Prof. dr. Jan COLPAERT
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Prof. dr. Jan COLPAERT
Full professor
Prof. dr. Jan COLPAERT
Research
Discipline codes: Soil ecology (01060411), Terrestrial ecology (01060412), Biology of adaptation (01060502), Mycology (01060804), Plant ecology (01061006)
Supervised PhDs
Adaptation of the rhizosphere microbiome to ionizing radiation: using the Fukushima nuclear disaster as a case study
Nasrin Esteki for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Zn transporters and their role in Zn homeostasis and tolerance mechanisms in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Suillus luteus
Laura Coninx for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2019
Supervised as Promotor
Diversity of ligninolytic enzymes and their genes of Cuban strains of Ganoderma genus. Application for biodegradation of xenobiotic compounds.
Giselle Torres Farradá for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2017
Supervised as Copromotor
Functional characterisation of heavy metal transporting P-type ATPases and metallothioneins of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Suillus luteus
Thi Thu Hoai Nguyen for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2016
Supervised as Promotor
Metal-phytoextraction: potential of high biomass energy crops and improving efficiency using short rotation coppice (SRC) of willow
Jolien Janssen for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2015
Supervised as Copromotor
The potential role of plant-associated bacteria to improve the efficiency of phytoremediation of metal-contaminated soils using rapeseed
Sarah Croes for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2014
Supervised as Copromotor
Heredity of zinc tolerance in Suillus luteus and impact of metal pollution on ectomycorrhizal fungal communities
Michiel Op de Beeck for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2014
Supervised as Promotor
Mechanisms of metal homeostasis and detoxification in metal sensitive and tolerant isolates of Suillus luteus, an ectomycorrhizal fungus
Jos Ruytinx for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2013
Supervised as Promotor
Heavy metal tolerant Suillus luteus: new insights into the Cd tolerance mechanism, the protection of the host plant and Zn-Cd interactions
Erik Krznaric for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2009
Supervised as Promotor
The ectomycorrhizal fungus Suillus luteus has 2 zinc transporters from the CDF family
Marc Lambaerts for the title doctor in science: biology in 2008
Supervised as Promotor
Risk based assessment of in situ remediation strategies for metal contaminated soils: metal mobility, phytoavailability and phytotoxicity
Ann Ruttens for the title Doctor of Sciences in 2006
Supervised as Copromotor
Ecological genetics of heavy metal tolerant populations of Suillus luteus
Ludo Muller for the title Doctor of Sciences in 2005
Supervised as Promotor
Adaptive heavy metal tolerance in the ectomycorrhizal fungi Suillus bovinus and Suillus luteus
Kristin Adriaensen for the title Doctor of Sciences in 2005
Supervised as Promotor
Projects
13 research projects have been found
Exploring mechanisms of environmental adaptation in pine trees and associated rhizosphere microbiome: using the extreme event of the Fukushima nuclear disaster as a case study (Research)
01/01/2021 - 31/12/2024
Summerschool: Methods and strategies to monitor and manage human impact on urbanized protected areas (UPA) (Education)
01/01/2019 - 30/06/2019
Characterization of zinc tolerance genes in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Suillus luteus in the context of the optimization of plant-stabilization of metal-polluted soils. (Research)
01/01/2015 - 13/04/2019
Summer School: Tourism, ecosystems, planning and climate change: interdisciplinary methodological approaches Theme: measuring and managing the impact within protected areas (Education)
15/01/2016 - 31/12/2016
Exploring the Suillus luteus genome to understand the functional ecology of an ectomycorrhizal fungus adapted to heavy metal stress (Research)
01/01/2013 - 31/12/2016
Exploring the mechanisms of organic matter degradation by ectomycorrhizal fungi: how much do they contribute to organic C and N mobilization? (Research)
01/10/2011 - 30/09/2014
Hydraulic lift via mycorrhizal fungi: a key factor in the competition for organically bound nutrients? (Research)
01/10/2009 - 30/09/2012
The contribution of ectomycorrhizal fungi to the Fe nutrition of host plants (Research)
01/10/2007 - 30/09/2012
Mechanisms of adaptive cadmium tolerance in the mycorrhizal fungus Suillus luteus (Research)
01/01/2005 - 31/12/2008
Molecular aspects of adaptive metal tolerance of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Suillus luteus (Research)
01/01/2002 - 21/12/2005
Education
Involved in the following courses
Academic year 2026 - 2027
Academic year 2026 - 2027
Academic year 2025 - 2026
Academic year 2025 - 2026
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