Training in research skills by doing real scientific projects is an integral part of the Maastricht Science Programme curriculum and of my personal teaching philosophy. Below you can find a list of student research projects I have mentored.
Surveying bryophytes in chalk grassland restoration areas, June 2022 Project
Using bryophytes to assess fen quality and restoration possibilities, June 2022 Project
Bryophyte community responses to fire in a nature reserve, June 2022 Project
A Bryophyte Survey of the ENCI Quarry, Spring 2022 Bachelor Thesis
A comparative analysis of the effects of heavy metals on the liverworts Lunularia cruciata and Marchantia polymorpha, Spring 2022 Bachelor Thesis
A Seasonal Comparison of Maastricht Bryophytes, January 2022 Project
Effects of NO2 Pollution on Microfaunal Communities of Mosses, Spring 2021 Bachelor Thesis
Using moss communities in the Netherlands as bioindicators of soil nitrogen levels, June 2020 Project
Comparing urban and natural liverwort and hornwort communities in the Netherlands, June 2020 Project
Evolutionary Distribution of Genes Controlling Heavy Metal Accumulation in Bryophytes, Spring 2020 Bachelor Thesis
Building a Guide to Maastricht Bryophytes, January 2020 Project
Assembling a Checklist of Maastricht Bryophytes, June 2019 Project
A mycological survey of Maastricht, June 2022 Student-led Project
Revealing the eukaryotic algae that live inside plants, Honors Research Project starting in 2022
A Survey of Plant Parasitic Fungi in Maastricht, January 2022 Project
A Systematic Review of Protists in Plant Microbiota, June 2021 Project
Effects of Combinations of Fungal Endophytes on Marchantia polymorpha, Spring 2021 Bachelor Thesis
A Systematic Review of Calcium Oxalate Crystal Morphology, Formation and Regulation in Fungi, Spring 2021 Bachelor Thesis
Designing a Sampling Plan to Track Microbial Succession during the Transition of the ENCI Quarry to a Natural Area, January 2021 Project
Exploring the Bacterial Endophytes of Zea mays Using GenBank and a Systematic Review, June 2020 Project
A Systematic Review of Metabarcoding Studies of Plant Microbiomes, January 2020 Project
Salting the Earth in antiquity: how much salt can plants tolerate?, June 2022 Project
Design of Science Weekend Outreach Activities: Biology, June 2021 Project
Investigating the Effects of Potassium fertilization on Aphid populations on Broad Beans, Spring 2021 Bachelor Thesis
Best Practices for the Planting and Maintaining of Carbon-Capture Forests, Spring 2021 Bachelor Thesis
Using Comparative Phylogenomics to study Genetic Regulation of Calcium Oxalate Crystal Formation in Plants, January 2021 Project