Current and completed research projects
Current research projects
Global Minds SRS 2020-2022
Completed research projects
BelSPO BRAIN-be, 2014-2018
Genetic and paleoecological signatures of African rainforest dynamics (AFRIFORD)
BelSPO BRAIN-be, 2013-2017
Patterns and mechanisms of climate extremes in East Africa (PAMEXEA)
International Continental Scientific Drilling Programme (ICDP) & UGent Coordinated Research Action, 2013-2018
Two glacial-interglacial cycles (ca. 250,000 years) of climate and ecosystem dynamics on the East African equator (DeepCHALLA)
EU FP7 International Training Network, 2013-2017
Resilience in East African Landscapes: Identifying critical tresholds and sustainable trajectories in past, present and future (REAL)
VLIR-UOS VLADOC, 2013-2017
Vulnerability of tropical crater lakes to water-quality loss: a natural experiment in western Uganda
National Geographic Society & FWO-Vlaanderen, 2012-2017
Community dynamics of water fleas in East African mountain lakes: integration of (palaeo-) limnology and (palaeo-) genetics
FWO-Vlaanderen, 2009-2013
Climate and ecological history of the central Sahara: study of a continuous 12,000-year archive
National Geographic Society & FWO-Vlaanderen, 2007-2012
Aquatic biota in African mountain lakes as indicators for climate change: past, present, future
BelSPO Science & Sustainable Development Programme, 2007-2011
Climatic and anthropogenic impacts on East African ecosystems (CLANIMAE)
IWT-Vlaanderen, 2007-2010
Ostracoda (Crustacea) as paleoenvironmental proxies for Late Holocene climate variability in western Mongolia
European Science Foundation EUROCORES programme EuroCLIMATE & FWO-Vlaanderen, 2005-2008
High-resolution reconstruction of late-Glacial and Holocene climate variability in equatorial East Africa, based on laminated lake sediments from Mt.Kilimanjaro (CHALLACEA)
FWO-Vlaanderen, 2000-2004
Exploration of African crater lakes for paleoclimate reconstruction
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