Dissertations

  1. Melissa Uribe Acosta

    Title: "No boundaries, no benefits: The role of root defense barriers in microbiome assembly"

    Dec 17, 2025

    Utrecht

    Promotors and copromoters:

    Prof. dr. ir. Corné Pieterse

    Dr. Giannis Stringlis

  2. Stalin Sarango-Flores

    Title: "Microbial footprints of Tomato domestication."

    Jan 6, 2026

    Leiden University

    Promotors and copromoters:

    Prof. dr. Jos Raaijmakers

    Prof. dr. Pieter van 't Hof

    Dr. Vivianne Cordovez

  3. Muhammad Rizaludin

    Title: "Underground alarms: volatile-mediated recruitment of beneficial soil bacteria by plants under biotic stress"

    Jan 21, 2026

    Leiden University

    Promotors and copromoters:

    Dr. Paolina Garbeva

    Prof. dr. Jos Raaijmakers

  4. Justin Stewart

    Title: "Mapping Plant Microbe Symbiosis Across Spatial Scales."

    Feb 10, 2026

    Amsterdam

    Promotors and copromoters:

    Prof. dr. Toby Kiers

    Dr. James Weedon

    Dr. Vasilis Kokkoris

  5. Dario X. Ramirez-Villacis

    Title: "Born to Rewild: Reconnecting beneficial plant-microbiome alliances for resilient future crops."

    Mar 19, 2026

    Utrecht

    Promotors and copromoters:

    Prof. dr. ir. Corné Pieterse

    Prof. dr. Jos Raaijmakers

    Dr. Antonio Leon-Reyes

  6. Roland Berdaguer

    Title: "The microbial fingerprint of drought: patterns and drivers of microbiome assembly in the rhizosphere of water-stressed plants."

    Mar 27, 2026

    Wageningen

    Promotors and copromoters:

    Prof. dr. Christa Testerink

    Dr. Rumyana Karlova

  7. Marcela Aragón

    Title: "Sphere of Influence: Insect herbivory and plant defense signalling shaping rhizosphere microbiomes in Brassicaceae."

    May 29, 2026

    Wageningen

    Promotors and copromoters:

    Prof. dr. Marcel Dicke

    Dr. Karen Kloth

  8. Davar Abedini

    Title: "Chemical dialogues in the rhizosphere: interactions between solanaceous crops, their microbiome, and eavesdropping pathogens"

    Jun 11, 2026

    Amsterdam

    Promotors and copromoters:

    Prof. dr. Harro Bouwmeester

    Dr. Lemeng Dong

  9. Zulema Carracedo Lorenzo

    Title: "Root microbiomes under stress: From assembly to function."

    Jun 26, 2026

    Wageningen

    Promotors and copromoters:

    Prof. dr. Christa Testerink

    Prof. dr. Marcel Dicke

    Dr. Rumyana Karlova

    Dr. Karen Kloth