Bram Vanden Broecke unpaid staff Research Bram Vanden Broecke Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) The link between animal personality and infection risk in natural populations of Mastomys natalensis infected with Morogoro arenavirus. 01/10/2018 - 30/09/2021 Abstract Animal personality i…

Robin van Iersel doctoral scholarship holder Research Robin van Iersel Research team Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology The female perspective of aggression in a free-living songbird: studying female competitive trait expression within a behavioural syndrome and life history framework. 01/10/2021 -…

Joris Elst gespecialiseerd medewerker Publicaties Joris Elst Xenodiagnosis in the wild : a methodology to investigate infectiousness for tick-borne bacteria in a songbird reservoir Bron Current research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases - ISSN 2667-114X-6 (2024) p. 1-9 Auteur(s) Jens Zarka, Di…

Bert Thys unpaid staff Research Bert Thys Research team Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology The female perspective of personality variation in a wild songbird: integrating female competition within life history. 01/10/2019 - 30/09/2021 Abstract Individual differences in the expression of traits that…

Laetitia Brechet onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Laetitia Brechet Insights into the subdaily variations in methane, nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide fluxes from upland tropical tree stems Bron New phytologist - ISSN 0028-646X- (2025) p. Auteur(s) Laetitia Brechet, Roberto L. Salomon, Katerina Mac…

Kevin Van Sundert onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Kevin Van Sundert Plant functional traits affect biomass responses to global change : a meta-analysis Bron The journal of ecology - ISSN 0022-0477- (2025) p. Auteur(s) Mingyan Hu, Han Y.H. Chen, Scott X. Chang, Sebastian Leuzinger, Jeffrey S. Duke…

Ann DeSmet hoofddocent Publicaties Ann DeSmet Theory of Planned Behavior Constructs as Mediators of Relations Between Personality Traits, Trust, and COVID-19 Preventive Behavior Adherence Bron -, OSF, Auteur(s) Robin Wollast, Joseph B. Phillips, Martin S. Hagger, Kyra Hamilton, Ann DeSmet, Olivier L…

Katleen Huyghe Faculty Coordinator, Faculty of Sciences Research Katleen Huyghe Research team Functional Morphology The evolution of chemical communication in lacertid lizards. 01/11/2014 - 31/10/2018 Abstract Animals communicate with members of their own and other species through an astonishing arr…

Annie Pinxten professor - senior researcher Research Annie Pinxten Research team Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology Didactica Expertise Didactics of Biology, Physics, Chemistry and the Natural Sciences - (i)STEM education - Scientific literacy (in evolution) - Inquiry-based education - Teacher educ…

Alba Llovet Martin Research Alba Llovet Martin Research team Expertise My research focuses on the soil-microbe-plant-atmosphere system, exploring how different management schemes influence the outcomes of these interactions. Intercropping for Rhizosphere Stimulation. 01/11/2025 - 31/08/2028 Abstract…

Wilson Sawasawa unpaid staff Research Wilson Sawasawa Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) The molecular basis of human-induced life history adaptation. 01/10/2020 - 30/09/2024 Abstract We currently lack a detailed understanding of how organisms rapidly adapt to environmental changes. Ho…

Bieke Vanhooydonck unpaid staff Research Bieke Vanhooydonck Research team Functional Morphology The Anolis dewlap: evolution of intraspecific signal diversity in a complex communication system. 01/10/2011 - 30/09/2013 Abstract This project aims to identify the causes of intraspecific variation in a …

Wendt Müller research professor Research Wendt Müller Research team Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology Expertise Movement Ecology: studying foraging behaviour, migration and parental care. Behavioural Ecology: using natural populations and field-based research to investigate the effects of natura…

Erika Branca senior onderzoeker Publicaties Erika Branca Women in the top management team : bridging the gender divide in advanced technologies Bron Employee relations - ISSN 0142-5455-47:9 (2025) p. 234-256 Auteur(s) Erika Branca, Marika Intenza, Federica Doni, Silvio Bianchi Martini Citatielink St…

Katharina Wilfert doctoraatsbursaal Publicaties Katharina Wilfert The identification of abiotic stress by hydrogen peroxide concentration in submerged macrophyte tissues Bron Aquatic botany - ISSN 0304-3770-198 (2025) p. 1-8 Auteur(s) Takashi Asaeda, Katharina Wilfert, Jonas Schoelynck Citatielink T…

Global Change Ecology search menu search content Experiments and observation Advanced research infrastructure GCE is an active partner in multiple European ecological infrastructure networks. We host advanced experimental infrastructure to study global change impacts on both terrestrial and aquatic …

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…

Sabiha Akter onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Sabiha Akter Getting a burn-out : how heatwaves impact eutrophic freshwater ecosystems Bron Antwerp, University of Antwerp, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, 2025,xxvi, 315 p. Auteur(s) Sabiha Akter, Gudrun De Boeck, Jonas Schoelynck Citatieli…

Behavioural Ecology and Ecophysiology search menu search content Research Projects Ongoing projects Microbial modulators of the mind: A shotgun metagenomic approach to studying gut-behavior links in great apes. 01/04/2025 - 30/03/2026 Abstract The close phylogenetic relationship between bonobos (Pan…

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…

Johan Gielis onbezoldigd gastprofessor Publicaties Johan Gielis Non-destructive prediction of shoot-level leaf area and biomass in Indocalamus bamboo via scaling laws Bron Frontiers in plant science - ISSN 1664-462X-16 (2025) p. 1-12 Auteur(s) Qinchao Fu, Peijian Shi, Johan Gielis, Karl J. Niklas Ci…

Lode De Waele gastprofessor Publicaties Lode De Waele Between Humboldt and Rockefeller : an organization design approach to hybridity in higher education Bron Scandinavian journal of management - ISSN 0956-5221-39:1 (2023) p. 1-9 Auteur(s) Sascha Albers, Volker Rundshagen, Johanna Vanderstraeten, Ma…

Jeroen Joly onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Jeroen Joly What personality traits do citizens want politicians to have? Observational and experimental evidence of citizens' preferences in three countries Bron Political psychology: journal of the international society of political sociology - ISSN 0…

Wim Coreynen onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Wim Coreynen Risk management in platform-based servitization : a socio-technical study of service provisioning in B2B platforms Bron Technovation - ISSN 0166-4972-150 (2026) p. 1-20 Auteur(s) Guilherme Sales Smania, Néstor Fabián Ayala, Wim Coreynen,…

Philippe Helsen docent Publicaties Philippe Helsen Mother's curse on conservation : assessing the role of mtDNA in sex-specific survival differences in ex-situ breeding programs Bron Animal conservation - ISSN 1367-9430-25:3 (2022) p. 342-351 Auteur(s) H.L. Leeflang, Stefan Van Dongen, Philippe Hels…