Projects
Effects of urbanisation on the ecology and evolution of a damselfly KU Leuven
The rate of urbanisation is increasing on a global scale. Compared to rural areas, cities are warmer, more polluted by chemicals, and more fragmented. Although biodiversity is clearly impacted by this anthropogenic activity, there are large gaps in our understanding on the effects of urbanisation at the population and individual levels. In this thesis, I tested whether urban and rural populations of the damselfly Coenagrion puella ...
Interactions between natural stressors and pollutant exposure in nestling birds of prey: Feathers as a novel integrated measure of pollutant exposure, feeding ecology and stress. University of Antwerp
Exposure modelling and effect assessment of organic pollutants in predatory birds: Studying the interactions between exposure, climate variability and feeding ecology, using the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) as model species. University of Antwerp
Towards a strategy for the sustainable management of fragmented orchid populations: integrating ecology and population genetics. KU Leuven
Acoustic ecology of pelagic fish communities: a study into the effects of construction and exploitation of wind farms Flanders Marine Institute
The social ecology of the wish for euthanasia in adults with psychiatric conditions: a mixed methods study of factors and mechanisms. Ghent University
Twenty years since legalisation, euthanasia (defined as active termination of life at patient’s request) remains a highly controversial issue, especially concerning adults with psychiatric conditions (APC). Previous research has mostly focused on mapping practice and how legal eligibility criteria are implemented in APC, with little attention paid to the origins of requests. Moreover, existing models in suicidology do not seem readily ...
Ecology of foodborne pathogens KU Leuven
This research focuses on how foodborne pathogens experience and respond to their environment, and in particular the stresses and selection pressures they encounter throughout the food production chain. By elaborating analytical genetics and live cell biology approaches, stress response and adaptation phenomena of foodborne pathogens are dissected and studied from single-cell behaviour up to population level strategies. More specifically, this ...