Projects
Speciation in pebble beaches: Exploring an interstitial fish radiation. University of Antwerp
Evolutionary paths to adaptive divergence: The role of ancient and ongoing hybridisation in rapid speciation of sailfin silverside fishes. University of Antwerp
Does hybridization facilitate explosive speciation of Lake Baikal amphipods? (HybridSpecLBA). University of Antwerp
Development of active-passive sampling (APS) strategies for dynamic speciation analysis and ecotoxicity evaluation of psychoactive substances and their metabolites in wastewater. University of Antwerp
Evolutionary paths to adaptive divergence: The role of ancient and ongoing hybridisation in rapid speciation of sailfin silverside fishes. University of Antwerp
The Mormyridae (Teleostei: Osteoglossiformes) of the Upemba and Kundelungu National Parks (south-eastern DR Congo): species diversity, adaptation and speciation KU Leuven
This PhD has two main objectives: (1) to document the species diversity of the Mormyridae of the rivers draining the complex formed by the Upemba National Park (UNP) and the Kundelungu National Park (KNP); and (2) to study the relationships between water conductivity and the species distribution, diversity, adaptiveness and speciation patterns in the Middle Lufira (MLf).
The outline of my PhD dissertation is envisioned as follows. A ...
Speciation and transport of RRE in Passive Treatment Systems of the Iberian Pyrite Belt KU Leuven
Rare Earth Elements (REE) are crucial to modern technological applications due to their unique chemical, optical and magnetic properties. Because of this very reason, the demand for REE has been increasing very rapidly since mid 90s. In fact, it is foreseen that the advancement in technologies would further increase the demand in the future as well. On this front, question arises as to whether available REE reserves in the world would be ...
Liquid chromatography unit for speciation analyses of trace elements through HPLC-ICP-MS. Ghent University
This application concerns liquid chromatography equipment, specifically aimed at coupling to an ICP-MS as detector. Such setup allows to separate and accurately quantify different chemical forms of essential and toxic trace elements at very low concentrations in the natural environment, food and industrial process and waste streams.
Laboulbeniales hyperparasitic fungi of bat flies: host specificity and patterns of speciation Ghent University
This is a story about hyperparasitism: flies that live as parasites on bats in turn serve as hosts for small ectoparasitic fungi, the Laboulbeniales. Laboulbeniales fungi are microscopic, obscure, and understudied, even neglected by the mycological community. The small community of researchers studying Laboulbeniales primarily focus on taxonomy (description of species) and ecology (effects of the fungi on their hosts). With this project, we ...