Events

Benjamin Jentgen obtained on July, 5th 2022, the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES. The title of his doctoral thesis is  "Histological and remodelling patterns among neosauropods in insular environments". 

Sietze de Graaff obtained on April 26, 2022, the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES. The title of his doctoral thesis is: "Making Sense of Destruction: A Geochemical and Petrological Investigation of the Impact Melt Rocks and Crystalline Basement of the Chicxulub Impact Structure.

Vendula Smolikovà obtained on April 21, 2022 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES. The title of her doctoral thesis is: "Determination of trace elements in the aquatic environment using diffusive gradients in thin films technique"

Bastien Soens obtained on September 17, 2021 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the following doctoral thesis: 'Petrographic and geochemical characterization of the micrometeorite collection from the Sør Rondane Mountains, Antarctica: Nature and origin of the extraterrestrial f

Ehab Abdulbur Alfakhory obtained on June 10, 2021 the academic degree of  DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the following doctoral thesis: 'Development of the Diffusive Gradient in Thin-Films (DGT) passive sampling technique for Platinum Group Elements (PGEs) and its application in urban rivers'

Annelies Van Heyst obtained on April 1, 2021 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the following doctoral thesis: 'Challenges in the evaluation of mineral oil hydrocarbons in food' Promotor: Prof. dr. ir. Marc Elskens

Chunyang Zhou obtained on February 16, 2021 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the following doctoral thesis: 'Understanding biogeochemical processes of trace elements in marine sediments at various spatial scales' Promotor: Prof. dr. Yue Gao

Matthias Sinnesael obtained on June 12, 2020 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the doctoral thesis: "Astronomical cycle identification methods and their application to high-resolution Ordovician stratigraphy".

Genyffer Troina obtained on October 17, 2019 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the following thesis "Trophic interactions and ecology of cetaceans from the western South Atlantic"

Alicia Van Ham - Meert obtained on May 06, 2019 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the thesis: "Development of non-destructive analysis protocols for the chemical and isotopic analysis of archaeological materials".

Niels de Winter obtained on February 22, 2019 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the following doctoral thesis " A critical assessment of the proxies, archives and techniques available for high-resolution paleoclimate reconstructions".  With Philippe Claeys as advisor. 

Kevin De Bondt obtained on September 21, 2018 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the doctoral thesis "The forgotten connections between groundwater and urban water management policies: Stable isotope and the Urban Hydrological Landscape applied to Brussels".

Stef Vansteenberge obtained on May 25 2018 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the following doctoral thesis:  Reconstruction of last interglacial & last glacial inception paleoclimate using Belgian speleothems. Promotor: Prof. dr. Philippe Claeys

Tara Vandermarken obtained on May 25, 2018 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the following doctoral thesis: "Development of estrogens in the environment and in food packaging materials".  PhD advisors Marc Elskens.