Postdoctoral researchers, PhDs, research assistants and undergraduate students

Postdocs and PhD students

Sophie Chattington (MSc)

Monitoring pre- and post release diversity in local Trichogramma egg parasitoid populations

(co)promotors: Bart Pannebakker & Bas Zwaan (both Laboratory of Genetics)

Giannoula (Anni) Bogka (MSc)

Effects of climate and diversification on population structures and host selection behaviour of natural enemies of the olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae

(co)promotors: Bart Pannebakker, Bas Zwaan (both Laboratory of Genetics) & Emmanouil Kambourakis (TEI, Crete)

Diego Z. Gallan (MSc)

Deciphering molecular mechanisms involved in the interactions of banana, the banana weevil and Fusarium oxysporum fungus

(co)promotors: Etalo, Desalegn Woldes and Gert Kema (Phytopathology)

Eva Drukker (MSc)

Exploring green roofs as urban hotspots for insects

Promotor: Eric Schranz (Biosystematics)

Linzihan Fan (MSc)

Enhancing our understanding of pest egg-killing cell death responses for crop resistance breeding

co-promotors: Klaas Bouwmeester and Lotte Caarls (Plant Breeding, WU)

Niek Palmen (MSc)

Evolution of egg-killing

Co-promotors: Klaas Bouwmeester, Lotte Caarls (Plant Breeding), Peter Karssemeijer

Rick Buesink (MSc)

Management and control of saproxylic beetles

Promotors: Patrick Jansen (UU), Eric Schranz

Peter Karssemeijer (PhD), AvHumboldt fellow and guest researcher

Pest evolution of Colorado potato beetles on Solanum

Collaborators: Jonathan Gernshezon, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena (Germany)

Liana Greenberg (PhD), guest researcher

Evolution of butterfly pheromones

Collaborators: Bart Pannebakker

Research assistants/ insect rearing

Jordy Litjens (MSc)

Research assistant at Biosystematics and Genetics

Jip van Buul (MSc )

Research/teaching assistant at Biosystematics

Patrick Verbaarschot

Research and teaching assistant at Biosystematics

Violet van Oosten

Research and teaching assistant at Biosystematics

MSc/BSc students

Julie v/d Boogaard (MSc student)

Tirza Visser (BSc student)

Former group members

Current and former PhD students

Dr. Lotte Caarls - former postdoc - collaborator at Plant Breeding, Wageningen Plant Research (WUR)

Msc Gabriella Bukovinskine Kiss - former research assistant - collaborator at Laboratory of Genetics (WUR)

Dr. Setareh Mohammadin - former postdoc - Dutch Research Council (NWO)

 

Dr. Foteini Pashalidou - graduated in 2015 (prof Dicke and prof van Loon as promotors) - now collaborator at INRA Montpellier, France

 

 

Dr. Luis Paniagua - graduated in October 2019 at FU Berlin (Prof Hilker as promotor) - postdoc at FU Berlin, Germany

 

 

Dr. Georgios Valsamakis - graduated in July 2021 at FU Berlin (prof Hilker as promotor)

 

Dr. Eddie Griese - graduated in October 2021 at WUR (prof Hilker, prof Dicke & prof Schranz as promotors)

 

Dr. Niccolo Bassetti - graduated in October 2022 at WUR (prof Zwaan, prof Schranz & Dr. Bonnema as (co)promotors)

 

Dr. Liana Greenberg - graduated in July 2026 at WUR (prof Zwaan, prof Schranz & Dr. Pannebakker as promotors)