| Name | 
  Role | 
  Start | 
  End | 
  | INRAM: Integrated risk assessment and monitoring of micropollutants in the Belgian coastal zone | 
  co-promotor | 
  2005-12-01 | 
  2007-12-01 | 
  | WESTBANKS: understanding benthic, pelagic and air-borne ecosystem interactions in shallow coastal seas | 
  promotor | 
  2006-12-01 | 
  2009-01-01 | 
  | BALANS: Balancing impacts of human activities in the Belgian part of the North Sea | 
  co-promotor | 
  2002-02-01 | 
  2006-04-01 | 
  | ENDIS-RISKS: Endocrine disruption in the Scheldt estuary: distribution, exposure and effects | 
  co-promotor | 
  2002-02-01 | 
  2006-04-01 | 
  | Structural and functional biodiversity of North Sea ecosystems | 
  co-promotor | 
   | 
   | 
  | Quantification of carbon-, nitrogen-, phosphorus- and oxygenfluxes in the Westerschelde Estuary: integration of observations and numerical methods | 
  co-promotor | 
   | 
   | 
  | REFCOAST: Typology, reference condition and classification of the Belgian coastal waters | 
  member | 
  2003-12-01 | 
  2006-04-01 | 
  | BEWREMABI: Belgian shipwreck: hotspots for marine biodiversity | 
  member | 
  2003-12-01 | 
  2006-04-01 | 
  | WAKO An integrated impact assessment of trammel net and beam trawl fisheries | 
  member | 
  2009-05-01 | 
  2011-05-01 | 
  | GAUFRE: Towards a spatial structure plan for sustainable management of the sea | 
  member | 
  2003-01-01 | 
  2004-11-01 | 
  | TROPHOS: Higher trophic levels in the Southern North Sea | 
  promotor | 
  2002-02-01 | 
  2006-04-01 | 
  | BWZee: A biological valuation map for the Belgian continental shelf | 
  promotor | 
  2003-12-01 | 
  2006-04-01 | 
  | SPEEK: Study of post extraction ecological effects in the Kwintebank sand dredging area | 
  promotor | 
  2003-12-01 | 
  2006-04-01 | 
  | Biodiversity of marine benthic communities along ecological gradients. | 
  promotor | 
   | 
   | 
  | Biotic interactions in turbid estuarine systems | 
  promotor | 
   | 
   | 
  | Structural and functional biodiversity of copepod (Crustacea) communities on the Belgian Continental Shelf (North Sea) | 
  promotor | 
   | 
   | 
  | Analysis macrobenthic | 
  promotor | 
   | 
   | 
  | Atlantic Coral Ecosystem Study.(ACES) | 
  promotor | 
   | 
   | 
  | Biodiversity and role of the interstitial benthos of two European sandy beaches. | 
  promotor | 
   | 
   | 
  | Early warning system for mussels-fouling. | 
  promotor | 
   | 
   | 
  | Diversity and process rate in a detritus food web: relationship between nematodes and heterotrophic bacteria in the decomposition of organic material. | 
  promotor | 
   | 
   | 
  | Ecological monitoring of a coastal defense project | 
  promotor | 
   | 
   | 
  | Ecology of fouling organisms | 
  promotor | 
   | 
   | 
  | Ecology of fouling-organisms: a detailed study of Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Bivalvia, Dreissenidea) | 
  promotor | 
   | 
   | 
  | Functional and structural aspects of biodiversity in an estuarine detrital food web, with emphasis on free-living nematodes and their interactions with bacteria | 
  promotor | 
   | 
   | 
  | Functional diversity and process rate: role of nematodes in organic matter decomposition in a brackish water habitat. | 
  promotor | 
   | 
   | 
  | Habitat-model extension. | 
  promotor | 
   | 
   | 
  | Long term trends in the macrobenthos of the Belgian Continental Shelf. | 
  promotor | 
   | 
   | 
  | Interactions between meiobenthis biodiversity (in casu Nematoda) and tourism on three European sandy beaches. | 
  promotor | 
   | 
   | 
  | Marine biodiversity: the hyperbenthic fauna of continental slopes | 
  promotor | 
   | 
   | 
  | Meiobenthic biodiversity and fluxes within the Antarctic biogeochemical environment. | 
  promotor | 
   | 
   | 
  | Taxonomic database of North Sea meiofauna. | 
  promotor | 
   | 
   | 
  | The ecology of fouling-organisms: a detailed study of Mytilopsis leucophaeata. | 
  promotor | 
   | 
   | 
  | Spatio-temporal variability and population dynamics of the Abra alba - Mysella bidentata community on the Belgian Continental Shelf. | 
  promotor | 
   | 
   | 
  | BIOMARE: Implementation and networking of large-scale long-term MARine BIOdiversity research in Europe | 
  co-promotor | 
   | 
   | 
  | Interaction between biodiversity of the meiobenthos (in casu Nematoda) and tourism on three European sandy beaches | 
  promotor | 
  2000-10-01 | 
  2004-09-30 | 
  | Spatio-temporal variability and population dynamics of the Abra alba – Mysella bidentata community on the Belgian Continental Plateau | 
  promotor | 
  2001-10-01 | 
  2005-09-30 | 
  | Efemeral neustonic macrofauna communities on floating seaweed (Belgian Continental Plateau) | 
  promotor | 
  2002-10-01 | 
  2006-09-30 | 
  | Habitat suitable models for the analysis and prediction of macrobenthos in the North Sea | 
  promotor | 
  2004-10-01 | 
  2008-09-30 | 
  | Succession -and re-colonization mechanisms of the macrobenthos in slugs | 
  promotor | 
  2004-10-01 | 
  2008-09-30 | 
  | Structural and functional biodiversity of copepod communities on the Belgian Continental Plateau (North Sea). | 
  promotor | 
  1998-10-01 | 
  2002-09-30 | 
  | Diversity and process rapidity in a detritus food web: relationship between nematodes and heterotrophic bacteria in the decomposition of organic material. | 
  promotor | 
  1999-10-01 | 
  2003-09-30 | 
  | Marine biodiversity: the hyperbenthic communities of continental inclinations | 
  promotor | 
  1999-10-01 | 
  2003-09-30 | 
  | Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning | 
  co-promotor | 
  2007-07-01 | 
  2009-01-01 | 
  | BBSea - Biogeography and Biodiversity of the Sea - Integration of ecological and evolutional patterns and processes | 
  member | 
  2005-01-01 | 
  2011-10-01 | 
  | Intensive evaluation of the evolution of a protected benthic habitat | 
  co-promotor | 
   | 
   | 
  | Effects of pollution on macrozoobenthos communities in the Scheldt estuary | 
  co-promotor | 
   | 
   | 
  | Systematische studie van algae, fungi, plantae en invertebrata in het Indo-Melanesische gebied | 
  promotor | 
   | 
   | 
  | Cryptische diversiteit bij diatomeeÎn (Bacillariophyta): biologische betekenis en implicaties voor biogeografisch en ecologisch onderzoek | 
  promotor | 
   | 
   | 
  | Vergelijkende taxonomische, biogeografische en ecologische studies van benthische protistengemeenschappen in zoetwater- en estuariene milieu' s in gematigde en tropische gebieden | 
  promotor | 
   | 
   | 
  | Molecular systematics and phylogeny of holothurians | 
  promotor | 
   | 
   | 
  | Interaction of water column and the tide land in the Sea-Scheldt | 
  unknown | 
   | 
   | 
  | European microbiology of particulate systems | 
  unknown | 
   | 
   | 
  | Validation of alternative marine calcareous skeletons as recorders of global climate change | 
  unknown | 
   | 
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  | A pre-standardisation development for marine data interoperability using XML | 
  unknown | 
   | 
   | 
  | Onderzoek naar de impact van infrastructuurwerken (containerkade Noord / Verdieping) op het estuariene ecosysteem van de Schelde: Partim Watervogels in de internationaal beschermde gebieden van de Beneden Zeeschelde: trends van 1980 tot 1997 | 
  unknown | 
   | 
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  | Mangrove fauna and flora: patterns of reproductive biology and dispersal mechanisms | 
  unknown | 
   | 
   | 
  | Artificial reefs in relationship with the infauna of surrounding soft substrates, the role of changes in predator-prey interactions versus changes in the physico-chemical habitat | 
  member | 
  2006-01-01 | 
  2007-12-01 | 
  | (SUMANOS) Cluster Sustainable Management North Sea | 
  member | 
  2003-12-01 | 
  2006-12-01 | 
  | (MESMA) Monitoring and Evaluation of Spatially Managed Areas | 
  member | 
  2009-11-01 | 
  2013-10-01 | 
  | Role of the meiobenthos in Antarctic ecosystems | 
  member | 
   | 
   | 
  | Web Accessible Taxonomic Expertise in MarBEF: PROviding an e-Platform for the European Taxonomists | 
  member | 
   | 
   | 
  | ELectronic conference on MARine Biodiversity in Europe | 
  member | 
   | 
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