Participating Ph.D. students
List of doctoral program participants (updated 06.09.2019)
| ABRAHAM Leen | Genome-wide expression analysis to map regulatory variation in a major fungal pathogen | Croll D. Uni Neuchâtel |
| ACCOSSATO Sonia | Post translational modifications of TOC159 | Kessler F. Uni Neuchâtel |
| ACKERMANN Corinne | Social bonds in wild juvenile chimpanzee and the related peripheral oxytocin levels | Zuberbühler K. Uni Neuchâtel |
| AELLEN Mélisande | Animal cognition: the case of cleaner fish (Labroides) | Bshary R. Uni Neuchâtel |
| ALBELDA BERENGUER Magdalena | Biological strategies for the preservation of archaeological waterlogged wood | Joseph E. & Junier P. (Uni Neuchâtel) |
| ANDRIEU Julie | Study of a potential context-specific communication in white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar) in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand | Zuberbühler K. Uni Neuchâtel |
| AUGUSTINUS Benno | Estimating host range, potential spread and impact of prospective biological control agents of A. artemisiifolia in Europe | Schaffner U. CABI (Müller-Schärer H. Uni Fribourg) |
| BAKHTIARI Moe | Plant defense responses to herbivory above- and belowground and herbivore‐mediated selection on plant defense traits along elevation gradient | Rasmann S. Uni Neuchâtel |
| BELLAMECHE Fares | Induced resistance in wheat | Mauch-Mani B. Uni Neuchâtel |
| BELLI Alessandro | The role of oxidative stress on the senescence and trade-off between resistance and tolerance to parasites | Koella J. Neuchâtel |
| BLANDENIER Quentin | Diversity, ecology and biogeography of hyalospheniid testate amoebae (Amoebozoa; Arcellinida) from regional to global scales | Lara E. (Mitchell E.) Uni Neuchâtel |
| BOUCHARD Alice | Intentionality in chimpanzee communication | Zuberbühler K. Uni Neuchâtel |
| BREGNARD Cindy | Tick ecology, host-specificity and MLST characterization of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato isolates in the Lyme Disease Context | Voordouw M. (Koella J.) Uni Neuchâtel |
| BREGNARD Danaé | Endobacteria in fungi | Junier P. Uni Neuchâtel |
| BRUNI Estelle | Biodiversity and biogeography of Euglyphida (Rhizaria) in continental and oceanic islands | Lentendu G. (Mitchell E.) Uni Neuchâtel |
| BRUNO Pamela | Tritrophic interactions: Possible host-plant effects on the resistance of diabrotica pests to natural enemies | Turlings T. Uni Neuchâtel |
| CHABAANE Yosra | Consequences of chili plant domestication on plant-insect interactions | Benrey B. Uni Neuchâtel |
| CHEN Yi | Impact of stacked Bt maize on aquatic non-target arthropods | Romeis J. Uni Bern & Meissle M. Agroscope ZH |
| CHERVET Noémie | The role of Benzoxazinoid derivatives in plant resistance to crop pests | Steinger T. Agroscope Changins (Turlings T. Uni Neuchâtel) |
| COLLOMBAT Joy | Physiological and molecular functions of ABC1K1 kinase during early development of Arabidopsis thaliana | Kessler F. Uni Neuchâtel |
| COPPOLA Carla | Functions of RMR proteins in intracellular trafficking in the moss Physcomitrella patens | Neuhaus J.-M. Neuchâtel |
| CORONA RAMIREZ Andrea | Bacterial spore biodiversity in the environment | Junier P. Uni Neuchâtel |
| DE JESUS Cristovao | The conservation of the cell-type specific communication during lateral root formation from Arabidopsis in Brachyopodium distachyon | Vermeer J. Uni Neuchâtel |
| DESHPANDE Adwait | Social learning and flexibility in the vocalisations of wild vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) | Zuberbühler K. Uni Neuchâtel |
| DREIER Matthias | Characterisation of the microbial community in raw-milk cheese by high-throughput qPCR | Junier P. Uni Neuchâtel |
| DUCKERT Clément | Crazy diamonds - Taxonomy and ecology of the euglyphids, multifaceted testate amoebae | Mitchell E. Uni Neuchâtel |
| DUHIN Audrey | Primitive plants: Plentiful but neglected resources for herbivores? | Turlings T. & Röder G. Uni Neuchâtel |
| EMERY Yasmin | Neuroanatomy of cognitive processes of cleaner fish Labroides dimidiatus | Bshary R. Uni Neuchâtel |
| ESTOPPEY Aislinn | Oxalotrophy as a biocontrol strategy | Junier P. Uni Neuchâtel |
| FALLET Patrick | A novel strategy to control fall armyworm with entomopathogenic nematodes | Turlings T. Uni Neuchâtel |
| FATTON (-HAYOZ) Mathilda | Dormancy and spores formers: investigation of two non-standard models | Junier P. Uni Neuchâtel |
| FORMENTI Ludovico | Do soil beneficial organisms favour plant local adaptation? | Rasmann S. Uni Neuchâtel |
| FRANIC Iva | Refined monitoring of sentinel plantings for improved biosecurity | Eschen R. & Kenis M. (CABI), Prospero S. (WSL), Allan E. (Uni Bern) |
| GAILLARD Mickaël | Resistance traits in teosinte against insect herbivores | Turlings T. Uni Neuchâtel |
| GARETA GARCIA Miguel | Social behaviour and endocrinology of wild Vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops) | Bshary R. Uni Neuchâtel |
| GENNE VISCARDO Dolores L. | Inter-strain interactions of a vector-borne parasite over its life cycle | Voordouw M. (Koella J.) Uni Neuchâtel |
| GRANDI Luca | Communication among cotton plants | Turlings T. Uni Neuchâtel |
| GUEUNING Morgan | Evaluation of Next Generation Sequencing for assessing biodiversity of wild bees | Frey J. (Agroscope Wädenswil) and Benrey B.& Praz Ch. (Uni Neuchâtel) |
| HAUSER Gaël | Effects of sublethal doses of an insecticide on the vectorial capacity of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae | Koella J. Uni Neuchâtel |
| HERNANDEZ Julie | Impact of agro-ecological measures on honeybee populations, A. mellifera | Aebi A. Uni Neuchâtel & Dietmann V. Agroscope |
| HERNANDEZ ESTRADA Mónica | Neurophysiological and behavioural aspects of gustation in Aedes and Anopheles mosquitoes | Guerin P. Uni Neuchâtel |
| JACCARD Charlyne | The consequences of domestication on the chemical ecology of plant-insect interactions in Squash | Benrey B. Uni Neuchâtel |
| KAISER Deborah | Biological control of pollen beetles with the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana | Grabenweger G. Agroscope Reckenholz (Bacher S. Uni Fribourg) |
| KROPF Alida | Eco-epidemiology of Malaria | Koella J. Uni Neuchâtel |
| LAPLANCHE Diane | Uncovering the chemically-mediated interactions between slugs and their host plantschemical ecology of gastropod-insect-plant-interactions | Turlings T. Uni Neuchâtel |
| LEON ORTEGA José Julian | Social learning in Sooty mangabeys (Cercocebus Atys) vocal communication | Zuberbühler K. Uni Neuchâtel |
| LINDERS Theo | Effects of the invasive Prosopis and Lantana on biodiversity and ecosystem services in Eastern Africa | Schaffner U. & Eschen R. CABI & Allan E. Uni Bern |
| LITTO Maria | Adaptive potential to novel conditions of the recently introduced promising biocontrol agent Ophraella communa | Müller-Schärer H. Uni Fribourg |
| LOHBERGER Andrea | Organic nitrogen exploitation as a benefit stabilizing a mutualistic interaction of soil fungi and bacteria | Junier P. Uni Neuchâtel & Verrechia E. Uni Lausanne |
| MONOD Vinciane | "Terroir"'s influence on the physiological state of vine plant of Gamaret and on fungal community of the vineyard, including wood pathogens | K. Gindro & V. Hofstetter Agroscope Changins (Croll D. Uni Neuchâtel) |
| MORADI Aboubakr | Revisiting chitinases and beta-1,3-glucanases as tools for plant protection | Mauch F. Uni Fribourg |
| MOSSION Vinciane | Systematics and taxonomy of the Botrychium lunaria species complex (Ophioglossaceae) | Grant J. Uni Neuchâtel |
| OGGENFUSS Ursula |
Dynamics of transposable elements (TE) and effector gene evolution in Zymoseptoria tritici |
Croll D. Uni Neuchâtel |
| ORINE Dimitri | Effect of eco-climatic adaptation of tomato and microbe genotypes on resistance-induction | Rasmann S. Uni Neuchâtel |
| OUADI Sonia | The clove (Syzygium aromaticum) reference genome | Kessler F. Uni Neuchâtel |
| PALMIERI Fabio | New insights into bacterial-fungal interactions: the bacterial microbiome of fungi & nutritional interference as biocontrol mechanism against fungal pathogens using bacterial oxalotrophy | Junier P. Uni Neuchâtel |
| PAUL Christophe | Spore-forming bacteria as a proxy for the reconstruction of past environment and possible use for the quantification of antibiotic resistance genes in environment | Junier P Uni Neuchâtel |
| PIPITONE Rosa | Towards a 4D model of thylakoid biogenesis | Demarsy E. (Kessler F.) Uni Neuchâtel |
| PRALON Thibaut | Characterization of two UbiE methytransferase-related proteins found in the plastoglobules. An implication in the biosynthesis of a lipid present in plastoglobules? | Besagni C. (Kessler F.) Uni Neuchâtel |
| QUINTERO-SANDOVAL Fredy | Audience effects of sooty mangabeys (Cercocebus atys) | Zuberbühler K. Uni Neuchâtel |
| REINBACHER Lara | Biological control of wireworms (Elateridae) with the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium brunneum ART2825 | Grabenweger G. Agroscope, Bacher S. Uni Fribourg |
| RUSCONI Olivia | From fundamental questions to practical conservation actions: a study of pollination system, population genetic and mycorrhizal association in Cypripedium calceolus (Orchidaceae) | Rasmann S. (Mitchell E.) Uni Neuchâtel |
| SARHAN Hanaa | Predator-prey interactions involving lionfish in their natural range and as invasive species in the Caribbean | Bshary R. Uni Neuchâtel |
| SATTARI Hamed | Dynamics of the light harvesting complex network | Longoni P. (Kessler F.) Uni Neuchâtel |
| SEMERARO Sarah | Establishing soil-vegetation-humus forms relationships | Le Bayon C. (Rasmann S.) Uni Neuchâtel |
| SINGH Nikhil Kumar | Contrasting genetic architecture of phenotypes in a fungal pathogen of wheat | Croll D. Uni Neuchâtel |
| SOLDATI Adrian | The role of social learning in the vocalizations of wild chimpanzees | Zuberbühler K. Uni Neuchâtel, Call J. St. Andrews University (UK) |
| STALDER Luzia | Microbiome interactions | Croll D. Uni Neuchâtel |
| STAUBER Lea | Molecular epidemiology of clonal lineages of an invasive fungal plant pathogen | Prospero S. (Croll D.) Uni Neuchâtel |
| STEFANELLI Francesco | Plant-made β-aminobutyric acid: first attempts to define synthesis and localization | Mauch-Mani B. Uni Neuchâtel |
| STEINEGGER Marc | Function, mechanisms and ontogeny of collaborative hunting in the yellow saddle goatfish (Parupeneus cyclostomus) | Bshary R. Uni Neuchâtel |
| SZENTECZKI Mark | On the molecular and chemical ecology of Arum maculatum (Araceae) | Rasmann S. Uni Neuchâtel |
| ZITA Wayne | Role of ABC1K1 and plastoglobules in the different stages of plant development: from leaves to fruits, in model organisms Solanum lycopersicum and Arabidopsis thaliana | Kessler F. Uni Neuchâtel |
