PhD Theses published in 2018

Judith Westveer (4 December 2018)

Go with the flow

Promotor: Prof. Piet F.M. Verdonschot

Copromotors: Dr Harm G. van der Geest; Dr Rolf C.M. Verdonschot

Sabina Bajda-Wybouw (16 November 2018)

Genetics and fitness costs of acaricide resistance in spider mites

Promotor: Prof. Steph B.J. Menken

Copromotor: Prof. Thomas B.S. Van Leeuwen

Leandro Moreno (15 November 2018)

The biology of black yeast genomes

Promotors: Prof. dr. G. Sybren de Hoog; Prof. dr. S.B.J. Menken

Amanda Burson (17 October 2018)

Impacts of reduced nitrogen and phosphorus loads on coastal phytoplankton communities

Promotor: Prof. Jef Huisman

Copromotor: Dr Maayke Stomp

Muhe Diao (17 October 2018)

Interactions between microorganisms and oxic-anoxic transitions

Promotors: Prof. Gerard Muijzer; Prof. Jef Huisman

Jie Liu (19 September 2018)

Temporal and stage-specific variation in mite-induced responses of tomato plants

Prom./coprom.: Dr M. Kant; Prof. Dr S.B.J. Menken

Karolina Dukik (11 September 2018)

A journey through onygenalean families Arthrodermataceae and Ajellomycetaceae

Prom./coprom.: Prof. Dr G.S. de Hoog; Prof. Dr S.B.J. Menken

Nina Zhang (25 June 2018)

What omnivores don’t eat: non-consumptive ecological effects of phytophagy by Macrolophus pygmaeus 

Prom./coprom.: Dr A.R.M. Janssen; Prof. Dr P.C. de Ruiter; Dr G.J. Messelink

Maria Hoppe (14 June 2018)

Oligomers in polyester food contact materials: Identification and migration studies

Prom./coprom.: Prof. Dr W.P. de Voogt; Dr R.H. Franz

Hanna ten Brink (25 May 2018)

Evolution of Complex Life Cycles

Prom>: Prof. Dr A.M. de Roos

Ana Causanilles Llanes (24 May 2018)

Wastewater-based epidemiology, an analytical chemical approach for the investigation of human consumption of lifestyle chemicals

Prom./coprom.: Prof. Dr W.P. de Voogt; Prof. Dr F.J. Hernández

Thomas Lameris (18 May 2018)

Outflying climate change

Prom./coprom.: Prof. Dr B.A. Nolet; Prof. Dr MSc W. Bouten; Dr H.P. van der Jeugd

Keith Richards (16 May 2018)

Studies in Caspian palynology

Prom./coprom.: Prof. Dr H. Hooghiemstra; Prof. Dr S.B. Kroonenberg

Balázs Brankovics (9 May 2018)

Return of the mitochondrial DNA

Prom./coprom.: Prof. Dr G.S. de Hoog; Prof. Dr S.B.J. Menken; Dr A.D. van Diepeningen; Dr T.A.J. van der Lee

Frederike Quaak (26 April 2018)

Microbial populations and their potential in forensic investigations

Prom./coprom.: Prof. Dr A.D.Kloosterman; Dr I. Kuiper

Monique Wesselink (26 April 2018)

DNA markers for forensic identification of non-human biological traces

Prom./coprom.: Prof. Dr Kloostermanman; Dr I. Kuiper

Valerie Chamberland (9 February 2018)

Environmental drivers of recruitment success in Caribbean corals: Applications to aid the recovery of threatened coral populations

Prom./coprom.: Prof. Jef Huisman; Dr. M.J.A. Vermeij

Wim Jonckheere (12 January 2018)

The salivary proteome of Tetranychus urticae: Key to its polyphagous nature?

Prom./coprom.: Prof. P.H. van Tienderen; Prof L. Tirry; Dr T.B.S. Van Leeuwen