Current lab members
Dr. Diego Safian CONICYT postdoc fellow (Comisión Nacional de Investigación Cientifíca y Tecnologíca, Chile)
(Co-supervised by Prof. Geert Wiegertjes, Wageningen University)
Project: Evolution of maternal immune tolerance during pregnancy: First insights from placental fish
Tiffany Ernst
(Co-supervised by Dr. Aniko Korosi, University of Amsterdam)
PhD project: Evolution of maternal effects in live-bearing fishes
Henri van Kruistum
(Co-supervised by Dr. Hendrik-Jan Megens, Wageningen University)
PhD project: How does a placenta evolve? Insights from comparative genome analysis within the livebearing fish family Poeciliidae
Laura Staal
(Co-supervised by Prof. Wertheim & Dr. Olivier (University of Groningen) and Dr. Plosch (University Medical Center Groningen)
PhD project: The role of the placenta in transmitting disturbed serotonin levels from the maternal environment: a comparative study with livebearing fish, rats and humans
Myrthe Dekker
PhD project: Does the evolution of the placenta drive the evolution of sexual selection in live-bearing fish?
Mr. Andres Hagmayer
PhD project: Functional advantage of the placenta and superfetation in the live-bearing fish species Poeciliopsis retropinna
Alumni
Dr. Elsa Magnolia Quicazan Rubio
Date PhD degree: 18 September 2019
Title: Swimming performance and morphology of pregnant fish
Dr. Mike Fleuren
Date PhD degree: 19 December 2017
Title: Reproductive adaptations to reduce locomotor costs in viviparous fish (Poeciliidae)