PhD Theses published in 2025

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Mengru Jia (30 October 2025) 

Linking microbial community and gross nitrogen transformations in forest soils: Methods and experiments

Supervisor: A. Tietema 
Co-supervisor: R.A.P.F. Bol, A.M. Kooijman

Yan Dong (29 October 2025) 

Screening for pharmaceuticals and pesticides in bio-based fertilizers, and their effect on degradation and crop uptake of pharmaceuticals in soil

Supervisors: B. Jansen, J.C. Slootweg
Co-supervisor: A. Praetorius, E. de Rijke

Ping Zhan (11 June 2025) 

Epidemiology of dermatomycoses: History, recent development and future perspectives

Supervisor: S. Brul
Co-superviso: G.S. de Hoog, S.B.J. Menken

Fiona Lippert (5 June 2025)

From weather radars to bird migration fluxes: Process-guided machine learning for spatio-temporal forecasting and inference

Supervisors: P.D. Forré, E.E. van Loon
Co-supervisors: A.G. Hoekstra, B. Kranstauber

Ineke Knot (4 June 2025) 

Portable genomics for health monitoring of wild primates: Parasitic nematode identification as a model for field-based disease surveillance

Supervisor: S.A. Wich
Co-supervisors: R.G. Rae

Elsa Girard (26 May 2025) 

Large benthic foraminifera under the pipette: Method development and ecological assessment in the Spermonde Archipelago

Supervisor: W. Renema
Co-supervisors: J.N. Macher, S. Wilken

Tim Piel (9 April 2025) 

Effects of hydrogen peroxide on cyanobacterial blooms

Supervisor: J. Huisman, P.M. Visser
Co-supervisor: C.P.D. Brussaard

Fangbin Hou (25 March 2025) 

The role of root exudates in drought-induced changes in soil carbon cycling

Supervisor: F.T. de Vries
Co-supervisor: B. Jansen, W.E. Morriën

Nienke  Wieringa (14 March 2025)

Mud matters: The significance of effect-based sediment quality assessment

Supervisor: M.H.S. Kraak, P.F.M. Verdonschot
Co-supervisor: S.T.J. Droge, T.L. ter Laak

Erik Weenink (28 February 2025)

Controlling cyanobacterial blooms: How hydrogen peroxide treatments affect aquatic communities

Supervisors: J. Huisman, P.M. Visser
Co-supervisor: M.H.S. Kraak

Suyash Gupta (21 February 2025)

From diversity to functionality: Understanding microbial communities in haloalkaline biodesulfurization systems

Supervisor: G. Muyzer
Co-supervisor: C.M. Plugge

Evy de Nijs (14 February 2025)

Closing the cycle of resources: exploring the potential of composting in Kenyan rose cultivation

Supervisors: A. Tietema, R.A.P.F. Bol