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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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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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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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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Application-Specific High Dynamic Range Imaging: Design, Improvements, and Evaluation for Cinematic Content and Automated Driving Systems
Jan 16- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Doctoral candidate
- Ana Stojkovikj
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: computerwetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Wilfried Philips, vakgroep Telecommunicatie en Informatieverwerking - prof. Jan Aelterman, vakgroep Telecommunicatie en Informatieverwerking
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Targeting chitinase-like proteins to overcome immune checkpoint blockade resistance in heterogeneous triplenegative mammary tumors
Jan 16- Faculty
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
- Doctoral candidate
- Robbe Salembier
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de diergeneeskundige wetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Evelyne Meyer, Faculteit Diergeneeskunde, UGent - Dr. Jonas Steenbrugge, Faculteit Diergeneeskunde, UGent
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Efficient Lattice Discrete Particle Model for Simulating the Fracture Behavior of Concrete
Jan 16- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Doctoral candidate
- Jiajia Wang
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: bouwkunde
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Roman Wan-Wendner, vakgroep Bouwkundige Constructies en Bouwmaterialen - prof. Wouter Botte, vakgroep Bouwkundige Constructies en Bouwmaterialen - prof. Jan Vorel, Czech Technical University in Prague (Tsjechië)
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Power Take-Off and Control for Contra-Rotating Pump-Turbines in Hydropower Storage
Jan 16- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Doctoral candidate
- Daan Truijen
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de industriële wetenschappen: elektromechanica
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Jeroen De Kooning, vakgroep Elektromechanica, Systeem- en Metaalengineering - prof. Kurt Stockman, vakgroep Elektromechanica, Systeem- en Metaalengineering
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Learning-Based Approaches for Robotic Manipulation with Everyday Items
Jan 19- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Doctoral candidate
- Yi Liu
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de industriële wetenschappen: elektronica-ICT
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Francis wyffels, vakgroep Elektronica en Informatiesystemen - dr. ir. Andreas Verleysen, vakgroep Elektronica en Informatiesystemen
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Ecological resistance. Investigating Candida albicans-microbiota interactions in the M-SHIME® model: from commensalism to opportunism.
Jan 20- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- Benoît Marsaux
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. ir. Tom Van de Wiele (Promotor admin), BW25 - Prof. dr. ir. Massimo Marzorati (Promotor), BW25 - Dr. ing. Yorick Minnebo (Promotor), BW25
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Green Transformation of Lignin to Oligomeric Polyols: Comprehensive Characterization and Boronate Ester Gel Development
Jan 20- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Doctoral candidate
- Bram Jacobs
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de industriële wetenschappen: chemie
- Promotor(s)
- prof. An Verberckmoes, vakgroep Materialen, Textiel en Chemische Proceskunde - prof. Katrien Bernaerts, Universiteit Maastricht (Nederland) - prof. Geert-Jan Graulus, Universiteit Hasselt
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Drivers and barriers to farmers’ intention to adopt Orange-fleshed Sweet Potatoes in Ethiopia
Jan 20- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- Lidya Samuel Abayneh
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen: Socio-economie
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Hans De Steur (Promotor admin), BW27 - Prof. dr. Mulugeta Watabaji (Promotor), Haramaya University, Ethiopië - Dr. Marcia Dutra de Barcellos (Promotor), BW27, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazilië
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Russian Literature in Dutch Newspapers (1830s-1960s). A Study in Translation History
Jan 21- Faculty
- Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
- Doctoral candidate
- Gaëtan Regniers
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de vertaalwetenschap en in de letterkunde
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Piet Van Poucke, LW22 - Prof. dr. Marianne Van Remoortel, LW07
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Accessibility and Aesthetics in Dialogue: Reassembling translator agencies in multilingual, postdramatic theatre in Brussels
Jan 21- Faculty
- Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
- Doctoral candidate
- Eline Denolf
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de kunstwetenschappen en in de vertaalwetenschap (UGent) en Doctor of Philosophy (Macquarie University, Australië)
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Christel Stalpaert, LW17 - Prof. dr. Ulrike Garde, Macquarie University, Australië - Prof. dr. Jane Hanley, Macquarie University, Australië - Ereprof. dr. Désirée Schyns, LW22
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From pixels to biology: a flexible workflow for spatial transcriptomics analysis
Jan 21- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Lotte Pollaris
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: bio-informatica
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Yvan Saeys, WE02 - dr. Ruth Seurinck, WE02
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Interpersonal Emotion Regulation in Couples Facing Perinatal Depression
Jan 23- Faculty
- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Pauline Verhelst
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de psychologie
- Promotor(s)
- Administratief promotor: prof. dr. Lesley Verhofstadt, vakgroep Experimenteel-Klinische en Gezondheidspsychologie (PP05) - promotoren: prof. dr. Gilbert Lemmens, vakgroep Hoofd en Huid (GE34) - prof. dr. Laura Sels, vakgroep Experimenteel-Klinische en Gezondheidspsychologie (PP05)
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Konstruktionsgrammatik und Variation. Eine Mikrotypologie universaler Irrelevanzgefüge im Gegenwartsdeutschen
Jan 23- Faculty
- Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
- Doctoral candidate
- Flor Vander Haegen
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de taalkunde
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Torsten Leuschner, LW06
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Integration and Interfacing of Optoelectronics with Femtosecond Laser Microstructuring and 3D-Nanoprinting
Jan 26- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Doctoral candidate
- Athanasios Kyriazis
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: fotonica
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Geert Van Steenberge, UGent vakgroep Elektronica en Informatiesystemen - prof. Jurgen Van Erps, Vrije Universiteit Brussel - prof. Martin Virte, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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A knowledge-based machine learning framework for pharmaceutical direct compression
Jan 28- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- Manuel Borja Lopez Pelaez
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen: Wiskundige Modellering
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Jan Verwaeren (Promotor admin), BW26 - Dr. ir. Daan Van Hauwermeiren (Promotor), BW26 - Dr. Jens Dhondt (Promotor), Janssen Pharmaceutica