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Doctoral graduates

Our doctoral students have, over the years, contributed to groundbreaking and exciting research in biology, environmental science, and educational science. Below is a list of all who have completed their doctoral training and successfully defended their theses at the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences.

2025

Olivier Manzi
Heat and drought responses of tropical trees in a warming world

Wilhelm Osterman
Resolving pollination paradoxes: Bridging theory and empirical observations to understand pollination ecology and evolution

Daniela Gómez Martinez
Unveiling pesticide effects and antibiotic resistance in freshwater microorganisms through genomics

Azora König Kardgar
Are Alternatives to Conventional Plastics really Safer? Exploring Toxicity of Biobased, Biodegradable and Recycled Microplastics in Fish: The Role of Polymer Type, Associated Chemicals, and Exposure Conditions Across Multiple Biological Endpoints 

Elena Costa Prado
Food neophobia: a key barrier to consumer acceptance of seafood in Sweden 

Minna Seppänen Panas 
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2024

Alexander Hansson
Tomorrow is yesterday: early-life conditions shape ectotherm life histories

Jossias Duvane
Drivers of biological diversity and responses to global changes in marine invertebrates 

Marianne Brookman-Amissah 
Aquatic ecotoxicity of nanomaterials in fish in vitro models: Cytotoxicity and sublethal effect screening of pristine and transformed nanoparticles. 

Zaynab Shaik
Extensions of the Multispecies Coalescent in Bayesian Phylogenetics: A Study of the Southern African-centred Stoebe Clade (Gnaphalieae: Asteraceae)

2023

Anne-Sophie Quatela
Bridging the past to the present: investigating species boundaries with herbarium specimens and next-generation-sequencing. A case study of circumpolar Silene sect. Physolychnis

Aloysie Manishimwe
Morphological and chemical leaf traits of tropical montane tree species and their responses to warming

Niklas Warwas
Novel Marine Ingredients for Aquaculture - Fish Nutrition, Physiology and Intestinal Health

Ntwai Moiloa
Phylogenetic Relationships, Biogeography and Species Delimitation: A case study on southern African Silene (Caryophyllaceae)

Ida Hedén
Integrative physiology as a tool towards good animal welfare and sustainability in aquaculture: Focus on intestinal function and health

Christina Jönander
Effects of contaminant mixtures on marine zooplankton diversity and function

2022

Emilija Dukic Marinkov
Characterization of ion transport proteins involved in chloroplast function from land plants and algae 

Maria Wittemann
Thermal plasticity and limitations in tropical trees 

Oskar Gran 
Wood-living beetle diversity and Swedish forest management 

Frida Book
The aquatic ecotoxicity of manufactured silica nanomaterials and their interactions with organic pollutants 

Ola Nordqvist
A landscape of values - a study of non-epistemic values in Swedish upper secondary science education 

Johanna Lethin
Mutagenesis in wheat: An approach to make saline green! 

Niklas Wengström
Parasite host interaction between the freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) and brown trout (Salmo trutta) – the impact from glochidia larvae on the host

2021

Daniel Morgenroth
Cardiorespiratory function of euryhaline teleosts - Regulatory mechanisms, effects of warming and costs of osmoregulation

Malin Broberg
Effects of carbon dioxide and ozone on wheat crop yield and grain quality

Myriam Mujawamariya 
Climate Change sensitivity of Photosynthesis and Respiration in Tropical Trees

Badreddine Bererhi
Evolutionary genetics and consequences of inbreeding in sand lizards (Lacerta agilis)

Magnus Lovén Wallerius
Interspecific Interactions between Native Brown Trout and Invasive Brook Trout: Insights into Behaviour and Morphology