My first PhD student, Isolde van Riemsdijk, graduated on 11 September 2019. Two of Isolde’s chapters focused on banded newts (see posts here and here). Two other chapters dealt with toads and were rightfully excluded from this website (but see the papers here and here). Congratulations again!


Isolde’s project has received funding from the ‘Nederlandse organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek’ (NWO Open Programme 824.14.014).
About Ben Wielstra
I am a biologist interested in the interaction among closely species, both ecologically and genetically, during the course of their evolution. In my studies I'm employing the newt genus Triturus.