Wojciech KĘBŁOWSKI obtained on May 7 2018 the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Moving past sustainable mobility towards a critical perspective on urban transport. A right to the city-inspired analysis of fare-free public transport.
Joint PhD with Université Libre de Bruxelles
Promotors: Prof. dr. David Bassens & Prof. dr. Mathieu Van Criekingen
Indra Bervoets obtained on April 6 2018 the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the follwing doctoral thesis:
A sigma factor toolbox for orthogonal expression in Escherichia coli
Promotor: Prof. dr. ir. Eveline Peeters & Prof. dr. Daniel Charlier
Lieselotte Moreels obtained on April 4 2018 the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Direct measurement of the top quark decay width in the muon+jets channel using the CMS experiment at the LHC
Promotor: Prof. Petra Van Mulders
On March 30 2018 Anna Harutyunyan obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Beyond Single-Step Temporal Difference Learning
Promotor: Prof. dr. Ann Nowé
On March 29 2018 Olivier Van der Poorten obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Side chain constrained aromatic amino acids for use in peptide turn mimicry and cell-penetrating oligomers
Promotor: Prof. dr. Steven Ballet
On March 26 2018 Charlotte Vanmarsenille obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Protecting chickens against Campylobacter jejuni by Camelidae-derived nanobodies
Joint PhD with Universiteit Gent
Promotors: Prof. dr. Henri De Greve & Prof. dr. Frank Pasmans
On March 20 2018 Niels Marien obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Novel alkyne transformations towards (spiro)heterocyclic scaffolds
Promotors: Prof. dr. Steven Ballet & Prof. dr. Guido Verniest
On February 27 2018 Jan Maes obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
The role of governance in (re)producing ineffective disaster risk reduction: Evidence from landslides in Uganda and Cameroon
Joint PhD with Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Promotors: Prof. dr. Matthieu Kervyn & Prof. dr. Jean Poesen
On February 27 2018 Sandra Trullemans obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Enabling and Informing the Design of Cross-Media Personal Information Management Solutions
Promotor: Prof. dr. Beat Signer
On February 23 2018 Tom Willemse obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Peptide diversification: Palladium-catalyzed derivatization of peptidic lead compounds in aqueous media
Joint PhD with Universiteit Antwerpen
Promotors: Prof. dr. Steven Ballet & Prof. dr. Bert Maes