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Doctoraatsverdedigingen in het Nederlands

Archive 2020


Jan 2020


• 10
  Jan Growth properties of carbon nanomaterials: towards tuning for electronic applications
  PhD defence Charlotte Vets - Faculty of Science
• 14
  Jan Structural intensity assessment & material identification of a human tympanic membrane
  PhD defence Felipe Pires - Faculty of Science - Department of Physics
• 16
  Jan Novel Native Mass Spectrometry and Ion Mobility Approaches for the Characterization of Membrane Proteins and Pores
  PhD defence Jeroen van Dyck - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
• 20
  Jan Bio(inspired) strategies for the electro-sensing of β-lactam antibiotics
  PhD defence Fabio Bottari - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
• 20
  Jan Characterization of defects, modulations and surface layers in topological insulators and structurally related compounds
  PhD defence Carolien Callaert - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 21
  Jan Magnetic and analytical fingerprinting of particulate matter for urban (bio)monitoring
  PhD defence Ana Castanheiro - Faculty of Science, Department of Bioscience Engineering
Feb 2020


• 4
  Feb Hyperspectral Image Mixture Analysis Using Notions of Sparsity, Nonlinearity and Decision Fusion
  PhD defence Vera Andrejchenko - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 10
  Feb Influence of nano- and microstructural features and defects in fine-grained Ni-Ti on the thermal and mechanical reversibility of the martensitic transformation
  PhD defence Saeid Pourbabak - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 21
  Feb Machine learning for decision support in adaptive immunology
  PhD defence Nicolas De Neuter - Faculty of Science
• 25
  Feb Towards Scalable End-to-End Programmable Industrial Internet of Things
  PhD defence Esteban Municio Hernández - Faculty of Science, Department of Computer Science
• 28
  Feb Interactive effects of metal ions and other environmental stressors on zebrafish (Danio rerio): evidence from toxicological and behavioural approaches
  PhD defence Ali Pilehvar - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
Mar 2020


• 9
  Mar Systematic conservation planning in the high Andes of Bolivia: application of modeling tools for integrative management of natural areas
  PhD defence Constance Fastré - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 9
  Mar Biodiversity and carbon storage conservation in the Congo Basin lowland rainforests
  PhD defence Frederik Van de Perre - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 17
  Mar Qualitative and quantitative determination of cocaine using mid-infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics
  PhD defence Joy Eliaerts - Faculty of Science
• 20
  Mar Automated in silico design of materials for energy and plasma applications
  PhD defence Marnik Bercx - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 25
  Mar POSTPONED - Enabling interoperability between MAC-heterogeneous sensor networks
  PhD defence Daniel van den Akker - Faculty of Science, Department of Computer Science
Apr 2020


• 24
  Apr Joint mechanics and inertia of the forelimb in extant equids as an initial step towards testing hypotheses on the evolution of monodactyly
  ONLINE PhD defence Mariëlle Kaashoek - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 27
  Apr Plasma Chemistry Modelling for CO2 and CH4 Conversion in Various Plasma Types
  ONLINE PhD defence Stijn Heijkers - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
May 2020


• 4
  May Tuning material properties of organic surface modified titania: synthesis-property correlation
  ONLINE PhD defence Jeroen Van Dijck - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
• 7
  May Characterization of novel materials for thin film photovoltaics by electron paramagnetic resonance and optical spectroscopic methods
  ONLINE PhD defence Melissa Van Landeghem - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 8
  May Ligand binding in haem-containing proteins: A chiroptical study
  ONLINE PhD defence Roberta Sgammato - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
• 14
  May Mining Cohesive Patterns in Sequences and Extreme Multi-label Classification
  ONLINE PhD defence Len Feremans - Faculty of Science, Department of Computer Science
• 15
  May Parental investment in a changing world
  Online PhD defence Marwa Kavelaars - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 25
  May Dynamics and decay of solitary excitations in superfluid Fermi gases
  ONLINE PhD defence Wout Van Alphen - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 27
  May Density functional theory calculations for understanding gas conversion reactions on single metal atom embedded carbon-based nanocatalysts
  ONLINE PhD defence Parisa Nematollahi - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
• 29
  May Path integral description of excitations in superfluid Fermi gases
  ONLINE PhD defence Senne Van Loon - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
Jun 2020


• 3
  Jun Qualitative and quantitative determination of cocaine using mid-infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics
  ONLINE PhD defence Joy Eliaerts - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
• 4
  Jun Manoeuvrability and the anatomy of the inner ear in lacertid lizards: An ecological approach
  ONLINE PhD defence Menelia Vasilopoulou-Kampitsi - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 24
  Jun Gaussian quantum trajectories for the variational simulation of open quantum systems, with photonic applications
  ONLINE PhD defence Wouter Verstraelen - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 25
  Jun Characterization of NV- centers in diamond materials and their application in microscopy and temperature sensing
  ONLINE PhD defence Shashi Kanth Reddy Singam - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 25
  Jun Three-dimensional characterisation of nanomaterials: from model-like systems to real nanostructures
  ONLINE PhD defence Thais Milagres de Oliveira - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 26
  Jun Toward Fast and Dose Efficient Electron Tomography
  ONLINE PhD defence Hans Vanrompay - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 30
  Jun Influence of urbanisation on the gut microbiota of avian hosts and implications for host fitness
  ONLINE PhD defence Aimeric Teyssier - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
Jul 2020


• 9
  Jul Accurate and precise perfusion parameter estimation in pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling MRI
  ONLINE PhD defence Piet Bladt - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
Aug 2020


• 26
  Aug Mass spectrometry imaging combined with top-down proteomics to predict a more accurate immunotherapy response in non-small cell lung cancer patients
  ONLINE PhD defence Eline Berghmans - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 27
  Aug A highly accurate portable electrochemical sensor for cocaine: from methodology to testing in the field
  ONLINE PhD defence Mats de Jong - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
Sep 2020


• 3
  Sep Measurement of the Higgs boson decay to a W boson pair at 13 TeV with the CMS detector
  ONLINE PhD defence Davide Di Croce - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 9
  Sep Towards a better understanding of nutrient cycling in the lowland tropical rainforests of French Guiana
  ONLINE PhD defence Leandro Van Langenhove - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 16
  Sep Enabling interoperability between MAC-heterogeneous sensor networks
  ONLINE PhD defence Daniel van den Akker - Faculty of Science, Department of Computer Science
• 25
  Sep Unravelling the structure-function relationship of heme proteins - Spectroscopic studies of their redox-active sites
  ONLINE PhD defence Kevin NYS - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
Oct 2020


• 9
  Oct Identification of health- and disease-associated bacteria for chronic otitis media with effusion through microbiome comparison and in vitro experimentation
  POSTPONED : Online PhD defence Jennifer Jörissen - Faculty of Science, Department of Bioscience Engineering
• 15
  Oct Spontaneous and induced magnetisation in two-dimensional and bulk Heisenberg ferromagnets - A quantum mechanical treatment
  ONLINE PhD defence Joren Vanherck - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 15
  Oct Transmission dynamics, distribution and diagnostics of cutaneous leishmaniasis in southwestern Ethiopia: a basis for disease management
  ONLINE PhD defence Myrthe Pareyn - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 20
  Oct Study of the effect of cation substitution on the local structure and the properties of perovskites and Li-ion battery cathode materials
  ONLINE PhD defence Mylène Hendrickx - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 21
  Oct Employing Macrolophus pygmaeus as natural enemy against sweet pepper key pests in practice
  ONLINE PhD defence Nathalie Brenard - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
Archive 2019


Jan 2019


• 11
  Jan Confinement phenomena in chiral ferromagnetic films
  PhD defence Jeroen Mulkers - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 25
  Jan Advanced Wavelength Dependent Investigation of the Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Molecules and Carbon Nanotube Hybrids
  PhD defence Stein van Bezouw - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 28
  Jan Transmission ecology of Old World Arenaviruses in natural populations of their reservoir hosts
  PhD defence Joachim Mariën - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 29
  Jan Understanding flows for integrated catchment management: water quality, quantity and ecosystem services
  PhD defence Dirk Vrebos - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
Feb 2019


• 4
  Feb About vortices and vortex structures in ultracold quantum gases
  PhD defence Nick Verhelst - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 5
  Feb Toxic effects of single and combined metals at the individual and population level of C. elegans
  PhD defence Sofie Moyson - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 18
  Feb The Development of 3D Statistical Shape Models for Diverse Applications
  PhD defence Femke Danckaers - Faculty of Science
Mar 2019


• 5
  Mar The combined effects of metal mixtures and natural stressors on aquatic invertebrates: Relating changes in metal accumulation to altered behavior and ecological effects
  PhD defence Marjolein Van Ginneken - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 25
  Mar Topical Lactobacillus applications for modulation of the vaginal and skin microbiota
  PhD defence Eline Oerlemans - Faculty of Science, Department of Bioscience Engineering
Apr 2019


• 9
  Apr Using a Gliding Arc Plasmatron for CO2 conversion - The future in industry?
  PhD defence Marleen Ramakers - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
• 16
  Apr Quantum chemical mass spectromery: detailed insight into the fragmentation behaviour of small organic molecules, peptides and lipids
  PhD defence Julie Cautereels - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
• 25
  Apr Morphology of the tapir forelimb: anatomy, function and implications for perissodactyl locomotor evolution
  PhD defence Jamie MacLaren - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 26
  Apr Topos-theoretic methods in noncommutative geometry
  PhD defence Jens Hemelaer - Faculty of Science,Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• 26
  Apr Scalable Low-Power Wi-Fi for the Internet of Things
  PhD defence Le TIAN - Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• 29
  Apr Highly specific X-ray powder diffraction imaging at the macroscopic and microscopic scale
  PhD defence Frederik Vanmeert - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
• 30
  Apr Network-aware resource allocation algorithms for service orchestration in heterogeneous cloud environments
  PhD defence Bart Spinnewyn - Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
May 2019


• 13
  May Implementation and Evaluation of timeliness in Wireless Networks: to be or not to be - on time
  PhD defence Wim Torfs - Faculty of Science - Department of Mathematics & Computer Science
• 17
  May Molecular level simulations for plasma medicine applications
  PhD defence Jamoliddin Razzokov - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
• 22
  May Microbial protein as sustainable feed and food ingredient: Production and nutritional quality of phototrophs and aerobic heterotrophs
  PhD defence Maarten Muys - Faculty of Science, Department of Bioscience Engineering
• 22
  May Analysis of Hyperspectral Images for High-Throughput Plant Phenotyping
  PhD defence Mohd Shahrimie MOHD ASAARI - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
Jun 2019


• 4
  Jun Design and optimization of a photocatalytic reactor for air purification in ventilation systems
  PhD defence Jeroen Van Walsem - Faculty of Science, Department of Bioscience Engineering
• 14
  Jun Laser Ablation ICP-MS as a tool for surface analysis in comparison to other elemental analysis methods
  PhD defence Kevin Hellemans - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
• 18
  Jun Plasma catalysis: Study of packing materials on CO2 reforming in a DBD reactor
  Phd defence Inne Michielsen - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
• 21
  Jun The characterisation of Lactobacillus glycoconjugates and their interplay with Candida
  PhD defence Camille Allonsius - Faculty of Science, Department of Bioscience Engineering
• 25
  Jun First-Principles Studies of Novel Two-Dimensional Dirac Materials
  PhD defence Linyang Li - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 26
  Jun Graphene-based membranes and nanoconfined water: molecular dynamics simulation study
  PhD defence Hossein Ghorbanfekr Kalashami - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
Jul 2019


• 1
  Jul A Foundation for Inconsistency Management in Model-Based Systems Engineering
  PhD defence Istvan David - Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• 9
  Jul Metabolomics data processing and analysis approaches
  PhD defence Charlie Beirnaert - Faculty of Science
Aug 2019


• 22
  Aug Mutation Testing: From Theory to Practice
  PhD defence Ali Parsai - Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Sep 2019


• 4
  Sep Nanoscale study of ageing and irradiation induced precipitates in the DIN 1.4970 alloy
  PhD defence Niels Cautaerts - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 11
  Sep On the symplectic invariants of semitoric systems
  PhD defence Jaume Alonso i Fernandez - Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics & Computer Science
• 16
  Sep Multi-technology Management of Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
  PhD defence Tom De Schepper - Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• 17
  Sep Mechanics of the middle ear: Optical measurements and finite-element modeling
  PhD defence Kilian Gladiné - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 18
  Sep Quantitative atom detection from atomic-resolution transmission electron microscopy images
  PhD defence Jarmo Fatermans - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 19
  Sep Automatic exploration techniques for the numerical continuation of large-scale nonlinear systems
  PhD defence Michiel Wouters - Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• 23
  Sep Ammonia and acid-base regulation in fish: modulating effects of challenging environments
  PhD defence Jyotsna Shrivastava - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 25
  Sep Excitonic complexes in transition metal dichalcogenides and related materials
  PhD defence Matthias Van der Donck - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 26
  Sep Generation, transport and molecular interactions of reactive species in plasma medicine
  PhD defence Jonas Van der Paal - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
Oct 2019


• 3
  Oct Wild boar (Sus scrofa L.) distribution and agricultural damage in Flanders
  PhD defence Anneleen Rutten - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 9
  Oct Computational modelling of atmospheric DC discharges for CO2 conversion
  PhD defence Georgi Trenchev - Faculty of Science
• 9
  Oct Property Preservation in Co-simulation
  PhD defence Cláudio Ângelo Gonçalves Gomes - Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• 14
  Oct Identification of new cellular and molecular leaf growth regulators in maize (Zea mays) through characterization of mutants with impaired growth
  PhD defence Katrien Sprangers - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 16
  Oct Producing nutritional protein with Dunaliella microalgae: Technological and economic optimization
  PhD defence Yixing Sui - Faculty of Science, Department of Bioscience Engineering
• 17
  Oct Trophic and non-trophic interactions between macrophytes and macroinvertebrates in lowland streams
  PhD defence Jan-Willem Wolters - Faculteit Wetenschappen, Departement Biologie
• 25
  Oct Reconstructing spatiotemporal trends of major contaminants in northern white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) populations using long-term feather collections
  PhD defence Jiachen Sun - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 30
  Oct Functional analysis of cell cycle inhibitors and crosstalk between auxin and drought stress during leaf development of Arabidopsis thaliana
  PhD defence Bulelani Sizani - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
Nov 2019


• 4
  Nov Study of the upper respiratory tract microbiota and the potential of probiotics for the management of chronic rhinosinusitis
  PhD defence Ilke De Boeck - Faculty of Science, Department of Bioscience Engineering
• 19
  Nov Cargo vapour concentrations on board chemical tankers in the non-cargo area during normal operations
  PhD defence Werner Jacobs - Antwerp Maritime Academy and Faculty of Science UAntwerp
• 22
  Nov Toxicity of Perfluoralkyl Substances (PFASs) to terrestrial invertebrates and songbirds
  PhD defence Thimo Groffen - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
Dec 2019


• 5
  Dec Purple bacteria as microbial protein source: Technology development, community control, economic optimization and biomass valorization
  PhD defence Abbas Alloul - Faculty of Science, Department of Bioscience Engineering
• 6
  Dec Plant carbon allocation under different nutrient availabilities and the role of mycorrhizal fungi therein
  PhD defence Arne Ven - Faculty of Science, Departement of Biology
• 9
  Dec Innovative composites with photocatalytic properties: a possible approach for environmental remediation
  PhD defence Radu-George Ciocârlan - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
• 10
  Dec An advanced TEM study on quantification of Ni4Ti3 precipitates in low temperature aged Ni-Ti shape memory alloy
  PhD defence Xiayang YAO - Faculty of Science
• 12
  Dec Mechanisms of nano-plasticity in as-deposited and hydrided nanocrystalline Pd and Ni thin films
  PhD defence Gunnar Lumbeeck - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 17
  Dec Multivariate Financial Models and Partial Integro-Differential Equations for the Valuation of Financial Options
  PhD defence Lynn Boen - Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics
• 18
  Dec Plasmonic core-shell nanoparticles: From synthesis to photocatalytic applications
  PhD defence Natan Blommaerts - Faculty of Science, Department of Bioscience Engineering
• 19
  Dec O(N) numerical methods for investigating graphene heterostructures and moiré patterns
  PhD defence Miša Anđelković - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
Archive 2018


Jan 2018


• 24
  Jan Interactions between phyllosphere bacteria and urban air pollution
  PhD defence Wenke Smets - Faculty of Science, Department of Bioscience Engineering
• 26
  Jan Periodic mesoporous organosilicas: versatile materials hosting catalytic centers
  PhD defence Ward Huybrechts - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
Feb 2018


• 16
  Feb In vitro and in vivo probiotic potential of Lactobacillus spp. for otitis media
  PhD defence Marianne van den Broek - Faculty of Science - Department of Bioscience Engineering
• 20
  Feb Improved MRI Relaxometry through Statistical Signal Processing
  PhD defence Gabriel Ramos Llordén - Faculty of Science - Department of Physics
• 28
  Feb 2D and 3D Characterization of Plasmonic and Porous Nanoparticles using Transmission Electron Microscopy.
  Public defence of the PhD thesis of Mr. Kadir Sentosun - Faculty of Science - Department of Physics
Mar 2018


• 5
  Mar The behavior of plasma-generated reactive species in plasma medicine
  PhD defence Christof Verlackt - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
• 8
  Mar Study of electroweak W±W±jj production with the CMS detector
  Public defence of the PhD thesis of Mr. Jasper Lauwers - Faculty of Science - Department of Physics
• 9
  Mar Search for gluon saturation in proton-lead collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 5.02 TeV with the very forward CASTOR calorimeter at the CMS experiment
  PhD defence Merijn van de Klundert - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 12
  Mar A Multi-Paradigm Modelling Approach for Engineering Model Debugging Environments
  PhD defence Simon Van Mierlo - Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• 22
  Mar Modelling land-atmosphere interactions: Impact of near future land use and climate change over Western Europe
  PhD defence Julie Berckmans - Faculty of Science
• 26
  Mar Modeling of microwave plasmas for carbon dioxide conversion.
  Public defence of the PhD thesis of Mr. Antonin Berthelot - Faculty of Science
• 27
  Mar Influence of wastewater on the transport and transformation in irrigated soils
  PhD defence Ali ERFANI AGAH - Faculty of Science
• 28
  Mar Mass spectrometry-based methods to explore higher-order protein structure: Generating a fingerprint for biologics
  PhD defence Sneha CHATTERJEE - Faculty of Sience, Department of Chemistry
Apr 2018


• 16
  Apr Auxin-controlled tip growth regulation in Arabidopsis thaliana
  PhD defence Sébastjen Schoenaers - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 18
  Apr Mechanics of a single-ossicle ear: optical measurements and finite-element modeling of the avian middle ear
  PhD defence Pieter Muyshondt - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 20
  Apr Construction of xanthines and pyrimido[4,5-d]pyrimidines via base metal-catalyzed direct oxidative coupling reactions
  PhD defence Bénédicte Morel - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
• 26
  Apr Anthropogenic impacts on the properties and the distribution of the terrestrial biogenic silica pool.
  Public defence of the PhD thesis of Mrs. Dácil Unzué-Belmonte - Faculty of Science - Department of Biology
• 27
  Apr Plants on the move: the effect of microclimate and anthropogenic disturbances on plant species distributions in mountains.
  Public defence of the PhD thesis of Mr. Jonas Lembrechts - Faculty of Science - Department of Biology
• 27
  Apr Quasiparticles in out-of-equilibrium quantum systems: correlations and equilibration
  PhD defence Mathias Van Regemortel - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
May 2018


• 4
  May Exploring droplet coagulation for shaping ceramics: a physico-chemical study
  PhD defence Judith Pype - Faculty of Science
• 7
  May Ab initio description of multicomponent superconductivity in bulk to atomically thin materials
  PhD defence Jonas Bekaert - Faculty of Science- Department of Physics
• 14
  May Targeted Immobilization of Globins on Mesoporous Materials: A Spectroscopists's View
  PhD defence Bert Cuypers - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 14
  May Optimising and Assessing the Effectiveness of Specrum Based Fault Localisation
  PhD defence Gulsher Laghari - Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• 25
  May Effects of Artificial Light at Night on the Behaviour and Physiology of Free-living Songbirds
  PhD defence Thomas Raap - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 25
  May Electrosensing Applications by Using Titania as a Support for Bio(inspired) Molecules
  PhD defence Vanousheh Rahemi − Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
Jun 2018


• 6
  Jun Glider Representations
  PhD defence Frederik Caenepeel - Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• 12
  Jun Molecular structure mining
  PhD defence Aida Mrzic - Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• 13
  Jun Base metal catalyzed aerobic benzylic oxygenations
  PhD defence Hans Sterckx - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
• 13
  Jun Special functions in higher spin settings
  PhD defence Tim Janssens - Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• 15
  Jun The dynamic interplay between Trypanosoma brucei and the tsetse fly vector revealed by transcriptome analysis
  PhD defence Irina Matetovici - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 20
  Jun Ecosystem-functioning approaches for assessing and managing ecosystem services
  PhD defence Katrien Van der Biest - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 22
  Jun Synthesis of propargylamines via catalytic alkynylation of (poly)halogenated imines
  PhD defence Wim Van Beek - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
• 28
  Jun Interplay of bacterial endotoxins and transition metals in the inflammatory capacity of airborne particulate matter
  PhD defence Serena Moretti - Faculty of Science, Department of Bioscience Engineering
Jul 2018


• 2
  Jul Quantitative electron diffraction tomography for structure characterization of cathode materials for Li-ion batteries
  PhD defence Olesia Karakulina - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
Aug 2018


• 21
  Aug Investigation on the use of mesoporous titanium dioxide as a substrate for globin adsorption: a strategy for protein based (electro) sensing.
  PhD defence Stefano Loreto - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
• 29
  Aug A Foundation for Multi-Paradigm Modelling
  PhD defence Yentl Van Tendeloo - Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• 29
  Aug Advances in X-ray reconstruction algorithms for limited data problems in conventional and non-conventional projection geometries
  PhD defence Eline Janssens - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 31
  Aug Effects of three-dimensional soil heterogeneity on the structure and functioning of plant communities in experimental mesocosms
  PhD defence Yongjie LIU - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
Sep 2018


• 5
  Sep 3D characterization of coated nanoparticles and soft-hard nanocomposites
  PhD defence Nathalie Claes - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 10
  Sep Automatic regularization methods for inverse problems
  PhD defence Nick Schenkels - Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• 18
  Sep A study of plasmonic systems using Layer-by-Layer synthesized core-shell nanoparticles
  PhD defence Ramesh Asapu - Faculty of Science, Department of Bioscience Engineering
Oct 2018


• 2
  Oct Advanced electron tomography to investigate the growth of homogeneous and heterogeneous nanoparticles
  PhD defence Naomi Winckelmans - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 5
  Oct Local-global principles for quadratic forms and strong linkage
  PhD defence Parul Gupta, Faculty of Science - Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• 10
  Oct Mining Patterns in Dirty Data for Detecting and Correcting Inconsistencies
  PhD defence Joeri Rammelaere - Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• 11
  Oct Local study of the band gap and structure of diamond based nanomaterials by analytical transmission electron microscopy
  PhD defence Svetlana Korneychuk - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 18
  Oct New ways to bridge the gap between microscopic simulations and macroscopic chemistry
  PhD defence Kristof Bal, Faculty of Science - Department of Chemistry
• 23
  Oct Robust estimation of diffusion tensor and diffusion kurtosis imaging parameters
  PhD defence Quinten Collier - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 31
  Oct Carbon nanotubes and graphene based devices: from nanosensors to confined water
  PhD defence Belisa Rebeca DE AQUINO - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
Nov 2018


• 20
  Nov Towards a breakthrough in applications of vibrational optical activity: an experimental study of the environmental effects on protein spectra
  PhD defence Evelien Van de Vondel - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
• 21
  Nov The use of in vitro assays in toxicological screening of flame retardants: towards comprehensive risk assessment
  PhD defence Boris Krivoshiev - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 23
  Nov Unravelling structural motifs of intrinsically disordered proteins employing Raman optical activity: Understanding the basis of neurodegenerative diseases
  PhD defence Carl Mensch - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
Dec 2018


• 6
  Dec Stress and herpes infections in the frigatebird (Fregata magnificens): an experimental physiological approach
  PhD defence Manrico Sebastiano - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 12
  Dec Development and application of a non-local theory for the description of positron surface states
  PhD defence Vincent Callewaert - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 17
  Dec In-situ Transmission Electron Microscopic Nanomechanical Investigations of Ni
  PhD defence Vahid Samaee - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 18
  Dec Potential for nature-based mitigation of coastal flood risks
  PhD defence Rebecca Van Coppenolle - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 20
  Dec Understanding functioning and evolution of bird middle ear mechanics: a functional morphological analysis
  PhD defence Raf Claes - Facultyof Science, Department of Biology
Archive 2017


Jan 2017


• 11
  Jan Effects of intertidal ecosysems on estuarine hydrodynamics and flood wave attenuation : a multi-scale study.
  PhD defence of Mr. Jeroen Stark - Faculty of Science
• 17
  Jan Iterative reconstruction for mobile chest tomosynthesis
  PhD defence Jeroen Cant - Faculty of Science - Department of Physics
• 31
  Jan The Human Middle Ear - A Multidisciplinary Study by means of Tomographic Imaging, Stroboscopic Holography and Dynamic Finite Element Modeling
  PhD defence Daniël De Greef - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 31
  Jan Spatial pattern formation of macrophytes : an integrated model for the management of lowland rivers
  PhD defence Veerle Verschoren - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
Feb 2017


• 1
  Feb Design and analysis of multiple access algorithms
  PhD defence Robbe Block - Faculty of Science - Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• 3
  Feb A computer vision framework for quantifying the social behaviour of Drosophila Melanogaster
  PhD defence Tanmay Nath - Faculty of Science
• 10
  Feb Transvector algebras in harmonic analysis
  PhD defence Matthias Roels - Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• 13
  Feb Optimal statistical experiment design for detecting and locating light atoms using quantitative high resolution (scanning) transmission electron microscopy
  Public defence of the PhD thesis of Mrs. Julie Gonnissen - Faculty of Science - Department of Physics
• 17
  Feb Group actions in Noncommutative Projective Geometry
  PhD defence Kevin De Laet - Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• 22
  Feb Structure characterization of triple perovskites and related systems by transmission electron microscopy
  PhD defence Robert Paria Sena - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 24
  Feb Computational solutions for quality control of mass spectrometry-based proteomics
  PhD defence Wout Bittremieux - Faculty of Science, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science
• 27
  Feb Nanostructure of Superconducting Tapes : a study by electron microscopy
  PhD defence Alexander Meledin - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
Mar 2017


• 1
  Mar Quality-Driven Management of Video Streaming Services in Segment-Based Cache Networks
  PhD defence Maxim Claeys - Faculty of Science - Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science
• 3
  Mar On the evolution of chemical communication in lizards.
  PhD defence Simon Baeckens - Faculty of Science- Department of Biology
• 10
  Mar Locomotor Anatomy and Behaviour in Olive Baboons: Integrative Analysis from Early Infancy to Autonomy
  PhD defence François Druelle - Faculty of Science - Department of Biology
Apr 2017


• 19
  Apr Influence of interspecific plant interactions on the stress response of grassland species in a future climate
  Public defence of the PhD thesis of Mrs. Helena Van De Velde - Faculty of Science - Department of Biology
• 27
  Apr Varying Coefficient Models & Multivariate Parameters in Partial Differential Equation Models : Inference and Estimation.
  PhD defense of Mr. Mohamed Ahkim - Faculty of Science - Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
May 2017


• 9
  May Plasma technology - A novel solution for CO2 conversion?
  PhD defence Ramses Snoeckx - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
• 24
  May Electronic transport properties in nano- and micro-engineered graphene structures
  PhD defence Slavisa Milovanovic - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 29
  May Towards a fundamental understanding of plasma - TiO2 catalyst interaction for greenhouse gas conversion
  PhD defence Stijn Huygh - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
Jun 2017


• 2
  Jun Improved reliability of fiber orientation estimation and graph theoretical analysis of structural brain networks with diffusion MRI
  PhD defence Timo Roine - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 9
  Jun Connections between commutative and noncommutative algebraic geometry.
  Public defence of the PhD thesis of Mr. Pieter Belmans - Faculty of Science - Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• 13
  Jun Characterization of scanning gate technique and transport in nanostructured graphene
  PhD defence Marko Petrovic - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 15
  Jun Novel mesoscopic effects and topological states in chiral p-wave superconductors
  PhD defence Victor Fernandez Becerra - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 20
  Jun Numerical and experimental study of a packed bed plasma reactor for environmental applications.
  Public defence of the PhD thesis of Mr. Koen Van Laer - Faculty of Science - Department of Chemistry
• 21
  Jun Steering Mobile Users in LTE Networks Based on Their Mobility Behaviour
  PhD defence Bart Sas - Faculty of Science, Dept. of Mathematics & Computer Science
• 23
  Jun Cooperative electrocatalytic alcohol oxidation: quest for an optimal mediator system
  PhD defence Jeroen Lybaert - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
• 26
  Jun Convergence Analysis and Application of ADI Schemes for Partial Differential Equations from Financial Mathematics.
  Public defence of the PhD thesis of Mr. Maarten Wyns - Faculty of Science- Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• 26
  Jun Study of the very forward jet energy spectrum in proton-proton collisions at √s = 7 TeV with the CASTOR calorimeter at the CMS experiment
  PhD defence Alex Van Spilbeeck - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 27
  Jun Quantification of 3D atomic positions for nanoparticles using scanning transmission electron microscopy : statistical parameter estimation, dose-limited precision and optimal experimental design
  PhD defence Marcos ALANIA - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 28
  Jun Effective field theory for superfluid Fermi gases
  PhD defence Giovanni Lomardi - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 30
  Jun To beg or not to beg - Evolutionary ecological perspectives on bird family life
  PhD defence Nolwenn Fresneau - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 30
  Jun Physiology and productivity of short-rotation coppice: genotypic differences and impacts of harvesting
  PhD defence Stefan Vanbeveren - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
Jul 2017


• 3
  Jul Quantum Chromodynamics at small Bjorken-x
  PhD defence Pieter Taels - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 14
  Jul Taxonomy of Terrestrial Molluscs of Nepal
  Public defence of the PhD thesis of Mr. Prem Bahadur BUDHA - Faculty of Science - Department of Biology
Aug 2017


• 23
  Aug In-depth study of organophosphonic acid modification on titanium dioxide
  PhD defence Annelore Roevens - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
Sep 2017


• 5
  Sep Two- and three-dimensional transmission electron microscopy of colloidal nanoparticles: from structure to composition
  PhD defence Eva Bladt - Faculty of Science,Department of Physics
• 14
  Sep On the tensor product of large categories
  PhD defence Julia Ramos González - Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• 15
  Sep Quantifying inflow uncertainties for CFD simulations of dispersion in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer
  PhD defence Clara GARCÍA SÁNCHEZ - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 18
  Sep Natural and amorphous arsenic sulfide pigments: characterization, degradation and influence of the binding medium
  PhD defence Marc Vermeulen - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
• 20
  Sep The restoration of degraded iron-rich fens
  Public defence of the PhD thesis of Mr. Willem-Jan Emsens - Faculty of Science - Department of Biology
• 22
  Sep Halogen bonds, hydrogen bonds and beyond: A cryospectroscopic study into competitive noncovalent interactions
  PhD defence Yannick Geboes - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
• 29
  Sep Inbreeding-environment interactions throughout the life of a songbird
  PhD defence Raïssa De Boer - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
Oct 2017


• 2
  Oct Molecular dissection of A-type lamin-regulated pathways
  PhD defence Tobias Corne - Faculty of Science - Department of Bioscience Engineering
• 4
  Oct Study of the genetic diversity of Trypanosoma congolense and its resistance to the drug Isometamidium Chloride
  PhD defence Eliane Tihon - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 12
  Oct Atomistic modeling of the structural and electronic properties of Cr-based oxides and their potential application as TCO-materials.
  Public defence of the PhD thesis of Mrs. Samira Dabaghmanesh - Faculty of Science - Department of Chemistry
• 12
  Oct Potential for Payments for Watershed Services and Climate Change Adaptation in Pangani River Basin, Tanzania
  PhD defence Makarius LALIKA - Faculty of Science, IMDO
• 16
  Oct Plasma-assisted conversion of carbon dioxide
  PhD defence Igor Belov - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
• 25
  Oct Characterization and Modeling of Pesticide Transport in Urbanized Areas
  PhD defence Ting TANG - Faculty of Science, Department Bioscience Engineering
Nov 2017


• 7
  Nov Ecosystem Services of Palmiet Wetlands: The Role of Ecosystem Composition and Function
  PhD defence Alanna Jane REBELO - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 14
  Nov High Quality Linked Data Generation from Heterogeneous Data
  PhD defence Anastasia DIMOU - Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• 22
  Nov Advanced Algorithms for Quantitative Electron Tomography
  PhD defence Daniele Zanaga - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 23
  Nov Confined quantum systems in topological insulator heterostructures
  PhD defence Christophe De Beule - Faculty of Science - Department of Physics
• 27
  Nov First-Principles Studies of Novel Two-Dimensional Materials and Their Physical Properties
  PhD defence Yierpan AIERKEN - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 27
  Nov Data integration for clinical coding algorithms
  PhD defence Elyne Scheurwegs - Faculty of Science - Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Dec 2017


• 5
  Dec Study of electron transfer processes in plasmonic photocatalysis
  PhD defence Maarten Keulemans - Faculty of Science, Department of Bioscience Engineering
• 12
  Dec Multicomponent Chemistry with Thiosulfonate and Isocyanide Building Blocks: Challenges and Opportunities for Green Chemistry
  Public defence of the PhD thesis of Mr. Pieter Mampuys - Faculty of Science - Department of Chemistry
• 13
  Dec Model-based reconstruction algorithms for dynamic X-ray CT
  Public defence of the PhD thesis of Mr. Vincent Van Nieuwenhove - Faculty of Science - Department of Physics
• 18
  Dec Plants in a changing world: biological invasion and the role of biodiversity and species traits during climate extremes
  Public defence of the PhD thesis of Mrs. Evelyne Elst - Faculty of Science - Department of Biology
• 19
  Dec Tackling challenges in process-based forest modelling: from concept to uncertainty
  Public defence of the PhD thesis of Mrs. Joanna Horemans - Faculty of Science - Department of Biology
• 19
  Dec Spatial patterns and bio-geomorphological effects of vegetation loss in a submerging coastal marsh
  PhD defence Lennert Schepers - Faculty of Science
• 19
  Dec Copper, the bright future of the vehicle catalyst?
  PhD defence Qi XIN - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
• 20
  Dec Quantitative atomic resolution transmission electron microscopy for heterogeneous nanomaterials
  PhD defence Karel H.W. van den Bos - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 21
  Dec Development of a Validated EXPonential Analysis method
  PhD defence Matteo Briani - Faculty of Science - Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Archive 2016


Jan 2016


• 12
  Jan The role of vasopressin (Avpr1a) and oxytocin (OXTR) receptor gene variation as a proximate base for inter-and intraspecific differences in personality in bonobos (Pan paniscus) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
  PhD defense of Mrs. Nicky Staes - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 22
  Jan Interaction of light with metallic nanoparticles and nanofilms : Extending scattering theory and study of the influence of smooth electron density transitions.
  PhD defense Nick Van den Broeck - Department of Physics
• 22
  Jan Conflict and co-adaptation : the evolution of parental care in a wild bird species.
  PhD defense Carsten Lucass - Department of Biology
• 25
  Jan Direct Insight into the Elusive Active TI Species in High-yield Ziegler-Natta Catalysts.
  PhD defense of Mrs. Elena Morra - Department of Physics
Feb 2016


• 1
  Feb Subpixel Analysis of Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Images
  PhD defence Muhammad Awais Akhter - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 16
  Feb A multi-paradigm modelling approach to the design and evolution of domain-specific modelling languages
  PhD defence Bart Meyers - Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• 19
  Feb A study on the impact of design of robocasted hierarchical structured catalysts on mass and heat transport, applied to methanol-to-olefins conversion
  PhD defence Jasper Lefevere - Faculty of Science
• 23
  Feb Influence of silicon nanoparticle coating on the electrolyte decomposition in Li-ion batteries
  PhD defence Kristof Van Havenbergh - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 25
  Feb Responses of vegetation, small mammals and large herbivores to human induced pressures in the Savannah Plains of Nech Sar National Park, South Ethiopia Rift Valley
  PhD defence Simon Shibru Cheche - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 26
  Feb Exploring the boundaries of cryospectroscopy: a new approach towards separating monomer and complex spectra
  PhD defence Liene De Beuckeleer - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
Mar 2016


• 9
  Mar Understanding biological responses to ionising radiation in plants: a study with Lemna minor as a new molecular model system
  PhD defence Arne Van Hoeck - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 10
  Mar Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson produced via vector boson fusion and decaying to bottom quarks with the CMS detector at the Large Hadron Collider
  PhD defence Sara Alderweireldt, Department of Physics - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 21
  Mar Advances in methodology for the analysis of DNA interacting proteins by native ion mobility mass spectrometry.
  PhD defence Annika Kotter, Department of Chemistry
• 24
  Mar Electron vortex beams: an in-depth theoretical study
  PhD defence Ruben Van Boxem - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
Apr 2016


• 21
  Apr Investigation of new approaches towards C8-N9 annulated purines
  PhD defence Jens Maes - Department of Chemistry
• 27
  Apr Native mass spectrometry - a versatile tool for the study of challenging targets in structural biology
  PhD defence of Mr. Albert Konijnenberg - Department of Chemistry
• 29
  Apr Channel allocation and interface binding in wireless mesh networks
  PhD defence Jeroen Avonts - Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• 29
  Apr Sources of individual variation in immune traits on a within individual, a between individual and a local/population scale
  PhD defence Anke Vermeulen - Department of Biology
May 2016


• 12
  May Numerical analysis of pattern formation in auxin transport models
  PhD defence Delphine Draelants - Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• 12
  May Plasmonics in graphene and related materials
  PhD defence Ben Van Duppen - Department of Physics
• 12
  May Emergent phenomena in superconductors and superfluids with multicomponent quantum condensates.
  PhD defence of Mrs. Natalia Orlova - Department of Physics
• 19
  May Probing itinerant ferromagnetism with ultracold quantum gases
  PhD defence Enya Vermeyen - Department of Physics
• 24
  May Advanced electron microscopy characterization of catalysts
  PhD defence of Mrs. Maria Meledina - Department of Physics
• 27
  May Development of new strategies for electrochemical aptasensing.
  PhD defence of Mrs. Sanaz Pilehvar - Department of Chemistry
• 27
  May The dynamical Casimir effect in exciton-polariton quantum fluids
  PhD defence of Mrs. Selma Koghee - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
Jun 2016


• 1
  Jun Development of a biosensor for ergot alkaloids
  PhD defence of Mrs. Elsa Rouah-Martin - Faculty of Science
• 1
  Jun Plasma catalysis as an efficient and sustainable air purification technology
  PhD defence Karen Van Wesenbeeck - Faculty of Science, Department of Bio-engineering Sciences
• 20
  Jun The exploration of the potential of grafting for fouling reduction of TiO2 NF membranes
  PhD defence Ghulam Mustafa - Faculty of Science
• 22
  Jun The Gerstenhaber-Schack complex for prestacks and non-commutative deformation theory
  PhD defence Hoang Dinh Van - Faculty of Science - Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science
• 29
  Jun An integrated approach to unravel the growth response of maize leaves to drought
  PhD defence Viktoriya Avramova - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
Jul 2016


• 5
  Jul Frequent pattern discovery for integrated omics data
  PhD defence Stefan Naulaerts - Faculty of Science
Sep 2016


• 5
  Sep Query approximation techniques for data analytics
  PhD defence Reuben Ndindi - Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• 6
  Sep Super-resolution estimation of quantitative MRI parameters
  PhD defence Gwendolyn Van Steenkiste - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 7
  Sep Perturbation of auxin homeostasis and signaling by overexpression of PINOID in Arabidopsis thaliana : A leaf growth and stress response study
  PhD defence Kumud Saini - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 12
  Sep Ecosystem services: study of human influences on nature and the effects for society
  PhD defence Annelies Boerema - Faculty of Science - IMDO
• 19
  Sep Opto-electrical and magnetic resonance investigation of spin-dependent processes in Polymer based Organic Photovoltaic Devices
  PhD defence Biniam Zerai Tedlla - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 19
  Sep Persistent organic pollutants and flame retardants in birds of prey: an exposure assessment using non-invasive biomonitoring
  PhD defence Igor Eulaers - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 23
  Sep Novel applications of vortex beams and spiral phase plates in transmission electron microscopy
  PhD defence Roeland Juchtmans - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 26
  Sep Confinement induced assembly of anisotropic particles: patchy colloids and water molecules
  PhD defence Mario Sobrino Fernàndez - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 27
  Sep The creation and quantification of electron vortex beams, towards their application
  PhD defence Laura Clark - Faculty of Science- Department of Physics
• 28
  Sep Electronic properties of strained graphene and supercritical charge centers
  PhD defence Dean Moldovan - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 30
  Sep Model-based optimisation of the trade-offs between biomass production, CO2 balance and water consumption in short rotation coppice forestry
  PhD defence Toon De Groote - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
Oct 2016


• 7
  Oct Unveiling the evolutionary history & molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium ulcerans
  PhD defence Koen Vandelannoote - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 11
  Oct Load Balancing in Large Distributed Networks
  PhD defence Wouter Minnebo - Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• 14
  Oct Simultaneous Valorisation of Metallic Iron-Rich Waste and Carbon Dioxide by Hydrothermal Reactions
  PhD defence Koen Michiels - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
• 21
  Oct The development and application of novel methods for top-down and structural proteomics
  PhD defence Frederik Lermyte - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
• 21
  Oct Non-commutative generalisations of valuations and places
  PhD defence Nikolaas Verhulst - Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Nov 2016


• 25
  Nov Advances in the mass spectrometry-based analysis of biomolecules and their covalent modifications: a molecular window on some therapeutic approaches
  PhD defence Debbie Dewaele - Faculty of Science - Department of Chemistry
• 29
  Nov Electron Microscopy of Hierarchically Structured Nanomaterials: Linking Structure to Properties and Synthesis
  PhD defence Zhi-Yi HU - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
Dec 2016


• 1
  Dec Modeling of quantum electron transport with applications in energy filtering nanostructures
  PhD defence Maarten Van de Put - Faculty of Science- Department of Physics
• 1
  Dec Visual communication from a functional and evolutionary perspective: what does the Anolis dewlap say?
  PhD defence Tess Driessens - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 7
  Dec Numerical analysis of nonlinear PDEs in option pricing: finite difference and splitting methods.
  PhD defence Radoslav Valkov - Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics & Computer Science
• 9
  Dec Fluid Modeling of the Plasma-Assisted Conversion of Greenhouse Gases to Value-Added Chemicals in a Dielectric Barrier Discharge
  PhD defence Christophe De Bie - Faculty of Science- Department of Chemistry
• 15
  Dec Towards a new synthesis of benzodiazines based on C(sp2)-H activation: direct oxidative amination versus rearrangement
  PhD defence Mattijs Baeten - Faculty of Science - Department of Chemistry
Archive 2015


Jan 2015


• 6
  Jan Quantitative model-based high angle annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy.
  PhD defense Gerardo Tadeo Martinez Alanis - Faculty of Sciences
• 19
  Jan STEM investigation of complex oxides at the atomic scale
  Ph.D. defense of Ricardo Egoavil - Department of Physics
• 19
  Jan Novel hybrid inorganic-organic materials : synthesis and advanced physico-chemical characterization of Periodic Mesoporous Organosilicas.
  PhD defense of Feng Lin - Department of Chemistry
Mar 2015


• 9
  Mar Biogenic and non-biogenic Si pools in terrestrial ecosystems: results from a novel analysis method.
  PhD defense Ana Lucia BARAO - Department of Biology
• 18
  Mar Phytochemical, Analytical and Preclinical Investigations on Plant Extracts as Potential Antitumoural Therapy.
  PhD defense Rica Capistrano I - Department Pharmaceutical Sciences
Apr 2015


• 22
  Apr Advanced TEM investigation of the elementary plasticity mechanisms in palladium thin films at the nano scale
  PhD defence of Behnam Aminahmadi - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 29
  Apr First-principles characterization and functionalization of graphene-like materials
  PhD defence Jozef Sivek - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
May 2015


• 12
  May Quantitative atomic resolution electron microscopy using advanced statistical techniques
  PhD defence Annick De Backer - Faculy of Science, Department of Physics
• 19
  May Effects of quantum confinement in nanoscale superconductors: from electronic density of states to vortex matter
  PhD defence Lingfeng Zhang - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 22
  May Multigrid methods for wave scattering problems governed by the Helmholtz and Schrödinger equation.
  PhD defence Siegfried Cools - Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• 28
  May Optical techniques for real-time morphology measurement of the tympanic membrane
  PhD defence Sam Van der Jeught - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
Jun 2015


• 9
  Jun Commissioning of the CMS pixel tracker and measurement of the charged particle multiplicity at the LHC
  PhD defence Romain Rougny - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 11
  Jun Modelling plant cell expansion in VirtualLeaf
  PhD defence Abdiravuf Dzhurakhalov - Faculty of Sciences
• 16
  Jun Evolutionary relationships between arenaviruses and their rodent hosts
  PhD defence Sophie Gryseels - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
Sep 2015


• 2
  Sep Synthesis of Barium Titanate for the Fabrication of Textured Barium Titanate by Colloidal Processes in a Strong Magnetic Field
  PhD Defense Murat Özen - Faculty of Science - Department of Chemistry
• 2
  Sep Cohesive Pattern Mining in Sequential and Spatial Data
  PhD defence Cheng Zhou - Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Faculty of Science
• 15
  Sep Atomic scale simulations of the interactions of plasma species on nickel catalyst surfaces.
  PhD defence Wesley Somers - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
• 15
  Sep A spatiotemporal analysis of desert ecosystems with phytogenic mounds (nebkhas)
  PhD defence Jan Quets - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 23
  Sep An ab initio study of the properties of doped semiconducting nanowires
  Thesis defense of the PhD dissertation of Bob Schoeters - Department of Physics
• 25
  Sep Functional morphology and biomechanics of the armature of stag beetles
  PhD defence Jana Goyens - Faculty of Science
Oct 2015


• 9
  Oct Factors controlling dissolved organic carbon in soils: a database analysis and a model development
  Phd defence Marta Camino Serrano - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 14
  Oct Microcavity polaritons in presence of a two-dimensional electron gas
  Thesis defense of Maarten Baeten - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 16
  Oct Transmission ecology of Morogoro arenavirus in the multimammate mouse Mastomys natalensis in Tanzania
  Thesis defense of the PhD dissertation of Benny Borremans - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 19
  Oct Finding Subspace Clusters using Local Neighborhoods
  PhD Mehmet Emin Aksehirli - Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• 23
  Oct Functional morphological analysis of terrestrial feeding in amphibious fish
  PhD Krijn Michel - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
Nov 2015


• 5
  Nov Exposure, accumulation, detoxification and effects of metals on large grazers: cattle (Bos taurus) and horses (Equus caballus)
  PhD defense of Mrs. Saskia Roggeman - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 17
  Nov Measurement of the electroweak production of a Z boson in association with two jets with the CMS detector
  PhD defence Tom Cornelis - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 27
  Nov Exploring electron beam shaping in transmission electron microscopy
  PhD defence Giulio Guzzinati - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
Dec 2015


• 2
  Dec Biotemplate silica-titania diatoms for gas phase photocatalysis
  PhD defence Erik Van Eynde - Faculty of Sciences, Department Bioscience Engineering
• 9
  Dec Adaptations to an endophilic lifestyle in the tree-hole tick
  PhD defence Arend Raoul Van Oosten - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 9
  Dec Living on the edge. Bio-physical interactions in the pioneer zone of expanding tidal marshes
  PhD defence Alexandra Silinski - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 10
  Dec Development of new serodiagnostic tests for African trypanosomiasis due to Trypanosoma evansi and Trypanosoma brucei gambiense
  PhD defence Stijn Rogé - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 10
  Dec Vibration measurements of the middle ear: normal, diseased, repaired middle ears, and non-linear response
  PhD defence John Peacock - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 14
  Dec The return of the European beaver (Castor fiber) in Flanders, Belgium: ecology and risk assessment
  PhD defence of Mr. Kristijn Swinnen - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology
• 14
  Dec Carbon Based Materials and Hybrid Nanostructures investigated by Advanced Transmission Electron Microscopy
  PhD defense of Mr. Mert Kurttepeli - Department of Physics
• 14
  Dec Change-Based Software Engineering: Using Reified Changes for Test Selection and Refactoring Reconstruction
  PhD defense of Mr. Quinten Soetens - Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• 15
  Dec Three-dimensional characterization of atomic clusters, nanoparticles and their assemblies by Advanced Transmission Electron Microscopy
  PhD defence Thomas Altantzis - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 16
  Dec Towards In Loco X-ray Computed Tomography
  PhD defenceAndrei Dabravolski - Faculty of Science
• 17
  Dec Model-based iterative reconstruction algorithms for computed tomography
  PhD defence Geert Van Eyndhoven - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
• 21
  Dec Collaborative filtering with binary, positive-only data
  PhD defence Koen Verstrepen - Faculty of Science, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science
Archive 2014


Apr 2014


• 22
  Apr Intelligent analysis and data mining of spectral data in proteomics and metabolomics
  PhD defense Trung Nghia VU - Department of Informatics and Mathematics
• 22
  Apr Vibrational properties of graphene nano-flakes and thermo-mechanical properties of graphene-like materials
  PhD defense Sandeep Kumar Singh - Department of Physics
May 2014


• 5
  May TiO2 gas phase photocatalysis: from morphological design to plasmonic enhancement
  PhD defense Sammy Verbruggen - Faculty of Science, Department of Bioscience Engineering
Jun 2014


• 27
  Jun Inventory of belowground carbon pools and fluxes in a short rotation woody crop
  PhD defense Gonzalo Berhongaray - Faculty of Science, research group of Plant and Vegetation Ecology
• 30
  Jun The importance of spatial heterogeneity for plant species persistence and diversity: a modelling study
  PhD defense Jinbao Liao - Faculty of Science, research group of Plant and Vegetation Ecology
Sep 2014


• 25
  Sep Study of the initiation and growth of Arabidopsis thaliana root hairs
  Public defense Daria Balcerowicz - Department of Biology
Oct 2014


• 13
  Oct Organic aerosol from the oxidation of biogenic organic compounds: a modelling study
  Public defense Karl Ceulemans - Department of Chemistry - Faculty of Sciences
• 21
  Oct Biogeomorphic regime shifts between vegetated and bare states in tidal wetlands.
  PhD defense of Mrs. Wang Chen - Department of Biology
Nov 2014


• 14
  Nov Superconducting correlations in single and multilayer graphene.
  PhD defense of Mr. William Armando Muñoz - Department of Physics - Faculty of Sciences
• 20
  Nov Study of double parton scattering using four-jet scenarios in proton-proton collisions at √s = 7 TeV with the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider
  Joint PhD defense of Mr. Paolo Gunnellini between University of Antwerp and University of Hamburg - Department of Physics
Dec 2014


• 11
  Dec Using Arabidopsis thaliana to understand plant responses to climate extremes : from genes to organism.
  PhD defense Gaurav Zinta - Department of Biology
• 19
  Dec A contribution to multivariate generalized rational interval interpolation.
  PhD defense of Maryna Lukach, Department of Informatics and Mathematics
Archive 2013


Jun 2013


• 25
  Jun A study of wireless instrumentation for the process industry
  PhD Defence - Stig Petersen
Oct 2013


• 1
  Oct The creative process as an aspect deformation and creative transformation in a learning process
  PhD defense by Min MA - Department of Mathematics and Information Sciences
• 22
  Oct Optimal estimation of diffusion MRI parameters
  PhD defense Jelle Veraart - Faculty of Science, Department Physics, Vision lab
• 30
  Oct Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy (EELS) Characterization of Diamond and Related Materials
  PhD defense Yinggang Lu - Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
Nov 2013


• 6
  Nov Development of Scanning macro-XRF for the Investigation of Historical Paintings
  PhD defense Matthias Alfeld - Faculty of Science, Department Chemistry
• 8
  Nov Local Prior Knowledge in Tomography
  PhD defense Tom Roelandts - Faculty of Science, Department Physics, Vision lab
• 20
  Nov The role of zeolite ß nanoparticles solutions in the synthesis of zeolite-functionalised materials with bimodal porosity
  PhD dissertation Cynthia Van Oers - Department of Chemistry
Dec 2013


• 19
  Dec Carbon balance and productivity of a bio-energy culture with fast-growing poplars in Flanders
  PhD defence Melanie Verlinden - Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Research Group: Plant and Vegetation Ecology
• 19
  Dec Development of leaf area and above-ground biomass of different Populus genotypes in a bio-energy plantation
  PhD defence Laura Broeckx - Faculty of Science, Department Biology