Past Doctorate Graduations
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| Name | Thesis Title |
|---|---|
| Aichholz, Charlotte Marie | Comparison of Selection Methods in a Sweet Corn Population (Prof. Dr. Backes) |
| Balingbing, Carlito Baldo | Enhanced Monitoring of Insect Pests in Stored Rice Based on Their Sound Signature and Evaluation of Attractants for Storage Insects (Prof. Dr. Hensel) |
| Busch, Maren | Trust-building in inter-organizational relationships in the organic food sector (Prof. Dr. König) |
| Chikpah, Solomon Kofi | Development of novel orange-fleshed sweet potato and pumpkin-based functional bread through optimized processing techniques (Prof. Dr. Hensel) |
| Deerberg, Frauke | Nutrient Management in Outdoor Runs for Laying Hens—Challenges , and Potential Solutions (Prof. Dr. Heß) |
| Fané, Siriki | Contribution of agroforestry systems to sustainable cereal production in Sudano-Sahelian West Africa (Prof. Dr. Bürkert) |
| Grimm, Daniel Jonas | Oyster mushroom cultivation on straw: aspects of productivity, sustainability, and adaptability in the case of Uganda (Prof. Dr. G. Rahmann; Thünen Institute) |
| Hemmler, Katharina Salomea | Social-ecological dimensions of sand mining in West Africa (Prof. Dr. Bürkert) |
| Hieronymus, Christina Stefanie | Trichodorids as vectors of certain TRV isolates and determination of pathogenicity in different potato genotypes (Prof. Dr. Finckh) |
| Hüppe, Ronja Christina | Sustainable consumption—Challenges from a consumer’s perspective using examples of visually imperfect foods, plant proteins, and processed organic foods (Prof. Dr. Zander) |
| Kiprono, Patricia Jebet | An actor-oriented approach to understanding food environments, maternal knowledge, and decision-making: enhancing child nutrition among (agro-)pastoral communities in Kenya’s drylands (Prof. Dr. Hensel) |
| Kohlmann, Simon | Biochar in soils: interaction with low-molecular-weight organic substances and spectroscopic determination in soils (Prof. Dr. Ludwig) |
| Majeed, Faizan | Development of a solar roaster for on-farm roasting of agricultural products (Prof. Dr. Hensel) |
| Matheis, Tanja Verena | Decent Work and Gender Equality: The Achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals in Asia (Prof. Dr. König) |
| Munir, Zeeshan | Potential of Phase Change Material (PCM) as a Thermal Energy Source for Uninterrupted On-Farm Agricultural Food Processing (Prof. Dr. Hensel) |
| Philipp, Sophia Matthäa | The Role of Marketing in Sustainable Agri-Food Systems: Insights into Consumer Perspectives on Products from Traditional Cultural Landscapes (Prof. Dr. Katrin Zander) |
| Puteri, Berlianti | Alternative proteins and novel foods: Consumer acceptance and marketing of insect-based foods in Western countries (Prof. Dr. Zander) |
| Rahman, Md Shafikur | Performance and adaptability of diverse populations of lentils (Lens culinaris Medikus) (Prof. Dr. Backes) |
| Riemer, Natalia | From Ecology to Prediction: Modeling for a Preventive Pest Control Strategy for Cydia nigricana (Prof. Dr. Finckh) |
| Schmitt, Johannes Martin | Experimental Studies and a Modeling Approach to Feed Extrusion (Prof. Dr. Hensel) |
| Schwalb, Sanja Annabell | Elemental composition and stoichiometry of soil microbial biomass beyond carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus (Prof. Dr. T. Weber) |
| Storch, Laura Charlotte | N₂O emissions as a response of process-related soil microbial activity to different irrigation and nitrogen fertilization regimes in potato cropping (Assoc. Prof. Dr. C. Wachendorf and Prof. Dr. Ruess) |
| Weiler, Christiane | Influence of transferred organic mulch application in potato crops on the development and damage caused by the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata: Agroecological perspectives (Prof. Dr. Finckh) |
| Wengert, Matthias | UAV-based high-resolution remote sensing of grassland and agroforestry systems (Prof. Dr. M. Wachendorf) |
| Yehya, Abed Al Kareem | Effects of rural-urban transformation on land use and land cover change in Lebanon (Prof. Dr. Bürkert) |
| Name | Thesis Title |
|---|---|
| Amprako, Jessica | Corporate Social Responsibility of Food Businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa: Comparative Capitalism Perspectives (Prof. Dr. Herzig) |
| Bolten, Anika | Mistakes, Failure, and Shortcomings in Agriculture: Dealing with One’s Own and Others’ Expectations in the Face of Perceived Non-fulfillment (Prof. Dr. Neu) |
| Fastner, Kira | Rural-Urban Linkages in West Africa (Prof. Dr. Bürkert) |
| Habel, Jonas | New Approaches for Quantifying Metabolic and Economic Trade-Offs Related to the Health and Longevity of Individual Dairy Cows (Prof. Dr. Sundrum) |
| Herold, Marius | Rheological Investigations of Food Compounds for 3D Printing and Experimentally Based Modeling (Prof. Dr. Hensel) |
| Hu, Jiahui | Effects of Biochar Application on Anaerobic Digestion Processes (Prof. Dr. Wachendorf) |
| Husnain, Syed Nabeel | Development of a decentralized solar-assisted yogurt processing unit for the production of high-quality yogurt on-farm (Prof. Dr. Hensel) |
| Karim, Rezaul | Participatory Governance, Determinants, and Networks for the Diffusion and Adoption of Climate-Smart Agricultural Technologies in Bangladesh (Prof. Dr. Thiel) |
| Lakshmisha, Arvind | Changing Lake Governance in Areas Undergoing Urban Transformation: Cases from the Greater Bengaluru Metropolitan Region, India (Prof. Dr. Thiel) |
| Maskell, Gina | On the Use of Remote Sensing and Household Data to Track Progress on Autonomous Adaptation: Evidence from a Coffee Farming System (Prof. Dr. Gornott) |
| Michaelis, Sarina | On-farm self-assessment of animal welfare (Prof. Dr. Knierim) |
| Möstl, Andreas | Determining Consumer Perceptions of Animal Food Production Characteristics Using the “Thinking Aloud” Method (Prof. Dr. Zander) |
| Romanovska, Paula | Harnessing climate data to assess, anticipate, and attribute climate impacts on agriculture (Prof. Dr. Gornott) |
| Sourav, Suman Kumar | Plant growth, water quality, carbon, and nutrient flows in rural-urban cropping systems in Bengaluru, India (Prof. Dr. Bürkert) |
| Thapa, Pramila | Social-ecological dynamics and ecosystem services provided by blue and green infrastructure in urbanizing environments (Prof. Dr. Plieninger) |
| Tröger, Danny | Assessing Landscape Resilience: Biogeomorphic Interactions, Risk Perception, and Planning Evaluation of Forest Plantations in Patagonia, Chile (Prof. Dr. Braun) |
| Name | Thesis Title |
|---|---|
| Arumugam, Ponraj | Gridded Crop Yield Modeling for Climate Risk Transfer and Assessing Adaptation Strategies (Prof. Dr. Gornott) |
| Alam, MD Shahin | Management factors influencing cow milk quality and safety in the Indian megacity of Bengaluru (Prof. Dr. Schlecht) |
| Beuel, Patrick Josef Heinrich | Lignocellulosic biorefinery with a thermo-biological pretreatment concept (Prof. Dr. Hensel) |
| Budiman, Budiman | Modeling biomass accumulation and soil organic carbon under urban vegetable production systems in Tamale, Northern Ghana (Prof. Dr. Bürkert) |
| Bühler, Sebastian Michael | Development of an innovative production process for the manufacture of sausage products without the use of additives (Prof. Dr. Ploeger) |
| Doehring, Caroline | Evaluation of the efficacy of homeopathic and antibiotic treatment in scientific research and practice, with a focus on bovine mastitis (Prof. Dr. Sundrum) |
| Horvat, Malte Esra | The influence of driving on old logging roads with a heavy harvester on the mechanical, structural, , and functional properties of a spruce-stocked loess soil depending on the harvester configuration (Prof. Dr. Finckh) |
| Morán Rodas, Virna Estefanía | Management effects on soil microbial functions at a rural-urban interface in southern India (Assoc. Professor Dr. C. Wachendorf / Professor Dr. Jörgensen) |
| Murken, Lisa | Land tenure in a changing climate (Prof. Dr. Gornott) |
| Nurkhoeriyati, Tina | Process optimization and non-destructive monitoring of quality attributes during drying: A case study of celeriac slices and characterization of its powder (Prof. Dr. Hensel) |
| Olashyn, Olga | Development and testing of a cognitive-sensory methodology to increase the reliability of collected data regarding sustainability and consumer behavior in Germany and Ukraine (Prof. Dr. Ploeger) |
| Rusinamhodzi, Grace | Market-driven harvesting of non-timber forest products and the governance of communal forests in the southeastern Lowveld of Zimbabwe (Prof. Dr. Thiel) |
| Schmidt, Fruzsina Eva | Yield performance and weed control efficiency of organically managed silage maize double- -cropping systems (Prof. Dr. M. Wachendorf) |
| Stampa, Ekaterina | Fostering sustainable consumption through communication: Consumers’ appreciation of biodiversity-friendly pasture-based cattle husbandry (Prof. Dr. Zander) |
| Tun, Phyu Thaw | Analysis of agricultural landscape transformation and cropping system diversification in southern Myanmar (Prof. Dr. Bürkert) |
| Wolpert, Franziska Leonie | Drivers for Fostering Agroforestry Systems in Temperate and Mediterranean Climates: —Past, Present, and Future (Prof. Dr. Plieninger) |
| Name | Thesis Title |
|---|---|
| Abaker Mohammed Omer, Elhady | Designing Breeding Programs to Improve Milk Yield Performance in Indigenous Dairy Cattle in Sudan (Prof. Dr. Hinrichs) |
| Agbotui, Deogratias Kofi | Sustainability of traditional cocoa agroforests in Ghana (Prof. Dr. Bürkert) |
| Al-Sidawi, Rami | Embracing the risks and potential for a sustainable dairy value chain in Georgia: Assessment of dairy value chain- , sustainability, constraints, and opportunities in the Kvemo Kartli region, Georgia (Prof. Dr. Ploeger) |
| Benzing, Birgit | Concepts, Methods, and Methodologies in Animal Welfare Research (Prof. Dr. Knierim) |
| Cavael, Ulrike | Tree Vigour in Apple Production: Impact of Replant Disease and Mitigation Strategies (Prof. Dr. Jörgensen) |
| Fust, Pascal | Grazing Effects and Resource Use by Large Herbivores in Arid and Semi-Arid Rangelands: Advancements in Analysis Through High-Resolution Spatio-Temporally Dynamic Modeling (Prof. Dr. Schlecht) |
| Hossain, Md Kamal | Denaturation Mechanism of Whey Protein Using Hot Extrusion Technology (Prof. Dr. Hensel) |
| Keller, Diana Susan | Implementation of target-oriented approaches in the antibiotic and homeopathic treatment of acute clinical mastitis in dairy cattle (Prof. Dr. Sundrum) |
| Khan, Khawar Saeed | Development of a Decentralized Solar-Assisted Milk Pasteurizer and Improved Chiller for Rural Communities (Prof. Dr. Hensel) |
| Kretschmer, Sebastian | Transformative Driving Forces in Organic- -Food Systems: A Roadmap Toward the Sustainable Development Goals (Prof. Dr. Herzig) |
| Memic, Emir | “Combining crop growth models with the Precision Agriculture concept of yield gap analysis to evaluate yield- -limiting and yield-reducing factors” (Prof. Dr. Hensel) |
| Otunchieva, Aiperi | Nutrition Transition in Kyrgyzstan: Understanding the Triple Burden of Malnutrition and the Importance of Dietary Quality (Prof. Dr. Ploeger) |
| Rumphorst, Theresa | Inter- and intraindividual variation in energy supply of dairy cows , and the potential of individual animal energy balancing (Prof. Dr. Sundrum) |
| Schulz, Lisa | Assessment of the variation in marbling and intramuscular fat content of beef, and validation of possible factors to improve the sensory quality of beef (Prof. Dr. Sundrum) |
| Schütze, Nora | Analysis of determinants, patterns of interaction, and performance of polycentric water governance in Spain (Prof. Dr. Thiel) |
| Timaeus, Johannes Friedrich | Toward crop communities: , exploring wheat diversity, wheat-pea species mixtures, and farming practice- s in a food system context (Prof. Dr. Finckh) |
| Tran, Thuy Thanh | Diffusion of Material Flow Cost Accounting and Its Contribution to Sustainable Development (Prof. Dr. Herzig) |
| Name | Thesis Title |
|---|---|
| Eib, Sabrina | Analysis of Key Pungent Compounds in Mustard Products: A Comparison of Sensory and Chemical-Analytical Determinations (Prof. Dr. Hensel) |
| Erko, Kuma Gowwomsa | Modeling, Simulation, and Characterization of the Drying Process for Agricultural Products (Prof. Dr. Hensel) |
| Gardis von Gersdorff, Johanna Elisabeth | Investigation of drying behavior and color development in beef slices for the development of non-invasive monitoring approaches (Prof. Dr. Hensel) |
| Greenberg, Isabel | Robustness of portable and laboratory-based visible/near- and mid-infrared spectroscopy for the optimized determination of temporally and spatially variable soil properties (Prof. Dr. Ludwig) |
| Hahne, Janalisa Fränzi | The relationship between the food industry and nature—an investigation of ecological accounts in the food industry (Prof. Dr. Herzig) |
| Ismael, Diana | Development of a New Methodology in Sensory Science to Detect the Intention-Behavior Gap in Organic Food Consumption and Investigate the Effect of this Gap on Consumers’ Subjective Well-being (Prof. Dr. Ploeger) |
| Kilian, David Immanuel | Vegan Organic Foods from the Perspective of Consumers with Different Dietary Styles (Prof. Dr. Hamm) |
| Kissi, Evans Appiah | Governance of Decent Work in Agricultural Globalization (Prof. Dr. Herzig) |
| Menger, Anna Katharina | Challenges in the Communication and Marketing of Products from Endangered Livestock Breeds (Prof. Dr. Hamm) |
| Nawaz, Muhammad Arslan | Assessment and Use of Sea Buckthorn and Apple Diversity in Northern Pakistan (Prof. Dr. Bürkert) |
| Qi, Xin | Green Food Consumption: Studies on Consumers’ Purchase Intentions and the Intention-Behavior Gap in the Chinese Context (Prof. Dr. Ploeger) |
| Raut, Sharvari | Determinants of resource use and use efficiency in urban and peri-urban dairy, beef cattle, and pig production units in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (West Africa) |
| Md Saleh, Rosalizan Binti | Optimizing drying processes for agricultural products using non-invasive measurement and adaptive control systems (Prof. Dr. Hensel) |
| Stefanovic, Lilliana | Investigation of potential drying strategies for maintaining carrot quality (Prof. Dr. Hensel) |
| Özgür, Günes Toksöz | A Framework for Monitoring the Performance of the Sustainable Development Goals in Organic Food Systems (Prof. Dr. Herzig) |
| Weerasekara, Permani Chandika | Effects of Volatile Compounds in Industrial Food Recipes Using the Food Pairing Method (Prof. Dr. Ploeger) |
| Wilczek, Ulrike Stephanie | Food Commercialization, Hidden Hunger, and Malnutrition: A Study of Food and Nutrition Security Focusing on Marginalized Communities in Sri Lanka (Prof. Dr. Ploeger) |
| Gumisiriza, Robert | Modeling for Acoustic Monitoring of Beet Damage During the Harvesting Process (Prof. Dr. Hensel) |
| Amo-Aidoo, Araba | Enhancement of Anaerobic Digestion of Banana Waste through Reactor Design and Substrate Pretreatment for Improved Biogas Production (Prof. Dr. Hensel) |
| Blume, Leonie | Integration of solar energy into agro-processing in the tropics; a case study of large- and small-scale cassava processing (Prof. Dr. Hensel) |
| Hoischen-Taubner, Susanne | Potential for value creation within and across farms using local protein sources in an ecologically oriented animal feed system (Prof. Dr. Sundrum) |
| Schulze-Brüninghoff, Damian | Remote sensing of yield and invasive species in nature conservation grasslands invaded by Lupinus polyphyllus (Prof. Dr. Wachendorf) |
| Name | Thesis Title |
|---|---|
| Addo, Sowah | Assessment of Genetic Diversity in Local Breeds (Prof. Dr. Hinrichs) |
| Amprako, Louis Kwaku | Challenges to Ecosystem Services of Sustainable Agriculture in West Africa (Prof. Dr. Bürkert) |
| Bhople, Parag | Effects of Climate Change on Fungal Community Structure and Organic Matter Turnover in Soil Profiles Along Elevation Gradients in Alpine Ecosystems (Prof. Dr. Jörgensen) |
| Fink, Leonie Linda | Sustainable diets: Studies on the intention-behavior gap among German consumers (Prof. Dr. Ploeger) |
| Grüner, Esther Lydia | The potential of UAV-based remote sensing for predicting aboveground biomass and nitrogen fixation in legume-grass mixtures (Prof. Dr. Wachendorf) |
| Höing, Christian | Development of a robotic solution for snail control in agriculture (Prof. Dr. Hensel) |
| Joseph, Ben | Technical and Environmental Assessment of Energy and Material Production from Rural and Urban Residual Biomass (Prof. Dr. Wachendorf) |
| Kelly, Katrin | Investigation of Color Spectra and Their Relationship to Other Product Properties in Different Food Drying Processes (Prof. Dr. Hensel) |
| Kyere, Isaac | Using Optical Satellite Imagery to Monitor and Understand Agricultural Land-Cover Change (Prof. Dr. Wachendorf) |
| Miyingo, Emmanuel Wokulira | Development of Energy Use Profiles, Reduction Concepts, and Implementation of Renewable Energies in the Central Ugandan Pineapple Processing Chains (Prof. Dr. Hensel) |
| Ogolla, Jackline Akinyi | Design of a Decentralized Camel Milk Processing Plant with Integration of Renewable Energy Supply (Prof. Dr. Hensel) |
| Reichenbach, Marion | Dairy Production in an Urbanizing Environment: A Systems Approach in Bengaluru, India (Prof. Dr. Schlecht) |
| Shresta, Luna | Process optimization and development of non-invasive monitoring approaches for apple drying (Prof. Dr. Hensel) |
| Steinhauser, Johann | Factors influencing consumers’ gaze and purchasing behavior for food products labeled with nutrition and health claims (Prof. Dr. Hamm) |
| Wijesingha, Jayan Sri Jeewantha Wijesingha | Fine-scale grassland monitoring using remote sensing from unmanned aerial vehicles (Prof. Dr. Wachendorf) |
| Yusuf, Dionisius | Women Migrant Street Food Vendors in Tangerang (Indonesia) and Hat Yai (Thailand): Family, Labor, and Income (Prof. Dr. Troßbach) |