Eric Smets: advisors and students

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Eric Smets

Also known as Erik F. Smets (Leiden University Scholarly Publications and Wikidata)

Belgian botanistborn 1957

Supervised 15 doctoral students at Leiden University between 1997 and 2024. Linked to Wikidata, ORCID, and 4 other registers.

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Students15

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Maurizio Mascarello “Genomic barcoding as a tool to trace and identify illegally logged African trees”
2024 · doctoral
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Arne Sinnesael “Bacterial leaf symbiosis – Origin, function, evolutionary gain, and transmission mode of endophytes in bacteriophilous Rubiaceae”
2020 · doctoral
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R.M. Schwallier “Evolutionary diversification of Nepenthes (Nepenthaceae)”
2016 · Leiden University · doctoral
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Brecht Verstraete “Bacterial leaf endophytes in African Rubiaceae”
2013 · doctoral
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Pieter Caris “Bloemontogenetische patronen in de Ericales sensu lato”
2013 · doctoral
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David Rabaey “Micromorphological study of pits in tracheary elements of woody angiosperms.”
2012 · doctoral
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Dries Vekemans “Diversification of MADS-box genes in flowering plants.”
2012 · doctoral
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Benny Lemaire “Diversity and Evolution of Bacterial Endosymbionts in Leaf Nodulated Angiosperms.”
2011 · doctoral
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Bart Jacobs “Fruits and seeds of Dipsacales: Morphology and evolution.”
2010 · doctoral
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Tom Viaene “Evolution of ancient MADS-gene functions.”
2010 · doctoral
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James Tosh “Biogeography of Madagascan Rubiaceae: case studies from the Afro-Madagascan genus Tricalysia and the pantropical genus Ixora.”
2009 · doctoral
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Vincent Merckx “Myco-heterotrophy in Dioscoreales: systematics and evolution.”
2008 · doctoral
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Hye-Kyoung Moon “Systematic studies in Mentheae (Lamiaceae): morphology, evolutionary aspects, phylogeny.”
2008 · doctoral
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Frederic Lens “Systematic significance of wood anatomical characters in Ericales.”
2005 · doctoral
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Jan De Laet “A reconsideration of three-item analysis, the use of implied weights in cladistics, and a practical application in Gentianaceae”
1997 · doctoral

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2005 to 2016
Leiden University
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from 2005
Leiden University
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undated
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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At a glance

known as: botanist, university teacher, botanical collector, scientific collector
fields: phylogenetics, Rubiaceae
member of: Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten

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cited by a thesis recordORCID0000-0002-9416-983Xstated by Wikidata · on their thesis record at KU Leuven Lirias
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