Graduate students:

  1. Leyva, Diana Balvina; DGD Pre-doctoral Fellow at the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp (in progress) The role of of plant-mosquito interactions for the development of insecticide resistance in Culex pipiens

  2. Sofia Vielma; PhD student in Experimental Zoology at the Wageningen University (in progress) How do malaria mosquitos swarm and mate? The functional biology of mating swarms

  3. Adwine Vanslembrouck; PhD student in Biology at the University of Antwerp (in progress) The diversity of mosquito interactions under climate change conditions

  4. Viviane Gerger; PhD student in Medicine at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (in progress) Ecophysiological plasticity of Aedes albopictus collected along an altitudinal gradient in Nepal.

  5. Marie Pfeiffer; PhD student in Medicine at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (in progress) Kältetoleranz, Kälteakklimatisierung und Temperaturabhängigkeit unterschiedlicher Populationen des arthropoden Vektors Aedes albopictus gesammelt entlang eines altitudinalen Gradienten in Nepal.

  6. Oliver Steffen; PhD student in Medicine at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (in progress) Kältetoleranz, Kälteakklimatisierung und Temperaturabhängigkeit unterschiedlicher Populationen des arthropoden Vektors Aedes aegypti gesammelt entlang eines altitudinalen Gradienten in Nepal.

  7. Phuyal, Parbati; PhD student in Social Sciences at the University of Antwerp (in progress) Eco-bio-social drivers for people´s knowledge and attitude and vector prevention and control practice along an altitudinal gradient in Nepal.

Former members

  1. Baccarne, Daan; BSc students in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Antwerp (2024) Does the common house mosquito Culex pipiens play a role in pollination? Part B

  2. Ceulemans, Arne; BSc students in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Antwerp (2024) Does the common house mosquito Culex pipiens play a role in pollination? Part A

  3. Katusi, Godfrey; DGD Pre-doctoral Fellow at the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp (2023) Quantity and adequate nutrients of low-cost larval food sources for Anopheles, Aedes and Culex mosquitoes

  4. Kadi, Chaymae; MSc student in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Antwerp (2023) Potential application of chitosan as nanocarrier of insecticides for vector control against Culex pipiens

  5. Spruyt, Robbe; BSc student in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Antwerp (2023) Heat stress of the arboviral vector Aedes albopictus

  6. Mahmood, Sahaar; BSc student in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Antwerp (2023) Heat stress of the West-Nile virus vector Culex pipiens

  7. Smekens, Younes; BSc student in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Antwerp (2023) Heat stress of the arboviral vector Aedes aegypti

  8. Janssens, Corneel; Farmaceutische en biologische laboratoriumtechnologie /Biotechnological assistant (2023) The effect of larval competition intensity on the biochemical constitution of the thermophilic mosquito Culex hortensis and the invasive arboviral vector Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito)

  9. Gonnermann, Theresa; PhD student in Medicine at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (2022) DDT tolerance and detoxification of Aedes albopictus under nutrient depreviation

  10. Schneider, Friederike; PhD student in Medicine at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (2022) Ecophysiological plasticity of Aedes aegypti collected along an altitudinal gradient in Nepal

  11. Stege, Nicole; Master student in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Antwerp (2022) The occurrence of malaria and arboviral vectors in villages nearby the forest of Mountain Oral Kravanh in Cambodia

  12. Vereecken, Stien; Master student in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Antwerp (2022) Detection of insecticide resistance against permethrin, deltamethrin and DDT in Belgian Culex pipiens

  13. Göttlich, Simon; PhD student in Medicine at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (2022) Impact of diet on permethrin detoxification and metabolic phenotype of Aedes albopictus

  14. Van den Dries, Marian; Master student in Tropical Animal Health at the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp (2021) Context-dependency of larval competition between Culex pipiens and Aedes albopictus

  15. Vielma, Sofia Valentina Castillo; Master student in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Antwerp (2021) The metabolism of cold acclimated mosquitoes: The metabolic costs of three mosquito species during exposure to mild and harsh winter cold

  16. Poot, Jesse; Master student in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Antwerp (2021) Arthropod-borne pathogens along a village-to-forest gradient in Cambodia

  17. Van den Ven, Marre; BSc student in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Antwerp (2021) Diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) as predators of Culex mosquito larvae

  18. Kadi, Chaymae; BSc student in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Antwerp (2021) Dytiscidae as predators of Aedes mosquito larvae

  19. Kramer, Isabelle; PhD student in Environmental Sciences at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (2021) Adaptation of dengue transmitting Aedes mosquitoes to a climate gradient in Nepal

  20. Philippeau, Marie-Astrid; BSc student in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Antwerp (2020) Effect of algal food on larval growth of Aedes albopictus (short feeding assays)

  21. Reuss, Friederike; PhD student in Biology at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (2020) Die Asiatische Buschmücke: Die Lebenszyklusbiologie als Grundlage für Kontrollmaßnahmen pdf

  22. Hasyim, Hamzah; PhD student in Medicine at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (2019) Analysis of climatic and socio-economic drivers of malaria incidence in Indonesia

  23. Dröge, Janis; PhD student in Medicine at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (2019) In-depth analysis of traffic-borne particulate matter – A case study in Frankfurt am Main

  24. Al-Qaysi, Rawya; PhD student in Medicine at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (2018) Emission of particulate matter from cigarettes produced in Germany and United Arab Emirates: A bilateral comparison of five tobacco products

  25. Zeimentz, Melanie Elisabeth; PhD student in Medicine at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (2018) An analysis of particulate matter emissions of E-Cigarettes, comparing different E-Liquids and E-Cigarette-Types, using aerosol spectrometry within a well-defined interior

  26. Mahbuba, Akhinur; Master student in Environmental Toxicology at the University Duisburg-Essen (2017) Metabolic resistance of the invasive mosquito Aedes albopictus under abiotic stress

  27. Kampe, Amelie; PhD student in Medicine at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (2017) Emission of particulate matter from Couture slim cigarettes: A laser aerosol spectrometric analysis

  28. Gerharz, Julia; PhD student in Medicine at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (2017) Increased emission of particulate matter due to menthol additives?

  29. Iffland, Yvonne; PhD student in Medicine at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (2017) American Spirit – the less harmful choice? An analysis of particulate matter levels of American Spirit cigarettes using laser aerosol spectrometry

  30. Koger, Friedemann; PhD student in Medicine at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (2017) Emission of particulate matter from Marlboro cigarettes: A laser aerosol spectrometric analysis

  31. Kant, Nora; PhD student in Medicine at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (2017) An analysis of particulate matter levels of super slim cigarettes (Vogue) in comparison to the 3R4F reference cigarette using laser aerosol spectrometry

  32. Kreß, Aljoscha; PhD student in Biology at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (2016) Research into the potential to adapt and establish of the invasive Asian tiger mosquito Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (SKUSE). « several Science Slam Awards

  33. Shinn, Cândida; PostDoc in Aquatic Ecotoxicology at the University of Coimbra (2010-2016) Regular research stays (3 to 8 weeks) for mesocosm research in Ruth Müller Lab

  34. Arndt, Moritz; PhD student in Medicine at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (2016) Microparticulate matter emitted from smoking of three favorite tobacco brands

  35. Charaf, Sarah; Master student in Ecology and Evolution at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (2014) Effects of endocrine disruptors on the reproduction of Physella acuta with focus on epigenetic modifications

  36. Oppold, Ann-Marie; Master student in Environmental Sciences at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (2013) Epigenetics in ecotoxicology: The influence of DNA methylation on the insecticide sensitivity and the phenotype of Aedes albopictus. « Procter & Gamble Award for Sustainability 2013

  37. Baier, Jasmin; Bachelor student in Biology at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (2013) Predator prey interactions: Does predation risk by invasive mosquito fish influence life history traits of native mosquitos?

  38. Spaeth, Kerstin; Bachelor student in Biology at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (2013) The metabolism of Aedes albopictus under impact of xenobiotics

  39. Seeland, Anne; PhD student in Biology at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (2012) Assessing the combined effects of xenobiotics, climate change and predators on aquatic organisms in multiple stressor experiments - A case study with pyrimethanil

  40. Albrand, Jennifer; Diploma student in Biology at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (2012) Comparative analysis of the sensitivity and competitive potential in the invasive snail Physella acuta and the indigenous snail Physa fontinalis under impact of the model fungicide pyrimethanil and different temperatures

  41. Scherer, Christian; Diploma student in Biology at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (2012) The impact of multiple stressors (including climate change) on aquatic organisms

  42. Wiesner, Lisa; Bachelor student in Biology at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (2012) Competition between the invasive mosquito Aedes albopictus and the native Culex pipiens f. molestus. « Junior Scientist Award at the 18th SETAC-GLB conference, Essen 2013

  43. Jilani, Daria; Bachelor student in Biology at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (2012) Comparative analysis of the sensitivity and competitive potential in the invasive snail Physella acuta and the indigenous snail Physa fontinalis under impact of the model fungicide pyrimethanil and different temperatures

  44. Henkel, Jan; Bachelor student in Biology at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (2012) Fungicide effects on the midge Chironomus riparius in different test systems and at different test conditions

  45. Kreß, Aljoscha; Diploma student in Biology at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (2011) Interactive effects of temperature and insecticides on the invasive mosquito Aedes albopictus und the native Culex pipiens

  46. Knautz, Timm; Bachelor student in Biology at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (2011) Competition between the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus und the native Culex pipiens under multiple stressors

  47. Vollroth, Simone; Bachelor student in Biology at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (2011) Impact of biotic and abiotic environmental stressors on the development of the mosquitoes Aedes albopictus und Culex pipiens

  48. Fennel, Dennis; Diploma student in Environmental Engineering at the College RheinMain, University of Applied Sciences, Wiesbaden Rüsselsheim Geisenheim (2010) Development of an ecotoxicological bioassay with the phantom gnat Chaoborus flavicans under different temperatures

  49. Steinhoff, Franziska; Diploma student in Marine Biology at the University Bremen (2006) Effects of ultraviolet radiation and temperature on the ultrastructure of the zoospores of brown macroalgae (Laminariales)