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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Contributions to analytic number theory: Zero-density estimates for L-functions, almost-prime k-tuples, and Tauberian theorems
May 21- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Bin Chen
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: wiskunde
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Jasson Vindas Diaz, WE16 - dr. Gregory Debruyne, WE16
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The coast and human health: An analysis of psychological, physiological, and social phenomena
May 21- Faculty
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Alexander Hooyberg
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de gezondheidswetenschappen en in de sociologie
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Stefaan De Henauw, Vakgroep Volksgezondheid en Eerstelijnszorg – prof. Henk Roose, Vakgroep Sociologie – prof. Gert Everaert, Research Department, Flanders Marine Institute, Belgium Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, France – dr. Nathalie Michels, Vakgroep Ontwikkelings-, Persoonlijkheids- en Sociale Psychologie
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Vibration-Based Structural Health Monitoring of Composites Using Neural Networks
May 22- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Doctoral candidate
- Muhammad Irfan Shirazi
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: werktuigkunde-elektrotechniek
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Magd Abdel Wahab, vakgroep Elektromechanica, Systeem- en Metaalengineering
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Decentralized rural wastewater treatment: pilot and full scale demonstration of technological feasibility and environmental sustainability.
May 22- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- Rui Zhang
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen: Milieuwetenschappen en technologie
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. ir. Stijn Van Hulle, BW24 - Prof. dr. ir. Diederik Rousseau, BW24
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Microbial and macroinvertebrate community composition and pesticide presence in the Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia
May 22- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Bayeh Abera Beyene
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Wetenschappen: biologie
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Elie Verleyen, WE11 - Prof. dr. Peter Goethals - BW22
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Fairness through randomization: an operations research perspective
May 22- Faculty
- Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
- Doctoral candidate
- Tom Demeulemeester
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de toegepaste economische wetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Dries Goossens, vakgroep Beleidsinformatica en Operationeel beheer - Prof. dr. Roel Leus, KULeuven
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Study of Runoff Changes in the Main Reaches of the Amu Darya River and Its Water Resources Allocation
May 23- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Min Wang
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: geografie
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Alain De Wulf, WE12 - em. prof. dr. Philippe De Maeyer, WE12 - prof. dr. Xi Chen, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, China
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Scaling up, sustaining and enhancing school-based sexuality education programmes in resource constrained and conservative contexts: Replicable lessons from positive-deviant countries
May 23- Faculty
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Venkatraman Chandra Mouli
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de gezondheidswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Souheila Abbeddou, Vakgroep Volksgezondheid en Eerstelijnszorg - prof. Marleen Temmerman, Vakgroep Volksgezondheid en Eerstelijnszorg – prof. Kristien Michielsen, KU Leuven
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Antimicrobial stewardship in the intensive care unit: evolving challenges and data science opportunities
May 23- Faculty
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Thomas De Corte
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de gezondheidswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Jan De Waele, Vakgroep Inwendige Ziekten en Pediatrie - prof. Sofie Van Hoecke, Vakgroep Elektronica en Informatiesystemen – prof. Pieter Depuydt, Vakgroep Inwendige Ziekten en Pediatrie
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Multiple label-free microscopy techniques and machine learning to investigate regulated cancer cell death modalities
May 24- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- Joost (Johannes Marinus) Verduijn
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen: Biotechnologie
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Andre Skirtach, BW25 - Prof. dr. Dmitri Krysko, GE05
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Confucianism and Metaphysics: Studies on The Analects in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties
May 24- Faculty
- Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
- Doctoral candidate
- Jiang Fan
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Aziatische talen en culturen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Bart Dessein, LW21 - Prof. dr. Song Hongbing, Renmin University of China, China
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Recent Advances in tremors in dogs and cats
May 24- Faculty
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
- Doctoral candidate
- Theofanis Liatis
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de diergeneeskundige wetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. Steven De Decker, Royal Veterinary College, UK - Prof. Sarne De Vliegher, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UGent - Dr. Sofie F.M. Bhatti, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UGent
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Formal and informal institutions and their role in shaping vulnerability to HIV for young people (15-24 years) working in social venues in Uganda: - a sequential multi-methods study
May 24- Faculty
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Susan Babirye
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de gezondheidswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Souheila Abbeddou, Vakgroep Volksgezondheid en Eerstelijnszorg - prof. Kristien Michielsen, KU Leuven – prof. Freddie Ssengooba, Makerere University Uganda
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Model-Informed Drug Development Strategies to Accelerate Pharmaceutical Innovation and Optimize Therapeutic Use.
May 24- Faculty
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Louis Sandra
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de farmaceutische wetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. An Vermeulen, UGent-Bioanalyse - Dr. Huybrecht T'Jollyn, Johnson & Johnson
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Synergistic Integration of Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing for a Performance-Oriented Structural Design with Advanced Cement-Based Materials
May 27- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Doctoral candidate
- Davide di Summa
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: bouwkunde
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Nele De Belie, vakgroep Bouwkundige Constructies en Bouwmaterialen - prof. Liberato Ferrara (Politecnico di Milano, Italië)
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Laplace transform method for hypercomplex Fourier transforms
May 27- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Ze Yang
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: wiskunde
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Hendrik De Bie, EA06 - prof. dr. Hennie De Schepper, EA06
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Methods for differential expression analysis in single-cell transcriptomics at the gene- and subgene level
May 27- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Jeroen Gilis
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: statistische data-analyse
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Lieven Clement, WE02 - prof. dr. Yvan Saeys, WE02 - dr. Koen Van den Berge, Janssen Pharmaceutica
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Unraveling Inflammation in Chronic Rhinosinusitis: From Endotyping to Impact of Biologicals
May 27- Faculty
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Sharon Van Nevel
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de gezondheidswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Philippe Gevaert, Vakgroep Hoofd en Huid - prof. Claus Bachert, Vakgroep Hoofd en Huid – prof. Stijn Vanhee, Vakgroep Hoofd en Huid
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Connectivity Perspectives on Water and Sediment Flows in the Gumara and Rib Catchments (Ethiopia)
May 28- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Anik Juli Dwi Astuti
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: geografie
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Amaury Frankl, WE12 - ereprof. dr. Jan Nyssen, WE12
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The Wavelength Dimension in Photonic Reservoir Computing
May 28- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Doctoral candidate
- Emmanuel Gooskens
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: fotonica
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Peter Bienstman, vakgroep Informatietechnologie - prof. Joni Dambre, vakgroep Elektronica en Informatiesystemen