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Recent MSc projects

MSc Biological Sciences projects 2020-2022

  • Camille Bressers A Reconstruction and comparison of the mid- to late-Holocene fire history of two lakes in Northern Roraima (Advisor: Crystal McMichael)
  • Yahan Hu Drought legacy effects on soil microbial composition under plant species with slow- and fast-growth strategies and at different growth ages (Advisors: Mariana Gliesch Silva, Evelien Jongepier and Franciska de Vries)
  • Celia Tess Martin Plant identity determines the legacy effect of drought on soil carbon cycling and microbial biomass (Advisors: Mariana Gliesch Silva and Franciska de Vries)
  • Sevi Panneflek Phytolith assemblages across environmental gradients and gradients of human influence in Amazonia (Advisors: Nina Witteveen and Crystal McMichael)

MSc Earth Science projects

  • Lisa Ceelen Modeling soil food web relations: mineralization and stability change over secondary succession (Advisors: Elly Morriën and Willem Bouten)
  • Steven de Goede Towards the quantification of fungal-mediated soil aggregation in function of soil organic carbon stabilization (Advisors: Elly Morriën and Boris Jansen)
  • Safi Graauw The Hydrologic Corridor; Monitoring spatial and multi-temporal changes in NDVI as a result of landscape restoration in Southeastern Kenya (Advisors: John van Boxel and Kenneth Rijsdijk)
  • Claire Lee Using fossilised dung fungal spores to indicate past herbivore presence (Advisors: Bas van Geel and William D. Gosling)
  • Kelly van Leeuwen Forensic palynology and footwear: a proposal to investigate the transfer of soil to a shoe sole when dumping a body at a location with diverse pollen assemblages (Advisors: William D. Gosling and Stefan Uitdehaag [Nederlands Forensisch Institute])
  • Giovanni Votano Corporate Social Responsibility Internship Just Eat Takeaway.com Calculate the company’s carbon foot print and explore possibilities of more sustainable packing (Advisors: John van Boxel and Albert Tietema) 

MSc Forensic Science Project

  • Desiree de Bruin Spatial and Temporal Factors Influencing Variation in Diatom Assemblages Within and Between Locations - Lessons for Forensic Sampling and Comparisons (Advisors: Aleksandar Dragutinovic and Majoi Nascimento)