Staff

Prof. Wim Bert
Associate Professor
Head of the Research Unit Nematology
Promoter & Chair Educational Committee International Master of Science in Agro- and Environmental Nematology

Tel: +32 9 264 52 23
E-mail: wim.bert@UGent.be

Prof. Wilfrida Decraemer
Emeritus Senior Full Professor
Former director of the International Master of Science in Agro- and Environmental Nematology

Prof. Hanne Steel (part-time visiting professor)
Secretary International Master of Science in Agro- and Environmental Nematology
Compost application and the interaction between compost- and native soil fauna: nematodes as indicators of biological compost maturity and soil food web processes.

E-mail: hanne.steel@UGent.be

Inge Dehennin
Coordinator International Master of Science in Agro- and Environmental Nematology

Tel: +32 9 264 52 16
E-mail: inge.dehennin@UGent.be

Marjolein Couvreur
Labmanager

Tel: +32 9 264 87 40
E-mail: marjolein.couvreur@UGent.be

Myriam Claeys
Responsible transmission electron microscopy
Our TEM infrastructure is part of the UGent Transmission Electron Microscopy Expertise Centre

Tel: +32 9 264 52 32
E-mail: nini.claeys@UGent.be
Application TEM: wim.bert@UGent.be

Hilde Van Wynsberge
Administrative support

Tel: +32 9 264 52 09

Nic Smol
Former coordinator MSc Nematology
Collaborator

Editor for the Nemys database

Referee for several scientific journals

Contactperson for information about nematodes for target group students and teachers secondary education (TSO, KSO, ASO)

Stand-by for assistance on excursions with Nematology students

E-mail : Nic.Smol@UGent.be

dr. Daniel Apolônio
Collaborator Taxonomy and Population Genetics

Tel: +32 9 264 52 37
E-mail : Daniel.ApoloniaSilvaDeOliveira@Ugent.be

PhD students

Dieter Slos
Assistant, PhD student
Taxonomy and phylogeny of Nematodes: evolution of spermatogenesis and nematodes associated with Fungi

Tel: +32 9 264 52 30
E-mail: dieterg.slos@UGent.be

Giselle Herren
PhD student, FWO
Nematodes in vermicompost: roles as indicators of biological maturity, effects on soil food webs and potential as biological control agents.

Tel: +32 9 264 52 30
E-mail: gisele.herren@UGent.be