PhD Theses published in 2023

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Auke de Jong (22 December 2023)

Fungal pathogens exposed: Novel insights into Candida auris and emerging relatives of the Candida haemulonii species complex

Supervisor: F. Hagen
Co-supervisor: M. Zhou

Caixia Wei (27 November 2023) 

Morphometrics of modern and fossil Poaceae pollen from South America

Supervisor: W.D. Gosling
Co-supervisors: M.C. Hoorn, P.E. Jardine

Bart Theelen (25 October 2023)

Evolving genotypes: The multiple faces of Malassezia furfur

Supervisor: T. Boekhout
Co-supervisor: T.L. Dawson

Tom van der Meer (4 October 2023) 

Macroinvertebrate redistribution of environmental pollution

Supervisors: P.F.M. Verdonschot; M.H.S. Kraak

Elise Fruitet (27 September 2023)

Evolution of sexual signals: within and between species variation in a dual function sex-pheromone component in two noctuid moths

Supervisors: A.T. Groot; D.G. Heckel
Co-supervisors: E.R. Burdfield Steel; T. Blankers

Kees Schreven (8 September 2023)

Geese colonising New Land: Causes and mechanisms of range expansion in an Arctic-breeding migrant

Supervisor: B.A. Nolet
Co-supervisor: J. Madsen

Nelleke Buitendijk (2 June 2023)

Geese Grazing Grasslands – Managing the impact of geese on agricultural grassland

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

Niklas Kornder (26 May 2023)

Organic carbon cycling in a Caribbean coral reef: Hidden biomass, sneezing sponges, and net heterotrophy

Supervisor: J. Huisman
Co-supervisors: J.M. de Goeij; M.J.A. Vermeij

Dominique Narain (10 May 2023)

Water is too precious to waste: Trade-offs of sewage effluent reuse in agricultural sub-surface irrigation

Supervisors: A.P. van Wezel; S.C. Dekker
Co-supervisor: R.P. Bartholomeus

Husam Mohamed (12 April 2023)

Molecular epidemiology and antifungal susceptibility of clinical fungi in Qatar, and the emergence of uncommon species

Supervisor: T. Boekhout
Co-supervisors: J.A.M.P. Houbraken; S.J. Taj-Aldeen

Jasper Croll (20 January 2023)

Starving to grow: the ecology and evolution of growth curve plasticity

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