PhD Theses published in 2020

Tristan Biggs (8 December 2020)

Polar phytoplankton dynamics in relation to virus and zooplankton predators

Supervisor: C.P.D. Brussaard
Co-supervisor: D.W. Pond

Mansoureh Vatanshenassan (2 December 2020)

New methods for the rapid identification and antifungal susceptibility testing of clinically important Candida species

Supervisor: T. Boekhout
Co-supervisor: M. Kostrzewa

Xing (Jason) Ji (26 November 2020)

Living in a changing world: Rising CO₂ and its impact on lake phytoplankton

Supervisor: J. Huisman
Co-supervisor: J.M.H. Verspagen

Olaf Brock (18 November 2020)

The role of the molecular composition of organic matter in its (co-)precipitation by aluminium, podzolization, and carbon sequestration

Supervisor: B. Jansen, K. Kalbitz
Co-supervisor: P.C. de Ruiter, T.J. Heimovaara

Seyedeh Masoumeh Fotoukkiaii (17 November 2020)

Genetic basis of acaricide resistance: Identification and characterization of the risk and mechanisms of resistance to bifenazate, acequinocyl, and the novel acaricide pyflubumide in Tetranychus urticae

Supervisor: S. B. J. Menken
Co-supervisor: T.B.S. Van Leeuwen, N. Wybouw

Veerle Luimstra (13 November 2020)

The bluest blues: Exploring the low photosynthetic efficiency of cyanobacteria in blue light

Supervisor: J. Huisman; K.J. Hellingwerf
Co-supervisor: J.M. Schuurmans

Silke van Daalen (11 November 2020)

Get lucky: Variability in lifetime reproductive output

Supervisor: H. Caswell

Gea van der Lee (1 October 2020)

Organisms make ecosystems function: Identifying functional indicators of anthropogenic stress in aquatic ecosystems

Supervisor: P.F.M. Verdonschot, M.H.S. Kraak
Co-supervisor:  R.C.M. Verdonschot, J.A. Vonk

Milo de Baat (25 September 2020)

Advancements in effect-based water quality assessment

Supervisor: M.H.S. Kraak, P.F.M. Verdonschot
Co-supervisor: W.P. de Voogt, R. van der Oost

Rascha Nuijten (8 September 2020)

Bewick’s swans in a changing world: Species responses and the need for dynamic nature conservation

Supervisor: B.A. Nolet
Co-supervisor: H.P. van der Jeugd

Ke Gao (4 June 2020)

Sexual selection in a dynamic world: The causes and consequences of variation in sexual signals and responses

Supervisor: A.T. Groot
Co-supervisor: E. Burdfield Steel

Milan Teunissen van Manen (20 May 2020)

Plant wax n-alkane biomarkers in the tropical Andes (Ecuador)

Supervisors: W.D. Gosling, B. Jansen

Khayhan Khayhan (1 May 2020)

The Cryptococcus neoformans/Cryptococcus gattii species complex in Asia

Supervisor: T. Boekhout
Co-supervisor: F. Hagen

Songyu Yang (1 April 2020)

Soil organic matter in the Peruvian Andes: Unravelling factors controlling soil organic carbon distribution and the underlying organic matter stabilization mechanisms

Supervisor: E.L.H. Cammeraat, B. Jansen
Co-supervisor: K. Kalbitz, F.T. de Vries

Louise Lassalle (6 March 2020)

Diversity within: Consequences of individual phenotypic variability on ecological and evolutionary dynamics

Supervisor: A.M. de Roos
Co-supervisor: T.J.M. van Dooren

Jan de Brouwer (3 March 2020)

Spatiotemporal heterogeneity in lowland streams: a benthic macroinvertebrate perspective

Supervisor: P.F.M. Verdonschot, M.H.S. Kraak
Co-supervisor: R.C.M. Verdonschot, A.A. Besse-Lototskaya

Thomas Wagner (25 February 2020)

Removal and transformation of conditioning chemicals in constructed wetlands treating cooling tower water

Supervisor: W.P. de Voogt, H.H.M. Rijnaarts
Co-supervisor: J.R. Parsons, A.A.M. Langenhoff

Baptiste Poursat (20 February 2020)

Implications of microbial adaptation for the persistency assessment of organic chemicals

Supervisor: W.P. de Voogt
Co-supervisors: J.R. Parsons, R.J.M. van Spanning

Charlotte Vavourakis (23 January 2020)

A meta-omics view on prokaryotic life in hypersaline soda lakes

Supervisor: G. Muyzer
Co-supervisor:  D.Y. Sorokin