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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Dynamic Response of Aramid Fabrics under Explosion Generated Multiple Impulsive Loading
Apr 30- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Doctoral candidate
- Georgios Kechagiadakis
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: werktuigkunde-elektrotechniek
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Wim Van Paepegem, UGent vakgroep Materialen, Textiel en Chemische Proceskunde - prof. David Lecompte, Koninklijke Militaire School
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Impact of Snow Variations on Vegetation Gross Primary Production in the Arid Regions of Central Asia
Apr 30- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Liancheng Zhang
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: geografie
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Tim Van de Voorde, WE12 - em. prof. dr. Philippe De Maeyer, WE12 - prof. dr. Guli Jiapaer, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography CAS, China
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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
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Degradation-Driven Spare Parts Inventory Control for Multi-Machine Systems with Lead Times Uncertainty
Apr 30- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Doctoral candidate
- Naim Al Khoury
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: bedrijfskundige systeemtechnieken en operationeel onderzoek
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Dieter Claeys, vakgroep Industriële Systemen en Productontwerp - prof. El-Houssaine Aghezzaf, vakgroep Industriële Systemen en Productontwerp
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Mapping spatial locations and interactions of cells in transcriptomics data
Apr 30- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Chananchida Sang-aram
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: bio-informatica
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Yvan Saeys, WE02 - dr. Ruth Seurinck, WE02
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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
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Advancing Wet Deposition Modelling in Atmospheric Transport Models: Applications in Environmental Radioactivity
May 04- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Stijn Van Leuven
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: fysica
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Piet Termonia, WE05 - dr. Andy Delcloo, KMI - dr. Pieter De Meutter, SCK/CEN - dr. Johan Camps, SCK/CEN
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New Finite-Difference Time-Domain Methods to Model Electron Dynamics in Dirac Materials
May 04- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Doctoral candidate
- Jul Van den Broeck
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: toegepaste natuurkunde
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Dries Vande Ginste, vakgroep Informatietechnologie
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Sound, image and corticosterone analysis as potential welfare indicators in broiler chickens
May 04- Faculty
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
- Doctoral candidate
- Patricia Soster de Carvalho
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de diergeneeskundige wetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- PROF. DR. GUNTHER ANTONISSEN, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UGent - PROF. DR. FRANK TUYTTENS, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UGent - Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food, Belgium - MAARTEN DE GUSSEM, Vetworks, Belgium
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Human Attention in Geographic Spaces: Mechanisms, Roles, and Prediction Based on Eye-Tracking and EEG
May 05- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Tong Qin
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: geomatica en landmeetkunde
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Haosheng Huang, WE12 - prof. dr. Wim Fias, PP02 - prof. dr. Nico Van de Weghe, WE12
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Cosmology and fundamental physics from gravitational-wave observations: from LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA towards the next generation detector network
May 05- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Freija Beirnaert
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: fysica
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Archisman Ghosh, WE05 - prof. dr. Didar Dobur, WE05
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Meat, media, and masculinities: A qualitative study of how cultural associations between meat and masculinity are reflected in men's identities, media, and interpretations
May 05- Faculty
- Faculty of Political and Social Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Elina Vrijsen
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Communicatiewetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Charlotte De Backer (UAntwerpen) prof. dr. Alexander Dhoest (UAntwerpen) prof. dr. Sofie Van Bauwel (UGent)
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Liquid Metal Divertor Tokamaks
May 06- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Doctoral candidate
- Jan Čečrdle
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: toegepaste natuurkunde
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Roger Jaspers, vakgroep Toegepaste Fysica - prof. Jan Horacek, Institute of Plasma Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences (Tsjechië)
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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
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Sparse Data Integration for Safe and Reliable AI-Driven Decision Making in Resource-Limited Clinical Settings
May 06- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Doctoral candidate
- Ghada Ben Othman
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: biomedische ingenieurstechnieken
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Clara Ionescu, vakgroep Elektromechanica, Systeem- en Metaalengineering - dr. Dana Copot, vakgroep Elektromechanica, Systeem- en Metaalengineering
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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
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Modelling Structural Diversity of Solid Micellar Catalysts, a New Class of Amorphous Single-Site Materials
May 06- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Doctoral candidate
- Sara Oliveira Santos
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: chemische technologie
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Mark Saeys, vakgroep Materialen, Textiel en Chemische Proceskunde
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Engineering triterpenoid saponin biosynthesis and investigating the functional roles of rhizogenic Agrobacterium T-DNA ORFs in hairy root induction
May 07- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Tongtong Qu
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: biochemie en biotechnologie
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Alain Goossens, WE09 - dr. Elia Lacchini, Université de Lausanne, Zwitserland
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Multi-scale Influence Mechanisms of Phenological Temporal Structure on Carbon Exchange in Northern Hemisphere Terrestrial Ecosystems
May 08- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Yu Zhang
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: geografie
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Piet Termonia, WE05 - em. prof. dr. Philippe De Maeyer, WE12 - prof. dr. Geping Luo, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography (XIEG), China - dr. Rafiq Hamdi, WE04
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Upper Ordovician chitinozoan taxonomy, biozonation, and chronocorrelation in the U.S. midcontinent
May 08- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Cristiana de Jesus Paulo Esteves
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: geologie
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Thijs Vandenbroucke, WE13 - dr. Patrick McLaughlin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA