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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Fine-Grained Urban Spatial Modeling from Street View Imagery for Smart Cities
Jun 01- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Xiaobing Wei
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: geomatica en landmeetkunde
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Haosheng Huang, WE12 - prof. dr. Nico Van de Weghe, WE12
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Integrated modeling of nutrient emissions to air and water: Synergetic solutions for the European future
Jun 01- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- Aslihan Ural Janssen
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. ir. Erik Meers (Promotor admin), BW24 - Dr. Maryna Strokal (Promotor), Universiteit Wageningen
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Construing Consumer Experience Across Linguacultures: A Multimethod Study of (Im)personalization in German and English Online Hotel Reviews
Jun 01- Faculty
- Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
- Doctoral candidate
- Bridgit Corinne Fastrich
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de taalkunde
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Sofie Decock, LW22
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High-dimensional expanders from Kac-Moody-Steinberg groups
Jun 01- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Inga Valentiner-Branth
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de wetenschappen: wiskunde
- Promotor(s)
- prof. dr. Tom De Medts, WE02
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Engineering Anti-Cancer Immunity via Recombinant Protein Design and Hybrid Synthetic Cell Surface Targeting.
Jun 01- Faculty
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Justine Aelvoet
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de farmaceutische wetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Bruno De Geest, UGent-Geneesmiddelenleer - Dr. Benoit Louage, UGent-Geneesmiddelenleer
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Evaluation of the Sexual Assault Care Centres pilot in Belgium from the perspective of victims: A mixed-methods study
Jun 02- Faculty
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Saar Baert
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de gezondheidswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Ines Keygnaert, Vakgroep Volksgezondheid en Eerstelijnszorg – prof. Kristien Roelens, Vakgroep Structuur en Herstel van de Mens
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Seeing Beyond the Surface: Computer Vision for Enhancing Intraoperative Diagnosis of Peritoneal Metastases”.
Jun 02- Faculty
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Francesca Tozzi
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Health Sciences and of Biomedical Engineering
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Wouter Willaert, Vakgroep Structuur en Herstel van de Mens – prof. Wesley De Neve, Vakgroep Elektronica en Informatiesystemen – prof. Niki Rashidian, Vakgroep Structuur en Herstel van de Mens
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Combining hydrothermal carbonization and biogas production for chicken manure valorization
Jun 03- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- Leyanet Odales Bernal
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen: chemie en bioprocestechnologie
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. ir. Frederik Ronsse (Promotor admin), BW24 - Prof. dr. Ernesto Luis Barrera Cardoso (Promotor), University of Sancti Spiritus, Cuba
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Sustained Load Behaviour of Fastening Systems in Concrete
Jun 03- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Doctoral candidate
- Andrea Carolina Oña Vera
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: bouwkunde
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Roman Wan-Wendner, vakgroep Bouwkundige Constructies en Bouwmaterialen - prof. Wouter De Corte, vakgroep Bouwkundige Constructies en Bouwmaterialen
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An integrated near-infrared hyperspectral imaging (NIR-HSI), chemometrics, and machine-learning framework for detecting and quantifying adulteration in olive oil, saffron, and coffee
Jun 04- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- Derick Nyabera Malavi
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen: levensmiddelenwetenschappen en voeding
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Sam Van Haute (Promotor admin), BW23 - KR01 - Prof. dr. ir. Katleen Raes (Promotor), BW23
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Unruly plants: the ecologies of settler colonialism in Alberta, Canada
Jun 04- Faculty
- Faculty of Political and Social Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Juliette Billiet
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Politieke Wetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. Dr. Koenraad Bogaert
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Caught between protection and autonomy A children's rights perspective on the regulation of sexting between children and of the consumption of online pornography by children.
Jun 04- Faculty
- Faculty of Law and Criminology
- Doctoral candidate
- Argyro Chatzinikolaou
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de rechten
- Promotor(s)
- Prof, Eva Lievens, RE21
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Effects of micropollutants on microalgal-bacterial aerobic granular sludge performance and downstream biomass digestibility
Jun 05- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- Moein Besharatifard
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen: Milieuwetenschappen en technologie
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Di Wu (Promotor admin), BW24, KR01 - Prof. dr. ir. Jo De Vrieze (Promotor), BW25
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The Book That Staged Religion: Aspects of Theatricality in Bernard and Picart's Religious Ceremonies of the World
Jun 05- Faculty
- Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
- Doctoral candidate
- Steff Nellis
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de kunstwetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Bram Van Oostveldt, LW17 - Prof. dr. Paola von Wyss-Giacosa, University of Zurich, Switzerland
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‘Mine is interested in housing’: A socio-spatial research in social high-rise housing and psychiatry
Jun 05- Faculty
- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
- Doctoral candidate
- Simon Allemeersch
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Social Work and Social Welfare Studies
- Promotor(s)
- Administratief promotor: prof. dr. Griet Roets, vakgroep Sociaal Werk en Sociale Pedagogiek (PP04) - promotoren: prof. dr. Pascal De Decker (KU Leuven) - prof. dr. Kris Rutten, vakgroep Onderwijskunde (PP06)
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The Advent of Buddhist Monastic Bodies in China: Symbolic Appearance, Identity Markers and Social Perceptions
Jun 05- Faculty
- Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
- Doctoral candidate
- Massimiliano Portoghese
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Aziatische talen en culturen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. Ann Heirman, LW21 - Prof. dr. Christoph Anderl, LW21
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Valorization of poultry manure through anaerobic co-digestion with locally available organic waste - an integrated approach for bioenergy production and nutrient recovery in a circular economy framework
Jun 08- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- Anna Jasińska
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. ir. Erik Meers (Promotor admin), BW24 - dr. Anna Grosser (Promotor), Częstochowa University of Technology, Polen
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Understanding, Structuring, and Fairly Allocating Consequential Resources in High-Stakes Information Retrieval
Jun 08- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Doctoral candidate
- Nan Li
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: computerwetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Tijl De Bie, vakgroep Elektronica en Informatiesystemen - prof. Jefrey Lijffijt, vakgroep Elektronica en Informatiesystemen
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Advanced Energy System Integration through Industry Clustering
Jun 10- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Doctoral candidate
- Nienke Dhondt
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: werktuigkunde-elektrotechniek
- Promotor(s)
- prof. Greet Van Eetvelde, vakgroep Elektromechanica, Systeem- en Metaalengineering - prof. Lieven Vandevelde, vakgroep Elektromechanica, Systeem- en Metaalengineering
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Electrochemical conversion of lithium salts into battery precursors
Jun 10- Faculty
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
- Doctoral candidate
- Guillaume Henderson
- Academic degree
- Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen
- Promotor(s)
- Prof. dr. ir. Nico Boon (Promotor admin), BW25 - Dr. ir. Luiza Bonin (Promotor), BW25 - Dr. Wouter Schutyser (Promotor), Umicore Corporate Research & Development