PhD stories

Awash with emotions: The impact of the 2021 floods on mental and social health

Students or researchers? UT doctoral candidates fall into a category of their own. In ‘PhD stories’, we put their work in the spotlight. This episode gives the stage to Chen Song who studies the impact of the 2021 flood disasters on mental and social health of older adults.
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Predicting the outcome of patients after cardiac arrest

Students or researchers? UT doctoral candidates fall into a category of their own. In ‘PhD stories’, we put their work in the spotlight. This episode gives the stage to Astrid Glimmerveen who aims to predict brain damage in patients after cardiac arrest – and provide them with better care.
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Through smoke and fire: Helping firefighters navigate inside burning buildings

Students or researchers? UT doctoral candidates fall into a category of their own. In ‘PhD stories’, we put their work in the spotlight. This episode gives the stage to Benjamin van Manen, who is developing 3D mapping technology that helps firefighters navigate through burning buildings.
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Music for people with dementia

Students or researchers? UT doctoral candidates fall into a category of their own. In ‘PhD stories’, we put their work in the spotlight. This episode gives the stage to Rik Wesselink who designs access to music for people with dementia in order to improve their quality of life.
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Reducing flight delays with AI

Students or researchers? UT doctoral candidates fall into a category of their own. In ‘PhD stories’, we put their work in the spotlight. This episode gives the stage to Mahekha Dahanayaka who uses artificial intelligence (AI) to improve ground operations at airports.
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Lie to me: Detecting deception with the help of technology

Students or researchers? UT doctoral candidates fall into a category of their own. In ‘PhD stories’, we put their work in the spotlight. This episode gives the stage to Peter Slijkhuis who uses technology to study deception detection.
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Breaking the boundaries of bioprinting

Students or researchers? UT doctoral candidates fall into a category of their own. In ‘PhD stories’, we put their work in the spotlight. This episode gives the stage to Mira El Akkawi who is working on 3D bioprinting of vascular networks.
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PhD Stories: Maike de Jongh

Using math to describe the rules of nature

Students or researchers? UT doctoral candidates fall into a category of their own. In ‘PhD stories’, we put their work in the spotlight. This episode gives the stage to Maike de Jongh who uses mathematical models to study natural phenomena, such as the spread of forest fires and cancer.
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Improving dialysis for patients with kidney failure

Students or researchers? UT doctoral candidates fall into a category of their own. In ‘PhD stories’, we put their work in the spotlight. This episode gives the stage to Roberto Nese, whose research aims to improve dialysis and could contribute to a wearable artificial kidney.
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Closing the gap between research and climate action

Students or researchers? UT doctoral candidates fall into a category of their own. In ‘PhD stories’, we put their work in the spotlight. This episode gives the stage to Gerard Martínez Görbig who helps local governments to adapt to climate change and to ensure climate justice.
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Monitoring microorganisms from space

Students or researchers? UT doctoral candidates fall into a category of their own. In ‘PhD stories’, we put their work in the spotlight. This episode gives the stage to Mélody Rousseau who uses remote sensing to study soil biodiversity in forests.
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PhD Stories: Violetta Sharoglazova

‘Quantum mechanics don’t follow the rules of our usual world’

Students or researchers? UT doctoral candidates fall into a category of their own. In ‘PhD stories’, we put their work in the spotlight. This episode gives the stage to Violetta Sharoglazova who is expanding our fundamental knowledge of quantum physics.
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Helping addiction patients to detox at home

Students or researchers? UT doctoral candidates fall into a category of their own. In ‘PhD stories’, we put their work in the spotlight. This episode gives the stage to Huub Lievestro who is developing a 'Detox@Home' system, which allows addiction patients to detox in their own living environment.
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Lung-on-a-chip: Testing the effects of plastics on our health

Students or researchers? UT doctoral candidates fall into a category of their own. In ‘PhD stories’, we put their work in the spotlight. This episode gives the stage to Lysanne Mol who is developing a lung-on-a-chip to test the effects of micro- and nanoplastics on human health.
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