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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Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: General Obligations in the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Sep 23- Faculty
- Faculty of Law and Criminology
- Promovendus/a
- Abdi Jibril Ali
- Academic Degree
- Doctor in de Rechten
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Eva Brems, Vakgroep Europees, Publiek- en Internationaal Recht (RE22)
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Development and Evaluation of Next-Generation Pharmaceutical Freeze-drying Technologies.
Sep 23- Faculty
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Promovendus/a
- Brecht Vanbillemont
- Academic Degree
- Doctor in de farmaceutische wetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr., Thomas De Beer, UGent-Farmaceutische Analyse
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Upper-primary school students' listening skills: Assessment and the relationship with student- and class-level characteristics
Sep 24- Faculty
- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
- Promovendus/a
- Heleen Bourdeaud'hui
- Academic Degree
- Doctor in de Pedagogische Wetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Promotor: Prof. dr. Johan van Braak, vakgroep Onderwijskunde (PP06) - Copromotor: Dr. Koen Aesaert (KU Leuven)
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Deep learning techniques for genome processing and annotation tasks in prokaryotes
Sep 24- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Promovendus/a
- Jim Clauwaert
- Academic Degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. ir. Willem Waegeman, BW26 - Prof. dr. ir. Marjan De Mey, BW25 - Prof. dr. ir. Gerben Menschaert, BW26
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Stochastic Models for Cloud Data Backups and Video Streaming on Virtual Reality Headsets
Sep 24- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Promovendus/a
- Apoorv Saxena
- Academic Degree
- Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Dieter Claeys, vakgroep Industriële Systemen en Productontwerp - prof. Joris Walraevens, vakgroep Telecommunicatie en Informatieverwerking
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Dietary zinc source affects performance and intestinal health in broilers
Sep 24- Faculty
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
- Promovendus/a
- Annatachja De Grande
- Academic Degree
- Doctor in de diergeneeskundige wetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. R. Ducatelle, Faculteit Diergeneeskunde, UGent - Prof. dr. Ir. F. Van Immerseel, Faculteit Diergeneeskunde, UGent - Dr. Ir. Evelyne Delezie, Institute for Agricultural, Fisheries and Food Research - Dr. Saskia Leleu, Institute for Agricultural, Fisheries and Food Research
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Analyzing the Functional Independence of the Derived Transfer of Fear and the Derived Transfer of Avoidance Responses
Sep 24- Faculty
- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
- Promovendus/a
- Aileen Leech
- Academic Degree
- Doctor in de Psychologie
- Promotor(s)
- Promotor: Prof. dr. Patrick Michael Dermot Barnes-Holmes, vakgroep Experimenteel-Klinische en Gezondheidspsychologie (PP05) - Copromotor: Prof. dr. Yvonne Barnes-Holmes, vakgroep Experimenteel-Klinische en Gezondheidspsychologie (PP05)
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Beginning teachers' reading attitude and motivation: A study into the evolution from teacher training to entrance in the teaching profession and into the impact of a teacher professionalization program
Sep 25- Faculty
- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
- Promovendus/a
- Iris Vansteelandt
- Academic Degree
- Doctor in de Pedagogische Wetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Promotor: Prof. dr. Hilde Van Keer, vakgroep Onderwijskunde (PP06) - Copromotor: Prof. dr. Suzanne Mol (Universiteit Leiden)
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Effects of light quality on strawberry, Botrytis cinerea, and their interaction
Sep 25- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Promovendus/a
- Lijuan Meng
- Academic Degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. ir. Marie-Christine Van Labeke , BW21 - Prof. dr. ir. Monica Höfte, BW21
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Towards an open, robust, and reproducible framework for resting state effective connectivity in health and cognitive decline.
Sep 25- Faculty
- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
- Promovendus/a
- Hannes Almgren
- Academic Degree
- Doctor in de Psychologie
- Promotor(s)
- Promotor: Prof. dr. Daniele Marinazzo, vakgroep Data-Analyse (PP01)
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Lithics in contact. The neolithization process in the lower-Scheldt basin (mid-6th to mid-4th millennium BC) from a lithic perspective
Sep 25- Faculty
- Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
- Promovendus/a
- Liesbeth Messiaen
- Academic Degree
- Doctor in de archeologie
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Philippe Crombé, LW02
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Computational Analysis of Two-Phase Flow-Induced Vibration in Heat Exchanger and Piping Geometries
Sep 25- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Promovendus/a
- Laurent De Moerloose
- Academic Degree
- Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: werktuigkunde-elektrotechniek
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Joris Degroote, vakgroep Elektromechanica, Systeem- en Metaalengineering - prof. Michel De Paepe, vakgroep Elektromechanica, Systeem- en Metaalengineering
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Naar een beter burgerlijk procesrecht via datavergaring en zorgvuldig procesgedrag
Sep 25- Faculty
- Faculty of Law and Criminology
- Promovendus/a
- Tijl De Jaeger
- Academic Degree
- Doctor in de Rechten
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Piet Taelman, Vakgroep Metajuridica, Privaat- en Ondernemingsrecht (RE21)
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The impact of corporate tax incentives for business – An analysis based on corporate tax returns.
Sep 25- Faculty
- Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
- Promovendus/a
- Pieter Buyl
- Academic Degree
- Doctor in de toegepaste economische wetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Annelies Roggeman, vakgroep Accountancy, Bedrijfsfinanciering en Fiscaliteit - Prof. dr. Bertel De Groote, vakgroep Accountancy, Bedrijfsfinanciering en Fiscaliteit - Prof. Em. Antoine Doolaege
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Shifting the paradigm towards local therapies for metastatic prostate cancer
Sep 25- Faculty
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Promovendus/a
- Elise De Bleser
- Academic Degree
- Doctor in de gezondheidswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Piet Ost, Vakgroep Structuur en Herstel van de Mens - prof. Nicolaas Lumen, Vakgroep Structuur en Herstel van de Mens
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Maize production under Conservation Agriculture and Integrated Soil Fertility Management in the Sub-humid and Semi-arid regions of Kenya
Sep 28- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Promovendus/a
- Eunice Annah Mutuku
- Academic Degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen: Natuurlijke Rijkdommen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. ir. Wim Cornelis, BW20 - Prof. dr. ir. Pascal Boeckx, BW24 - Dr. ir. Bernard Vanlauwe, IITA, Nairobi, Kenya
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Integrating innovative fish monitoring and data analysis to support management of aquatic ecosystems
Sep 28- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Promovendus/a
- Stijn Bruneel
- Academic Degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. ir. Peter Goethals, BW22 - Prof. dr. Tom Moens, WE11
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Open-Channel Flow Past a Lateral Cavity: Experimental Study of Mass Exchange and Free-Surface Seiching
Sep 28- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Promovendus/a
- Lukas Engelen
- Academic Degree
- Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: bouwkunde
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Tom De Mulder, vakgroep Civiele Techniek
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Development of a mucosal self-amplifying mRNA vaccine against female Chlamydia trachomatis infections
Sep 28- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Promovendus/a
- Arlieke Gitsels
- Academic Degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen: Biotechnologie
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Daisy Vanrompay, BW22 - Prof. dr. Niek Sanders, DI07
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Imposing street authority & the politics of everyday policing (anti-)gangs, the state & martial arts and action movies in goma, DRC
Sep 28- Faculty
- Faculty of Political and Social Sciences
- Promovendus/a
- Maarten Hendriks
- Academic Degree
- Doctor in de Politieke Wetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. Dr. Koen Vlassenroot Ereprof. Dr. Paul Ponsaers