MSc. Hayyu Mahabbah
About
Hayyu pursued a bachelor’s degree in Land Resource Management at Bogor Agricultural University in Indonesia. Afterward, he continued to pursue a joint master’s degree in the International Master in Soils and Global Change (IMSOGLO) program at UGent, BOKU Vienna, and Uni-Göttingen. His master’s thesis focused on assessing the socioecological consequences of Indonesia’s new capital city development. After graduating in 2023, he began his PhD research focused on elucidating the role of nematodes in soil nitrogen cycling, carbon turnover, and plant growth, with an emphasis on feedback mechanisms with roots and the rhizosphere microbial communities. This research is funded through a 4-year BOF-UGent research project and is supervised by a multidisciplinary team of researchers: Prof. Stefaan De Neve, Dr. Junwei Hu, Prof. Steven Sleutel, Prof. Anne Willems, and Prof. Wim Wesemael (UGent-ILVO).
Contact
Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, room B38.11.110.017