Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Hunt for ticks Wave your flag and hunt for ticks UAntwerp wants you to do scientific research in your own back garden The University of Antwerp is looking for volunteers to catch ticks in their own gardens for its new citizen science proj…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Ticks and tick-borne diseases Research on ticks and tick-borne diseases at the University of Antwerp Direct link to publications on ticks and TBD In 2006 the Evolutionary Ecology Group led by Erik Matthysen started a research programme on…

Käthe Robert onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Käthe Robert Living with ticks : results of an online survey of the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) regarding ticks and tick-borne pathogens in academic environments across Europe Bron Ticks and tick-borne diseases - ISSN 1877-9603-16:4 (202…

Mats Van Gestel onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Mats Van Gestel Spatial variation in detachment rates of larval Ixodes ricinus from a common host (Apodemus sylvaticus) : an experiment Bron Experimental and applied acarology - ISSN 0168-8162-95:4 (2025) p. 1-15 Auteur(s) Mats Van Gestel, Erik Matt…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content News NordTick 2023 In June 2023 our team attended the NordTick conference and final NorthTick meeting in Inverness, Schotland. Mats Van Gestel and Käthe Robert presented their research. Prof. Erik Matthysen presented our progress within …

Dieter Heylen unpaid staff Research Dieter Heylen Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Prioritizing Lyme borreliosis risk areas for forest and nature management based on novel insights in tick ecology. 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2022 Abstract Cases of Lyme borreliosis, a disease transmitted to h…

Mats Van Gestel unpaid staff Research Mats Van Gestel Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Prioritizing Lyme borreliosis risk areas for forest and nature management based on novel insights in tick ecology. 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2022 Abstract Cases of Lyme borreliosis, a disease transmitted …

Käthe Robert unpaid staff Publications Käthe Robert Living with ticks : results of an online survey of the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) regarding ticks and tick-borne pathogens in academic environments across Europe Source Ticks and tick-borne diseases - ISSN 1877-9603-16:4 (2025) p. 1…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Ecology of Borrelia infections in wild birds Ecology of Borrelia garinii infections in wild birds PhD Student opportunities: * we welcome candidates who are eager in pursuing the link between bird infections (with ticks and with tick-born…

Mats Van Gestel unpaid staff Publications Mats Van Gestel Spatial variation in detachment rates of larval Ixodes ricinus from a common host (Apodemus sylvaticus) : an experiment Source Experimental and applied acarology - ISSN 0168-8162-95:4 (2025) p. 1-15 Author(s) Mats Van Gestel, Erik Matthysen, …

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content NorthTick Tick-Borne Infections in the North Sea Region - A Competence Network to Improve Public Service Delivery based on a One Health Perspective The overall aim of NorthTick is to reduce the number of tick-borne infections in humans an…

Sophie Philtjens Publicaties Sophie Philtjens An experimental test to compare potential and realised specificity in ticks with different ecologies Bron Evolutionary ecology - ISSN 0269-7653-30:3 (2016) p. 487-501 Auteur(s) Raoul Van Oosten, Dieter Heylen, Joris Elst, Sophie Philtjens, Erik Matthysen…

Erik Matthysen full professor Research Erik Matthysen Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Expertise - Evaluation of landscape connectivity. - Population viability analysisand genetic analysis of (natural) populations. Evolutionary potential of phenological and morphological responses to…

Dieter Heylen onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Dieter Heylen Spatial variation in detachment rates of larval Ixodes ricinus from a common host (Apodemus sylvaticus) : an experiment Bron Experimental and applied acarology - ISSN 0168-8162-95:4 (2025) p. 1-15 Auteur(s) Mats Van Gestel, Erik Matthyse…

Erik Matthysen gewoon hoogleraar Publicaties Erik Matthysen Beyond compliance : strengthening mitigation hierarchy implementation in environmental impact assessment practice Bron Environmental impact assessment review - ISSN 0195-9255-116 (2026) p. 1-12 Auteur(s) Dominique Ghijselinck, Erik Matthyse…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Job Opportunities Vacancies Call for pre- and postdoctoral applicants We will welcome and support excellent young researchers with an application for pre- or postdoctoral fellowships, in particular for the EU-MSCA calls (postdocs: deadlin…

Sophie Philtjens Publications Sophie Philtjens An experimental test to compare potential and realised specificity in ticks with different ecologies Source Evolutionary ecology - ISSN 0269-7653-30:3 (2016) p. 487-501 Author(s) Raoul Van Oosten, Dieter Heylen, Joris Elst, Sophie Philtjens, Erik Matthy…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Main ongoing projects Some of our main research projects are: Dispersal and personality in great tits Host-parasite interactions in birds Ticks and tick-borne diseases Long-term population study in great and blue tits Effects of tropical …

Global Change Ecology search menu search content Citizen science and communication Citizen science and communication We put strong value on reaching on out with our science to the public. We participate in multiple annual public science events, such as Day of Science, Children's University and Studi…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Research Projects in the UAntwerp database Ongoing projects Computationally efficient model-based inference of speciation 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029 Abstract The astonishing biodiversity we observe today is the result of speciation. Reproduc…

Stefan Van Dongen associate professor Research Stefan Van Dongen Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Expertise My research focuses on evolutionary psychology, which entails the study of human behavior in an evolutionary context. On the basis of 3D shape analyses, questionnaires and gene…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Ecology of infections and host-parasite interactions In this research line we investigate how the population ecology of hosts and host-parasite interactions can explain spatial and temporal variation in the presence of an infection. We st…

Dieter Heylen unpaid staff Publications Dieter Heylen Spatial variation in detachment rates of larval Ixodes ricinus from a common host (Apodemus sylvaticus) : an experiment Source Experimental and applied acarology - ISSN 0168-8162-95:4 (2025) p. 1-15 Author(s) Mats Van Gestel, Erik Matthysen, Gera…

Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Excellence in Antwerp search menu search content Evolutionary Ecology Group (EVECO) EVECO links fundamental questions in population ecology and behavioural ecology to applied problems in health, agriculture or nature conservation. Major questions concern how the dynam…

Janne Wouters predoc researcher FWO Research Janne Wouters Research team Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) The road towards memory T cell skin imprinting as a novel correlate of protection against skin infections. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2025 Abstract Our skin acts as a crucial…