Organigram
Personnel
The Stress Physiology Research Group consists of personnel working on a long-term basis across projects as well as of personnel working on a specific project, where applicable, in collaboration with one or more scientific partners, for a well-defined period of time.
On a long-term basis across projects
Head Stress Physiology Research Group
Name: Prof. Dr. Johan Aerts
Responsibilities: Overall management
Scientific Assistant Stress Physiology Research Group
Name: MSc. Marine Vanhomwegen
Responsibilities: Overall scientific support
Secretary Stress Physiology Research Group
Name: BSc. Alisa Voci
Responsibilities: Overall administrative and logistics support
Lab Manager Stress Physiology Research Group
Name: BSc. Jana Hennebert
Responsibilities: Overall analytical support
Lab Technician Stress Physiology Research Group
Name: MSc. Tineke Vanhalewyn
Responsibilities: Overall analytical support Biochemistry Lab, Biomolecular Lab, Cell Biology Lab, Mass Spectrometry Lab
Lab Technician Stress Physiology Research Group
Name: BSc. Sarah De Voogt
Responsibilities: Overall analytical support Biochemistry Lab, Biomolecular Lab, Cell Biology Lab, Mass Spectrometry Lab
On specific projects for a predefined period of time
Topic: Improving sustainability and animal welfare in aquaculture
Name: MSc. Lina Weirup
Type: PhD student
Research: Development of an evaluation index for the practical assessment of trout welfare aspects
Promotors: Prof. dr. Johan Aerts, Prof. dr. Carsten Schulz, Dr. Heinrike Seibel
Co-Affiliation: Gesellschaft für Marine Aquakultur (GMA), Germany
Topic: Improving sustainability and animal welfare in husbandry
Name: BSc. Désirée Maryns
Type: Project employee
Research: Optimization of the welfare of small ruminants used for human therapy, education, and recreation
Supervisors: Prof. dr. Johan Aerts, Dr. Godelieve Meulemans, Dr. Bonnie Valgaeren
Co-Affiliation: HoGent – Nature and Food Sciences, Belgium
Topic: Glucocorticoid-mediated bone (de)formation
Name: MSc. Michela Carbone
Type: PhD Student
Research: Maternally deposited and early life (stress induced) de novo synthesis of glucocorticoids by the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Interrenal axis using carp (Cyprinus carpio) as a model: the effect of cortisol and its endogenous phase I metabolites on glucocorticoid (pre-)receptor regulation in brain and bone
Promotor: Prof. dr. Johan Aerts, Prof. dr. Luc Lens, Dr. Nathalie Briels
Co-Affiliation: None
Topic: Individual variation in stress response
Name: MSc. April Opinion
Type: PhD Student
Research: Unravelling the effects of individual coping style and long-term glucocorticoid up-regulation on cardiac remodeling in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
Promotor: Prof. dr Johan Aerts, Prof. dr. Gudrun De Boeck
Co-Affiliation: Antwerp University, Belgium
Topic: Improving the understanding of the impact of anthropogenic activities on wildlife
Name: MSc. Bram Catfolis
Type: PhD Student
Research: Forest biodiversity and multifunctionality drive chronic stress-mediated dynamics in pathogen reservoirs in birds
Promotor: Prof. dr. Luc Lens, Prof. dr. Johan Aerts, Dr. Diederik Strubbe, Dr. Nathalie Briels
Co-Affiliation: None
Topic: Improving the understanding of the impact of anthropogenic activities on wildlife
Name: MSc. Leni Lammens
Type: PhD Student
Research: Chronic stress in amphibia: quantification of chronic stress and interplay between glucocorticoids and fungi in alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris) and fire salamander (Salamandra Salamandra)
Promotor: Prof. dr. Frank Pasmans, Prof. dr. An Martel, Prof. dr. Johan Aerts
Co-Affiliation: None
Topic: Improving the understanding of the impact of anthropogenic activities on wildlife
Name: MSc. Tosca Vanroy
Type: PhD Student
Research: Chronic stress in mammals: quantification of chronic stress in various species of mice
Promotor: Prof. dr. Kris Verheyen, Prof. dr. An Martel, Prof. dr. Johan Aerts
Co-Affiliation: None
Topic: Glucocorticoid-mediated bone (de)formation
Name: BSc. Carmen Aragón Grau
Type: MSc. Student
Research: Analysis protocol of calcium and phosphorus levels in ontogenetic and regenerated fish scales by micro X-ray fluorescence
Promotor: Prof. dr. Laszlo Vincze, Prof. dr. Johan Aerts
Co-Affiliation: None
Across research projects for a predefined period of time
Topic: Across Research Areas
Name: Marie Blancke, Marie Vandeginste, Elias Hennebert, Maxime Vandeginste
Type: Job Students
Research: Across research projects
Promotor: BSc. Marine Vanhomwegen, BSc. Jana Hennebert
Co-Affiliation: None