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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Organizational Change in Public Organizations: The Development of the Organizational Change Capability Measurement Scale for Public Organizations
Jan 09- Faculty
- Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
- Doctoral candidate
- Sven Vanhengel
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Toegepaste Economische Wetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. Dr. Marleen Easton, vakgroep Bestuurskunde en Publiek Management - Col. IMM Dr. Ir. Geert Letens, Royal Military Academy - Prof. Dr. Bert George, City University Hong Kong
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Exploring the Potential of Aquaglyceroporins to Enhance Transport in Microbial Cell Factories
Jan 09- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- Liam Richard Jenkins Sánchez
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. ir. Inge Van Bogaert (Promotor admin), BW25
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Design of Zeolite-Based Materials for the Acid-Catalyzed Dehydration of 1,3-Butanediol as a Sustainable Route to Butadiene
Jan 09- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Doctoral candidate
- Loïc Eloi
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de industriële wetenschappen: chemie
- Promotor(s)
- prof. An Verberckmoes, vakgroep Materialen, Textiel en Chemische Proceskunde - dr. ir. Jeroen Poissonnier, vakgroep Materialen, Textiel en Chemische Proceskunde - prof. Joris Thybaut, vakgroep Materialen, Textiel en Chemische Proceskunde
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Responses of calanoid and harpacticoid copepods to rising temperatures: a multigenerational perspective
Jan 09- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Lotte Janssens
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: mariene wetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Marleen De Troch, WE11 - prof. dr. Jana Asselman, BW22
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Droplet microfluidics: a toolbox for microbial ecology
Jan 09- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- Wannes Nauwynck
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. ir. Nico Boon (Promotor admin), BW25 - Prof. dr. Karoline Faust (Promotor), KU Leuven
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From symptoms to solutions in painful knee arthroplasty patients: an outcome-based perspective
Jan 09- Faculty
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Lenka Stroobant
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de gezondheidswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Jan Victor, Vakgroep Structuur en Herstel van de Mens – copromotor: prof. Arne Burssens, Vakgroep Structuur en Herstel van de Mens – copromotor: dr. Stefaan Van Onsem, Vakgroep Structuur en Herstel van de Mens
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Bayesian Inference of Tungsten Impurity Transport in Fusion Plasmas
Jan 12- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Doctoral candidate
- Hao Wu
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: toegepaste natuurkunde
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Geert Verdoolaege, vakgroep Toegepaste Fysica - dr. Didier Mazon, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (Frankrijk)
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Distribution and dynamics of microplastics in soils
Jan 13- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- Nick Krekelbergh
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen: Natuurlijke Rijkdommen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. ir. Stefaan De Neve (Promotor admin), BW20 - Prof. dr. ir. Ann Verdoodt (Promotor), BW20 - Prof. dr. ir. Steven Sleutel (Promotor), BW20 - Prof. dr. Andre Skirtach (Promotor), BW25
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From Pixels to Behaviour: Towards Automated Broiler Welfare Assessment through Computer Vision
Jan 13- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Doctoral candidate
- Thorsten Cardoen
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de industriële wetenschappen: informatica
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Pieter Simoens, vakgroep Informatietechnologie - prof. Sam Leroux, vakgroep Informatietechnologie
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Unveiling the hidden role of bacteria in pollinator insects
Jan 13- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Juliana Botero Cardona
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: biochemie en biotechnologie
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Peter Vandamme, WE10
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Making Narratives of an Empire's Unmaking: A Critical Spatialization of Byzantine Historiography of the Late Eleventh and Early Twelfth Centuries
Jan 14- Faculty
- Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
- Doctoral candidate
- Pırıl Us MacLennan
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de letterkunde
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Floris Bernard, LW07 - Prof. Peter Van Nuffelen, LW03
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Perioperative pharmacological modulation of the hepatic circulation
Jan 14- Faculty
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Jurgen Van Limmen
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de gezondheidswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Luc De Baerdemaeker, Vakgroep Fundamentele en Toegepaste Medische Wetenschappen – em. prof. Stefan De Hert, Vakgroep Fundamentele en Toegepaste Medische Wetenschappen – prof. Frederik Berrevoet, Vakgroep Structuur en Herstel van de Mens
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Broccoli by-product valorization focused on isothiocyanate enrichment by fermentation
Jan 14- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- Fanfen Song
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. ir. Katleen Raes (Promotor admin), BW23 - Prof. dr. Imca Sampers (Promotor), BW23
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Carbohydrate Use in Meat Products and Analogues: (Glyc)oxidation during Digestion and Implications for Gut Health
Jan 15- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- Xiaona Tian
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen: levensmiddelenwetenschappen en voeding
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. ir. Stefaan De Smet (Promotor admin), BW22 - Prof. dr. Thomas Van Hecke (Promotor), BW22
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Experimental Study of the Wave-Induced Pore Pressures around an Offshore Monopile Foundation
Jan 15- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Doctoral candidate
- Maria Gkougkoudi-Papaioannou
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: bouwkunde
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Peter Troch, vakgroep Civiele Techniek - prof. Bruno Stuyts, vakgroep Civiele Techniek
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Double Reality
Jan 15- Faculty
- Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
- Doctoral candidate
- Tom Callemin
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de kunsten: beeldende kunsten
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Koenraad Jonckheere, LW17 - Dr. Anouk De Clercq, HOGENT
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Biomonitoring Paleozoic Ocean Anoxia: How chitinozoan malformations and geochemical anomalies chronicle brine-driven global change
Jan 15- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Tim De Backer
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: geologie
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Thijs Vandenbroucke, WE13 - dr. Poul Emsbo, United States Survey (USGS)
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From nanopowders to photocatalytic coatings: degradation of gaseous volatile organic compounds
Jan 15- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Ewoud Cosaert
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: fysica
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Dirk Poelman, WE04 - prof. dr. Geraldine Heynderickx, EA11
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Attraction in a Multipolar World: A Mixed-Methods Explanatory Study of the Soft Power of Russia, China, and the EU Among Students from Leading Universities in Kazakhstan
Jan 15- Faculty
- Faculty of Political and Social Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- John Irgengioro
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Politieke Wetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. Dr. Fabienne Bossuyt (supervisor) Prof. Dr. Dawid Walentek (supervisor) Prof. Dr. Natalia Chaban (supervisor University of Canterbury)
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A Pledge of your Teacher’s Love. The didactic poems of Niketas of Herakleia. Edition, translation, commentary and literary analysis
Jan 16- Faculty
- Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
- Doctoral candidate
- Nina Vanhoutte
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de letterkunde
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Floris Bernard, LW07 - Dr. Julián Bértola, LW07