Master Thesis Award Laureates

2023

Michiel De Cooman

Understanding and tackling jellification: from polyp to bloom

M. Sc. thesis  UGent

Michiel De Cooman, winnaar van de Master Thesis Award 2023, met Colin Janssen, voorzitter van de Wetenschappelijke Commissie, en Jan Mees, algemeen directeur

Trần Mạnh Quân

Local stakeholders’ conservation perceptions in Cu Lao Cham Marine Protected Area (Vietnam) and Kep Archipelago Marine Fisheries Management Area (Cambodia): common challenges and country specificities

M. Sc. thesis  VUB - Oceans & Lakes, Master of Marine & Lacustrine Science & Management

Prof. Jean Hugé neemt de Master Thesis Award in ontvangst namens winnaar QuanTran Manh, met Colin Janssen, voorzitter van de Wetenschappelijke Commissie

2022

Dries Vergouwen

Come sail your ships around me - Studying the Roman harbour infrastructure and seascape of Nea Paphos using a viewshed analysis

M. Sc. thesis VUB  - Arts and Philosophy

Zee en gezondheid

Fabio Viotti

Sharing habitats: Killer whales and anthropogenic noise

M. Sc. thesis  UGent - IMBRSea

Zee en gezondheid

2021

Anton Bilsen

Intercepting invaders: Metabarcoding for monitoring non-indigenous species in a North Sea harbour 

M. Sc. thesis KU Leuven - LBEG & VLIZ

Zee en gezondheid

Merel Van Gorp

Function of keels in coffin fishing in passive stabilisation during swimming

M. Sc. thesis UAntwerpen - Functional Morfology

Zee en gezondheid

2020

Anjali Gopakumar

Mercury accumulation in fishes from North-East and North-West Barents Sea during the polar night 

M. Sc. thesis UGent - IMBRSea

Zee en gezondheid

Nanou Goedefroo

The spatio-temporal evolution of a newly created mussel bed and its effects on benthic communities 

M. Sc. thesis UGent - IMBRSea

Zee en gezondheid

2019

Loïc Van Audenhaege

High-resolution vertical habitat mapping of a deep-sea cliff offshore western Greenland

M. Sc. thesis UGent - IMBRSea

Zee en gezondheid

Rafaela De Albuquerque Ribeiro

Designing climate-proof marine protected areas: a case study in South America

M. Sc. thesis VUB - Tropimundo

Zee en gezondheid

2018

Liam Lachs

Sewage-derived resort runoff threatens coral reefs? A pilot isotopic assessment of nitrogen at Pulau Redang, Malaysia 

M. Sc. thesis VUB - Tropimundo

Zee en gezondheid

Meenakshi Poti

Conservation and consumption of sea turtle eggs in Redang Island, Peninsular Malaysia 

M. Sc. thesis VUB - Tropimundo

Zee en gezondheid

2017

Michiel Dekoninck

Roman salt production in the civitas Menapiorum: A study of the technological process at salt production sites using briquetage pottery from the Zeebrugge-Dudzele region

M. Sc. thesis UGent - Archeology

Zee en gezondheid

Emily Lodewijks

Potential Human Health Effects of Phycotoxins in Marine Bioaerosols

M. Sc. thesis UGent - GhEnToxLab

Zee en gezondheid

2016

Kathleen Wils

Reconstruction of the earthquake history of Aysén fjord (southern Chile) using seismic stratigraphy and analysis of a sediment core

M.Sc. thesis UGent - Renard Centre of Marine Geology

Zee en gezondheid

Niels van Putte

Groundwater flow in freshwater tidal marshes: A comparison of a natural and a restored marsh

M.Sc. thesis UA - Research group Ecosystem Management

Zee en gezondheid

2015

Thomas Mestdagh

Evaluation and modelling of the response of gas hydrate reservoirs to changing environmental conditions across a high-latitude continental margin

M.Sc. thesis UGent - Master of Science in de geology

Zee en gezondheid

Gaëtan De Gryse

Three-dimensional morphology of the antennal gland in Penaeus Vannamei and the development of a quantification method for the study of White Spot Syndrome Virus

M.Sc. scriptie UGent - Faculteit Veterinairy Sciences

Zee en gezondheid

2014

Evelien Deboelpaep

Habitat availability for migratory birds in western Greece & northern Cyrenaica (Libya)

M.Sc. thesis VUB - Master of Science in Biology Environment, Biodiversity & Ecosystems

Zee en gezondheid

Thibaut Van Zwijnsvoorde

Hydrodynamics study on various design scenarios, using a physical scale model, to improve the maritime access of the port of Zeebrugge

M. Sc. thesis UGent - Departement Civil Technique

Zee en gezondheid

2013

Jeroen De Waegemaeker

Climate change as a driver for renewed coastal tourism? Potentials of a compartmentalised coastal zone for coastal tourism

M.Sc. thesis Artesis Hogeschool Antwerpen, Faculty Design Sciences

Zee en gezondheid

Julia Schmidt-Petersen

What influences predation by Coralliophila? Exploring the relationships between corals, symbiotic zooxanthellae, and corallivorous gastropods

M. Sc. thesis UGent - Faculty Biology, researcg group Phycology

Zee en gezondheid

2012

Joachim Teunen

Migratory birds and the suitability of wetlands along the west coast of Greece: a preliminary analysis

M.Sc. thesis VUB - APNA

Zee en gezondheid

Nicolas Loosveldt en Kenneth Vannieuwenhuyse

Experimental validation of empirical design of a scour protection around monopiles under combined wave and current loading

M.Sc. thesis UGent - AWW & IMDC

Zee en gezondheid

2011

Elisabeth Debusschere

Effect of ocean acidification on the early life stages of the Baltic tellin Macoma balthica

M.Sc. thesis UGent - Marine Biology

Zee en gezondheid

Lorenz Meire

Impact of global change on coastal hypoxia

M.Sc. thesis UGent - MARELAC

Zee en gezondheid

2010

Thomas Vandorpe

Seismic stratigraphy of Plio-Pleistocene deposits on the shelf edge SW off Mallorca, Spain

M.Sc. thesis UGent - Renard Centre of Marine Geology (RCMG)

Zee en gezondheid

Quinten Vanhellemont

Use of MODIS imagery for the assessment of the variability in intertidal microphytobenthos biomass at regional and global scales

M.Sc. thesis UGent - MARELAC

Zee en gezondheid

2009

Dennis De Ryck

Spreading and settlement: experiments on processes of spreading and settlement of hydrochore mangrove propagules

M.Sc. thesis VUB - general botany and nature management

Zee en gezondheid

Thomas Verleye

The Holocene palaeoenvironment of the southwestern Black Sea: a reconstruction using dinoflagellate cysts and other palynomorphs

M.Sc. thesis UGent - Research group Paleontology

Zee en gezondheid

2008

Steven De MeesterOccurrence and potential effects of microplastics in Belgian coastal waters

M.Sc. thesis UGent - Research group environmental toxicology

Zee en gezondheid

Elisabeth Robert

Hydraulic architecture of Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. along an ecological gradient in Gazi Bay (Kenya) - 2006-2007

M.Sc. thesis VUB - General botany and nature management

Zee en gezondheid

2007

Virginie Demaerel

Investigating the distribution of crustaceans of the genus Bathyporeia (Crustacea, Amphipoda) using genetic markers

M.Sc. thesis UGent - Marine Biology

Zee en gezondheid

Sarah Denys

Contrasting Holocene sediment succession along the western and eastern parts of the Belgian coast: cause and effects

M.Sc. thesis VUB - Geography

Zee en gezondheid

2006

Katrien Broekaert

Cryptic genetic diversity in the genus Mesopodopsis (Crustacea, Mysidacea)

Thesis

Zee en gezondheid

Robby Caspeele

Generation of irregular long and short crested waves in a numerical model for wave propagation: implementation, validation and application

Thesis

Zee en gezondheid

2005

Ivy Meert

Reconstruction of environmental conditions at the Belgian coastal area over the past 800 years using Mytilus edulis shells

Thesis

Zee en gezondheid

Kristien Schelfaut

Defining landscapes on the Belgian continental shelf as an approach to holistic habitat mapping

Thesis

Zee en gezondheid

2004

Griet Neukermans

Remote sensing of mangroves in Gazi Bay (Kenya) with very high resolution QuickBird satellite imagery: automated methods for species and assemblage identification

Thesis

Zee en gezondheid

Dioli Ann Payo

Molecular systematics and cryptic diversity of the genus Dictyota (Dictyotales: Phaeophyta) with special reference to species occurring in the Philippines

Thesis

Zee en gezondheid

2003

Anouk de Brauwere

Optimisation and validation of biogeochemical models

Thesis

Zee en gezondheid

Anton Van de Putte

Modelling growth and predation of herring (Clupea harengus) in the Scheldt estuary

Thesis

Zee en gezondheid

2002

Sarah Collin

Mangroves in eastern Godavaridelta (Andhra Pradesh, India): ethnobotanical importance and relationship to fisheries

Thesis

Zee en gezondheid

Valérie Lehouck

Spatio-temporal distribution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in dune grasslands, with a particular focus on plant-ant interactions

Thesis

Zee en gezondheid

2001

Tim Deprez

Taxonomy and biodiversity of the Mysidacea of the coastal waters of the western Indian Ocean

Thesis

Zee en gezondheid

Samuel Deleu

Seabed mobility study of the Nuisance Banks region

Thesis

Zee en gezondheid

2000

Véronique Vanquickelberghe

Biodiversity of hyperbenthos along a depth gradient (200 to 700m) on the continental slope

Thesis

Zee en gezondheid

Chantal Martens

Morpho and sediment dynamics of the coastal seamount at Egmond-aan-Zee (Netherlands)

Thesis

Zee en gezondheid