PhD defenses
The following list provides an overview of all upcoming PhD defenses at Ghent University. The specified links refer to our Dutch website.
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Evaluating pathways for food systems transformation in Africa and Europe: trade policy, agricultural investment, and digitalisation
Feb 26- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- Mariam Amadou Diallo
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen: Socio-economie
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. ir. Jeroen Buysse (Promotor admin), BW27 - Prof. dr. ir. Marijke D'Haese (Promotor), BW27
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Event-Based Vision and Spiking Neural Networks for Imaging Flow Cytometry
Feb 26- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Doctoral candidate
- Muhammed Gouda Ahmed Gouda
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: fotonica
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Peter Bienstman, vakgroep Informatietechnologie - dr. Alessio Lugnan, Università di Trento (Italië)
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De rol van de behandelend arts van het slachtoffer van seksueel geweld als patiënt. Een analyse vanuit juridisch en deontologisch perspectief.
Feb 26- Faculty
- Faculty of Law and Criminology
- Doctoral candidate
- Paulien Walraet
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de rechten
- Promotor(s)
- Prof, Tom Goffin, RE23
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Small Samples, Big Questions: Addressing Challenges of Blood Microsampling and Exploring Albumin Adducts in Plasma.
Feb 26- Faculty
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Laura Boffel
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de farmaceutische wetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Christophe Stove, UGent-Bioanalyse
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Soft Tissue Considerations in Immediate and Delayed Implant Placement: keys for aesthetic success
Feb 26- Faculty
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Lorenz Seyssens
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de gezondheidswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Jan Cosyn, Vakgroep Mondgezondheidswetenschappen
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Subsistence Farming, Household Vulnerability, and Child Malnutrition: Understanding Food and Nutrition Security Challenges in Rural Burundi
Feb 27- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- Willy Désiré Emera
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen: Socio-economie
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. ir. Marijke D'Haese (Promotor admin), BW27 - Prof. dr. Carl Lachat (Promotor), BW23
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Development of transition metal-N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) mediated transformations
Mar 02- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Pierre Arnaut
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: chemie
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Steven Nolan, WE06 - prof. dr. Catherine Cazin, WE06
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Small firms’ responses to payroll tax cuts: Tax incidence, wage setting, and entrepreneurship
Mar 02- Faculty
- Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
- Doctoral candidate
- Haotian Deng
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Economische Wetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Bart Cockx, vakgroep Economie - Dr. Sam Desiere, vakgroep Economie
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Seeing is Believing: Shedding Light on the Mode of Action of a Biocontrol Agent in Wheat
Mar 04- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Celine De Pessemier
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: biochemie en biotechnologie
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Sofie Goormachtig, WE09 - prof. dr. Daniël Van Damme, WE09 - dr. Kelly Hamonts, Aphea.Bio - dr. Michiel Vandecasteele, WE09
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Developing Cupriavidus necator as a versatile cell factory for sustainable bioplastic and biofuel production
Mar 04- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- Wim Hectors
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen: Biotechnologie
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. ir. Wim Soetaert (Promotor admin), BW25 - Dr. ir. Tom Delmulle (Promotor), BW25
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Deep learning models for predicting molecular tumor properties directly from whole slide images
Mar 04- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Marija Pizurica
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: bio-informatica en in de ingenieurswetenschappen: computerwetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Kathleen Marchal, EA05,WE09 - prof. dr. Thomas Demeester, EA05 - prof. dr. Olivier Gevaert, Stanford University, USA
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More with Less: Strategies for Building Robust and Efficient Speech Recognition Models
Mar 04- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Doctoral candidate
- Geoffroy Vanderreydt
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: elektrotechniek
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Kris Demuynck, vakgroep Elektronica en Informatiesystemen - prof. Veronique Hoste, vakgroep Vertalen, tolken en communicatie
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Heritage is Jordan’s Oil” A Critical Inquiry into the Political Economy of Heritage Development
Mar 05- Faculty
- Faculty of Political and Social Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Charlotte Vekemans
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Politieke Wetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. Dr. Christopher Parker (supervisor) Prof. Dr. Marlene Schäfers (supervisor)
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Pseudo-differential operators and spectral multipliers on non-Euclidean settings
Mar 05- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- David Santiago Gómez Cobos
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: wiskunde
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Michael Ruzhansky, WE16 - prof. dr. Alexander Cardona, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
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Clinical Validation of HPV DNA Assays on Clinician Collected Cervical Samples for use in Primary Cervical Cancer Screening
Mar 05- Faculty
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Sharon Dhillon Ajit Singh
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de gezondheidswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Elizaveta Padalko, Vakgroep Diagnostische Wetenschappen – prof. Marc Arbyn, Unit of Cancer Epidemiology, Belgian Cancer Centre, Sciensano
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Shedding light on dark sirens
Mar 06- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Cezary Turski
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: fysica
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Archisman Ghosh, WE05 - em. prof. dr. Dirk Ryckbosch, WE05
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Unraveling the Microscopic Origins of Phase Stability in Metal Halide Perovskites through Advanced Molecular Modeling
Mar 06- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Doctoral candidate
- Tom Braeckevelt
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Wetenschappen: Chemie, UGent & Doctor of Science: Chemistry (PhD), KU Leuven
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Veronique Van Speybroeck, UGent vakgroep Toegepaste Fysica & vakgroep Fysica en Sterrenkunde - prof. Johan Hofkens, KU Leuven
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Link between intestinally generated uraemic metabolites and the gut microbiome in chronic kidney disease
Mar 09- Faculty
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Sophie Valkenburg
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de gezondheidswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Griet Glorieux, Vakgroep Inwendige Ziekten en Pediatrie – prof. Francis Verbeke, Vakgroep Inwendige Ziekten en Pediatrie
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Triticale a promising crop for enhancing agroecosystem resilience
Mar 09- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- Riccardo Zustovi
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen: landbouw
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. ir. Steven Maenhout (Promotor admin), BW21 - Em. Prof. dr. ir. Geert Haesaert (Promotor), voorheen BW21
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Towards a Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment framework for circular flexible plastic packaging: advancing life cycle costing and social life cycle assessment
Mar 09- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- Anna-Sophie Haslinger
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. ir. Jo Dewulf (Promotor admin), BW24 - Dr. ir. Sophie Huysveld (Promotor), BW24 - Dr. Erasmo Cadena Martinez (Promotor), BW24