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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“Think of the Children!” Placing Flemish Adolescents’ Digital Harm Experiences in Perspective
Jul 07- Faculty
- Faculty of Political and Social Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Arturo Cocchi
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Communicatiewetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. Dr. Mariek Vanden Abeele (supervisor PSW) Prof. Dr. Ernst H.W. Koster (supervisor, PPW) Prof. Dr. Bram de Wever (supervisor, PPW)
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Advancing Tree Biotechnology: Micropropagation, Transformation, and Rejuvenation of Melia volkensii
Jul 07- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- Nandini Bhogar Suresh
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. ir. Stefaan Werbrouck (Promotor admin), BW21
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From care to independence: how early-life conditions shape juvenile gull survival and behaviour
Jul 07- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Reinoud Allaert
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: biologie
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Frederick Verbruggen, PP02; WE11 - prof. dr. Luc Lens, WE11 - prof. dr. Wendt Müller, Universiteit Antwerpen - dr. Eric Stienen, Inbo
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High-Speed Optical Transmitters Based on Micro-Transfer Printing for Advanced Modulation Formats
Jul 07- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Doctoral candidate
- Tinus Pannier
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: elektrotechniek
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Peter Ossieur, vakgroep Informatietechnologie - prof. Günther Roelkens, vakgroep Informatietechnologie
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Colours and structures in mammals: a macro to micro approach
Jul 08- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Jessica Leigh Dobson
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: biologie
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Matthew Shawkey, WE11 - prof. dr. Liliana D'Alba Altamirano, WE11
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Deep Application of Organic Amendments and Biostimulants: Regulation of Soil Profile Processes and Maize Productivity
Jul 08- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- Dewen Qiao
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Abdul Mouazen (Promotor admin), BW20 - Prof. dr. Cristina Cruz (Promotor), University of Lisbon
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From characterization to translation: targeting the tumor microenvironment in colorectal peritoneal metastases
Jul 08- Faculty
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Sam Ernst
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de gezondheidswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Wim Ceelen, Vakgroep Structuur en Herstel van de Mens – prof. Olivier De Wever, Vakgroep Structuur en Herstel van de Mens
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Rheology-Driven Design for 3D Printing of Soft Materials: Towards Novel Plant-Based Meat Analogs
Jul 08- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Doctoral candidate
- Elise Caron
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: chemische technologie en in de bio-ingenieurswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Flavio Marchesini de Oliveira, vakgroep Materialen, Textiel en Chemische Proceskunde - prof. Koen Dewettinck, vakgroep Levensmiddelentechnologie, Voedselveiligheid en Gezondheid
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Targeting noradrenergic pathways to protect the juvenile brain against radiation-induced damage
Jul 08- Faculty
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Isabeau De Bie
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de gezondheidswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Robrecht Raedt, Vakgroep Hoofd en Huid – dr. Irina Primac, Nuclear Medicine Applications Institute SCK CEN
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A Study on the Relation between Actor and Audience in Participatory Theatre: Read with Martin Buber’s Philosophy of Encounter
Jul 09- Faculty
- Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
- Doctoral candidate
- Eun Kyoung Shin
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de kunstwetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Christel Stalpaert, LW17 - Em. prof. dr. Eun Kyoung Shin, Kookmin University, Republiek Korea
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A normative analysis of mobile health-driven empowerment
Jul 10- Faculty
- Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
- Doctoral candidate
- Jesse Gray
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wijsbegeerte
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Heidi Mertes, GE39, LW01 - Prof. dr. Seppe Segers, LW01
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Mavericks at the dawn of the Jurassic: Palynology and Teratology as Records of Environmental Stress
Jul 14- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Joana de Freitas Rosin
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: geologie
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Thijs Vandenbroucke, WE13 - dr. Bas van de Schootbrugge, Universiteit Utrecht
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Decoding novel therapeutic targets against rectal cancer iron metabolism and immune microenvironment
Jul 14- Faculty
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Diogo Miguel Monteiro Estêvão
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Molecular and Cellular Biotechnology Applied to Health Sciences (UPorto) and Doctor of Health Sciences (UGent)
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Olivier De Wever, Vakgroep Structuur en Herstel van de Mens – prof. Maria Oliveira, UPorto – dr. Tânia Cruz, UPorto
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Defending the Defenders in the Digital Sphere: a legal analysis of digital intimidation used against environmental defenders.
Jul 14- Faculty
- Faculty of Law and Criminology
- Doctoral candidate
- Lien Stolle
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de rechten
- Promotor(s)
- Prof, Eva Lievens, RE21 - Prof, An Cliquet, RE22
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Development of 3D Models to Study Cardiac Aging in Space
Jul 15- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Emil Rehnberg
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: fysica
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Sarah Baatout, WE05 - prof. dr. Lorenzo Moroni, Universiteit Maastricht, Nederland - dr. ing. Kevin Tabury, SCK CEN - dr. Bjorn Baselet, SCK-CEN
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The Ahrensburgian and the Mesolithic in Belgium: a zooarchaeological perspective
Jul 16- Faculty
- Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
- Doctoral candidate
- Camille Pironneau
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de archeologie
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. Isabelle De Groote, LW02 - Prof. dr. Grégory Abrams, LW02 - Em. prof. dr. Philippe Crombé, LW02
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Cylindrical and subelliptic Sobolev-Hardy type inequalities
Aug 04- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Yerkin Shaimerdenov
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: wiskunde
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Michael Ruzhansky, WE16 - dr. Nurgissa Yessirkegenov, SDU University, Kazakhstan
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Reliability-Based Analysis and Design Optimization of Base-Isolated Structures under Near-Fault Pulse-Like Stochastic Ground Motions
Aug 19- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Doctoral candidate
- Renjie Han
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: bouwkunde
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Robby Caspeele, vakgroep Bouwkundige Constructies en Bouwmaterialen - prof. Mia Loccufier, vakgroep Elektromechanica, Systeem- en Metaalengineering - prof. Yongbo Peng, Tongji University (China)
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Highly Efficient Antenna Topologies for Robust and Cost-Effective 3D Ultra-Wideband Localization Systems
Aug 20- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Doctoral candidate
- Gert-Jan Gordebeke
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: elektrotechniek
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Sam Lemey, vakgroep Informatietechnologie - prof. Hendrik Rogier, vakgroep Informatietechnologie
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Greenhouse gas fluxes in a semi-deciduous tropical forest of the Congo Basin
Aug 20- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- Roxanne Daelman
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. ir. Pascal Boeckx (Promotor admin), BW24 - Prof. dr. ir. Marijn Bauters (Promotor), BW20