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Engineering triterpenoid saponin biosynthesis and investigating the functional roles of rhizogenic Agrobacterium T-DNA ORFs in hairy root induction

May 07

Faculty

Faculty of Sciences

Doctoral candidate

Tongtong Qu

Academic degree

Doctor in de wetenschappen: biochemie en biotechnologie

Promotor(s)

prof. dr. Alain Goossens, WE09 - dr. Elia Lacchini, Université de Lausanne, Zwitserland
Multi-scale Influence Mechanisms of Phenological Temporal Structure on Carbon Exchange in Northern Hemisphere Terrestrial Ecosystems

May 08

Faculty

Faculty of Sciences

Doctoral candidate

Yu Zhang

Academic degree

Doctor in de wetenschappen: geografie

Promotor(s)

prof. dr. Piet Termonia, WE05 - em. prof. dr. Philippe De Maeyer, WE12 - prof. dr. Geping Luo, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography (XIEG), China - dr. Rafiq Hamdi, WE04
Upper Ordovician chitinozoan taxonomy, biozonation, and chronocorrelation in the U.S. midcontinent

May 08

Faculty

Faculty of Sciences

Doctoral candidate

Cristiana de Jesus Paulo Esteves

Academic degree

Doctor in de wetenschappen: geologie

Promotor(s)

prof. dr. Thijs Vandenbroucke, WE13 - dr. Patrick McLaughlin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
Evolution and Diversification of East African Sweet Potato Crop Wild Relatives (Ipomoea L., Convolvulaceae)

May 28

Faculty

Faculty of Sciences

Doctoral candidate

Samuel Paul Kagame

Academic degree

Doctor in de wetenschappen: biologie

Promotor(s)

prof. dr. Lars Chatrou, WE11 - prof. dr. Anne Mugai, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenia - dr. Ana Rita Simões, Missouri Botanical Garden, Africa & Madagascar Department, USA
Urban impacts on waterbird habitats and flyway connectivity: a machine-learning framework with multi-source data

Jun 11

Faculty

Faculty of Sciences

Doctoral candidate

Xiapeng Jiang

Academic degree

Doctor in de wetenschappen: geografie en geomatica

Promotor(s)

prof. dr. Tim Van de Voorde, WE12 - prof. dr. Dries Bonte, WE11