PhD Defence Archives - One Health PACT

PhD Defence: Jurrian van Irsel

Written on December 9, 2025. Posted in News, PhD Defence.

Promotion time for One Health PACT PhD Jurrian van Irsel! On Thursday, January 15th, Jurrian van Irsel will defend his PhD thesis titled: “From Mosquitoes to Birds: Unravelling the Role of Avian Hosts in Vector-Borne Pathogen Dynamics” in the Aula at the Radboud...

PhD Defence: Imke Visser

Written on December 4, 2025. Posted in News, PhD Defence.

Promotion time for One Health PACT PhD Imke Visser! On Wednesday, January 7, Imke Visser will defend her PhD thesis titled: “West Nile virus pathogenesis – exploring the vector-virus-host interface” in the Prof. Andries Queridozaal Eg-370 at Erasmus MC in Rotterdam. Three...

PhD Defence – Jo Duyvestyn

Written on December 2, 2025. Posted in News, PhD Defence.

It has been quite the journey, but also Jo is at the last step, where she gets to defend her thesis! Date: Thursday January 15th, 10:00am Location: Academy building – Rapenburg 73, Leiden The defence will be followed by a reception in the foyer, which you are all...

PhD Defence: Clara Delecroix

Written on August 25, 2025. Posted in PhD Defence.

Promotion time for One Health PACT PhD Clara Delecroix! On Friday, September 19th, Clara Delecroix will defend her PhD thesis titled: ‘Tracking viral warning Resilience indicators to anticipate mosquito-borne disease outbreaks’ in the Omnia auditorium on Wageningen Campus (Hoge Steeg...

PhD Defence Tessa Nelemans

Written on July 9, 2025. Posted in News, PhD Defence.

On Thursday, the 3rd of July, Tessa Nelemans, part of the One Health PACT PhD’s, will defend her thesis ‘Outsmarting the host: unraveling virus-host interactions and their impact on Usutu virus replication’ at Universiteit Leiden. Practical detailsTime: 10.00 – The defence will...

PhD Defence: Pauline de Best

Written on May 20, 2025. Posted in PhD Defence.

Promotion time for One Health PACT PhD Pauline de Best! 🦟💧🐦‍⬛On Wednesday, the 14th of May, Pauline de Best, successfully defended her PhD thesis titled: ‘Knowledge to Practice, translation of scientific outputs to preparedness and response for...

PhD Defence: Ayat Abourashed

Written on May 6, 2025. Posted in PhD Defence.

On Wednesday, the 30th of April, Ayat Abourashed defended her PhD thesis titled: ‘Making Public Health Public: The Role of Surveys and Citizen Science in Mosquito-Borne Virus Prevention’ at Erasmus MC. You can now view the recording of Ayat’s defence via this link. One Health...

PhD Defence: Sam Boerlijst

Written on March 25, 2025. Posted in PhD Defence.

Promotion time for One Health PACT PhD Sam Boerlijst! 🦟💧🐦‍⬛On Tuesday, the 18th of March, Sam Boerlijst successfully defended his PhD thesis titled: ‘An Egg is Always an Adventure: anthropogenic impacts on Culex pipiens population dynamics’ at the Center for...

PhD Defence: Eleanor Marshall

Written on February 19, 2025. Posted in PhD Defence.

Promotion time for One Health PACT PhD Eleanor Marshall! 🦟💧🐦‍⬛On Thursday the 13th of February Eleanor Marshall, has successfully defended her PhD thesis titled: ‘Storming the Castle – Usutu virus vs. West Nile virus: insights into neuroinvasion’ at the...

PhD Defence: Kiki Streng

Written on December 19, 2024. Posted in PhD Defence.

Promotion time for One Health PACT PhD Kiki Streng! 🦟💧🐦‍⬛On Tuesday, the 17th of December 2024, Kiki Streng successfully defended her PhD thesis titled: ‘From research to preparedness: A study of zoonotic arboviruses in animals, the Netherlands’ at the...

PhD Defence: Afonso Dimas Martins

Written on November 26, 2024. Posted in PhD Defence.

Promotion time for One Health PACT PhD Afonso Dimas Martins! 🦟💧🐦‍⬛ On Tuesday, the 19th of November, Afonso Dimas Martins successfully defended his PhD thesis titled: ‘Disentangling the web – Using models to explore vector-borne disease dynamics in...

PhD Defence: Charlotte Linthout

Written on October 9, 2024. Posted in PhD Defence.

Promotion time for One Health PACT PhD Charlotte Linthout! 🦟💧🐦‍⬛ On Friday, the 4th of October 2024, Charlotte Linthout, defended her PhD thesis titled: ‘The role of native and invasive mosquito species in the spread of emerging arboviruses in the...

PhD Defence: Rody Blom

Written on September 4, 2024. Posted in PhD Defence.

Promotion time for One Health PACT PhD Rody Blom! 🦟💧🐦‍⬛ On Wednesday the 28th of August Rody Blom, one of our 26 PhD’s defended his PhD thesis titled: ‘Chasing Culex: The effects of landscape configuration and climate on Culex pipiens populations...