North Sea Award Laureates

2023

dr. Evelyn Paredes Coral

Understanding dimensions of ocean literacy in the European maritime industry for a sustainable blue economy

PhD thesis UGent - Marine Biology Research Group

2022

dr. Ilias Semmouri

Temporal effects of chemical and physical stressors on marine zooplankton: A molecular approach

PhD thesis  UGent - Laboratorium voor Milieutoxicologie (GhEnToxLab)

 

2021

dr. Emil De Borger

Effects of natural processes and human activity on North Sea sediment biogeochemistry 

PhD thesis  UGent - Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL) & NIOZ

2020

dr. Camille Gaulier

Trace metals in estuarine and coastal waters: Dynamics, speciation and bioavailability under various environmental conditions 

Phd thesis  VUB - Analytical, Environmental and Geochemistry (AMGC)

2019

dr. Evelien Brand

Intertidal beach morphodynamics of a macro-tidal sandy coast (Belgium)

Phd thesis  VUB - Hydrologie en Waterbouwkunde (HYDR)

2018

dr. Sebastiaan van de Velde

Electron shuttling and elemental cycling in the seafloor                                             

PhD thesis     University of California, Riverdale (VSA)

2015

dr. ir. Filip Meysman en team

Discovery of long-distance microbial electron transport in the seafloor of the North Sea

(a collection of articles)

2014     2015 VUB - Department of Analytical, Environmental, and Geo-chemistry

2014

dr. Christine Rosenørn Overgaard

'Een spiering uitwerpen om een kabeljauw te vangen - How and why the Dutch fished for cod 1818-1911'

PhD thesis - University of Southern Denmark

2013

dr. Anouk de Brauwere

'Multi-disciplinary/scale modelling of the Scheldt Estuary and tidal river network'

 UCL - Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering (IMMC)

2012

dr. Griet Neukermans

'Optical in situ and geostationary satellite-borne observations of suspended particles in coastal waters' 

PhD thesis   - Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale; Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences (LOG)

2011

dr. Eric Struyf:

'Historical land use change has lowered terrestrial silica mobilization to the North Sea and the Scheldt Estuary'

Nature Communications - LUCI-projectrapport UA - Onderzoeksgroep Ecosysteembeheer (ECOBE)

 

2010

dr. Marijn Rabaut

'Lanice conchilega, fisheries and conservation: towards an ecosystem approach to marine management'

PhD thesis Gent - Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL)

2009

dr. Mieke Mathys

'The Quaternary geological evolution of the Belgian Continental Shelf, southern North Sea'

PhD thesis UGent - Renard Centre of Marine Geology (RCMG)

2007

dr. Sofie Vandendriessche

'Floating seaweed as ephemeral neustonic habitat' 

PhD thesis UGent - Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL)

2006

dr. Eric Stienen

'Living with gulls - Trading of food and predation in the Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis'

PhD thesis Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

2005

dr. Oscar G. Bos

'Recruitment variation of Macoma balthica (L.). Is there a role for larval food limitation?' 

PhD thesis Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

2003

dr. Tim Verslycke

'Endocrine disruption in the estuarine invertebrate Neomysis integer (Crustacea: Mysidacea)'

PhD thesis UGent - Faculteit Landbouwkundige en Toegepaste Biologische Wetenschappen

2002

dr. Jan Geert Hiddink

'The adaptive value of migrations for the bivalve Macoma balthica'

PhD thesis Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

2001

dr. Bregje Beyst

'Epi- and hyperbenthic communities of Belgian sandy beaches' 

PhD thesis UGent - Vakgroep morfologie, systematiek en ecologie

2000

dr. Johan Craeymeersch

'Distribution of macrofauna in relation to the micro-distribution of trawling effort' 

PhD thesis  UGent - Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL)