jacobsen
MSc. Lodewijk Lefevre
Scientific staff (PhD)
MSc. Xingyan Cao
ir. Barbara D'hont
MSc. Shilin Chen
ir. Thomas Sibret
ir. Louise Terryn
ir. Tom Verhelst
MSc. Inès dos Santos Vieira
MSc. Mengxi Wang
ir. Kasper Coppieters
MSc. Quan Pan
MSc. Xi Peng
ir. Wout Cherlet
ir. Emma Van de Walle
ir. Todi Daelman
Secretary
Anabelle Michiels
Faculty of bioscience engineering, Campus Coupure
+32 (0) 9 264 61 36
Anabelle.Michiels@UGent.be
External scientific staff members
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)
dr. Manfredo Di Porcia
dr. ir. Marie Combe
dr. ir. Yunfei Bao
David Ellsworth (Western Sydney University)
