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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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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Preparation of Lithium Slag-Based Low-Clinker Cement and Mechanisms of Performance Regulation through Synergistic Utilization of Multiple Industrial Solid Wastes
Aug 19- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Doctoral candidate
- Wenbin Gao
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: bouwkunde
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Geert De Schutter, UGent vakgroep Bouwkundige Constructies en Bouwmaterialen - prof. Zhengwu Jiang, Tongji University (China)
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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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Study on the Performance Regulation Mechanism of Cement-Based Materials Based on Monomer In-Situ Polymerization
Aug 19- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Doctoral candidate
- Jiangfeng Long
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: bouwkunde
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Geert De Schutter, UGent vakgroep Bouwkundige Constructies en Bouwmaterialen - prof. Kai Wu, 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
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Power-to-Heat Electrified Shockwave Turboreactors for Steam Cracking: Experimental Validation, Aerothermal Design, and Optimization Using Computational Fluid Dynamics
Aug 24- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Doctoral candidate
- Rejish Lal Johnson Samee Lal
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: chemische technologie
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Kevin Van Geem, vakgroep Materialen, Textiel en Chemische Proceskunde - prof. Tom Verstraete, von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics
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Optimisation of agronomic and retting performance of industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) for long fibre production
Aug 24- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- Hanne Pappaert
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. ir. Leen De Gelder (Promotor admin), BW25 - Dr. ir. Veronique Troch (Promotor), Hogeschool Gent
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Design of smart lactoferrin by nanobody mediated targeting of lactoferrin to intestinal Chlamydia suis
Aug 24- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- Margaux Verhaeghe
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen: Biotechnologie
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Daisy Vanrompay (Promotor admin), BW22 - Prof. dr. Bert Devriendt (Promotor), DI04 - Prof. dr. Jan Gettemans (Promotor), GE31
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Understanding and Reducing Uncertainty in Deep Geothermal Systems
Aug 25- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Le Zhang
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: geologie
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Thomas Hermans, WE13 - prof. dr. Alexandros Daniilidis, TU Delft, Nederland - prof. dr. Anne-Catherine Dieudonné, TU Delft, Nederland
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On the Warp and Woof of Pattern Discovery in Geographic Time Series: A Methodological Framework for Unsupervised Learning with Dynamic Time Warping in a Geospatial Context
Aug 25- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Lars De Sloover
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: geomatica en landmeetkunde
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Nico Van de Weghe, WE12 - prof. dr. Haosheng Huang, WE12
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Understanding early developmental trajectories and assessment of children at elevated likelihood for autism
Aug 26- Faculty
- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Sarah Schaubroeck
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de psychologie
- Promotor(s)
- Administratief promotor: prof. dr. Herbert Roeyers, vakgroep Experimenteel-Klinische en Gezondheidspsychologie (PP05) - promotor: dr. Ellen Demurie, vakgroep Experimenteel-Klinische en Gezondheidspsychologie (PP05)
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How plants react to pressure waves: unravelling responses to acoustic and mechanical signals in Arabidopsis thaliana
Aug 26- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Marie Demey
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: biologie
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Dominique Van Der Straeten, WE11 - dr. Ratnesh Mishra, Biotalys
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Synthesis of New Triazolinedione Click Chemistry Reagents For Material And Life Sciences
Aug 27- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Kamil Ünal
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: chemie
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Johan Winne, WE07 - prof. dr. Filip Du Prez, WE07
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Epidemiology of fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli in the broiler production chain
Aug 27- Faculty
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
- Doctoral candidate
- Moniek Ringenier
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de diergeneeskundige wetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. Dr. J. Dewulf, Faculteit Diergeneeskunde, UGent - Prof. Dr. M. Devreese, Faculteit Diergeneeskunde, UGent - Dr. F. Boyen Faculteit Diergeneeskunde, UGent