PhD Candidates

Exploring variation in photosynthesis, transpiration and growth among plants and leaves within tomato plant canopies using a dynamic functional-structural plant model.

Facilitation and polishing by macroinvertebrates.

The relationship between land-use intensity and diversity and evenness of natural enemies and natural pest control.

Chemical safety of insects as food and feed use.

Quantifying calcification and vulnerability to ocean acidification of shelled pteropods using 3D morphometric techniques and field experiments.

A quantitative model for integrating landscape, soil and vegetation of semi-natural ecosystems in Luxembourg and Spain.

ERC Poelman.

Coexistence of marine viruses and their phytoplankton hosts.

Safety of the Metabolization of Mycotoxins for Food and Feed Use of Insects.

Deviations in mobility patterns as an early indicator of lameness and mastitis in dairy cows using sensor technology.

Host Restriction Factors limiting the budding of enveloped viruses.

Gaming for forest restoration: participatory explorations through scenario evaluation games.

Microbiota statistical method development.

The use of pre-harvest LED lighting to improve quality and postharvest performance of lettuce.

Analyzing the impact of biotic and abiotic stress factors on the immune response and performance of Glossina spp. for SIT programs.

Big data methods and scalable tools to combine optical and RADAR Sentinel satellite data for rapid change detection.

The effects of wetlands dynamics and future scenarios on biodiversity and society.

Is there mutual exclusion between anthocyanins and carotenoids in petunia flowers?

Improving ready-to-eat and introducing ready-to-enjoy mango.

Optimal control in agriculture irrigation: Ideal water management under uncertainty.

Regulation of photosynthesis in tropical epiphytes

Hunting through space: bridging the gap of biocontrol between leaf-dwelling and flower thrips in horticulture.

Sustainable intensification through optimization of pigeonpeas/lablab introduced in maize-based cropping systems of Northern Tanzania.

The role of signaling environment in signal evolution: the influence of anuran calling microhabitat and climatic niche position.

Structure, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning of dry and wet secondary forests (S-BEF).

Striga asiatica in smallholder farmers' maize fields in Malawi.

Sustainable intensification in Tanzania: towards a better understanding of spatial variability of input responses to reduce farmer's risk.

Causes and constraints in the early evolution of multicellularity.

Bog Iron Ore in the Bourtangermoor: Past and Present.

Understanding potato seed degeneration.

Understanding turning points in dryland ecosystem functioning.

Microbial ecology of traditional fermentation.

Biological processes in manure production / management (case study: Nitrogen losses from poultry manure).

Integrated vegetable seed systems development in ethnic minority communities in Northern Vietnam for enhanced nutrition and income security.

Automated electronic monitoring of unwanted fish catch.

Substrate Safety and Insect Health.

Genome evolution of Termitomyces.

Effects of disturbances on microbial community dynamics in wetlands.

Towards sustainable processing of organic debris from large-scale rose farming in Kenya.

Characterizing the response of Anopheles mosquitos to human odours in the presence of odour-baited traps and spatial repellents.

Biogeomorphology of primary coastal dune formation and evolution.

Exploration of environmentally smart livestock landscapes in the tropics.

Unravelling the annual cycle of an Arctic migrant in search of the cause of its decline.

Soil microbes to enhance crop resistance and biological control of insect pests.

Effect of Mabisi based probiotic therapeutic feeds on gut microbiota of healthy, moderately and severely malnourished children in Zambia (The PROBGUT Study).

Sustainable soil and land management using Functional Land Management: an overarching policy framework.

Tailoring integrated soil fertility and pest management to the contexts of smallholder farmers in banana-based farming systems in East Africa.

Harnessing soil functions for livestock farming.

Managing virus degeneration in sweetpotato for a better seed system at the Lake Zone, Tanzania: What and how to prioritize in decentralized vine multiplication?

Exploring the potential benefits of rhizobium inoculation with cowpea.