Jean Poesen: advisors and students

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Jean Poesen

Belgian geographerborn 1954

Supervised 33 doctoral students between 2000 and 2025. Linked to Wikidata, ORCID, and 6 other registers.

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Sofie De Geeter “Mapping and modelling of gully erosion at the continental scale of Africa”
2025 · doctoral
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Ioanna Panagea “Impacts of soil-improving cropping systems on physical soil quality”
2023 · doctoral
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Anne Felsberg “Global landslide hazard estimation using hydrological satellite data assimilation”
2022 · doctoral
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Getaneh Addis Tessema “Developing Geotourism as a Sustainable Development Vehicle: The case of the Lake Tana Region, Ethiopia”
2022 · doctoral
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J. Broeckx “Landslide susceptibility, mobilization rates and link with sediment yield at regional to global scale”
2019 · doctoral
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M. Gelan “Forest ecosystem services and resilience of the social-ecological system in a protected forest of the central highlands of Ethiopia”
2019 · doctoral
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Jan Maes “The role of governance in (re)producing ineffective disaster risk reduction: Evidence from landslides in Uganda and Cameroon”
2018 · doctoral
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Wouter Vannoppen “Plant root effects on erosion of sandy soils in a temperate climate. A trait-based methodology to select native plants for biological soil conservation measures”
2018 · doctoral
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Ayalew Talema Legass “Stabilizing badlands, gullies and riverbanks with multipurpose trees, shrubs and grasses in the sub-humid tropics”
2017 · doctoral
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Kefelegn Cherenet “Detection and spatial analysis of recent land use and land cover changes in Southwest Ethiopia”
2015 · doctoral
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Karolien Vermeiren “Analysis of urban growth and social segregation: a case study in Kampala (Uganda)”
2015 · doctoral
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Gebeyehu Wondim “The effects of soil and water conservation structures on rainfall-runoff response and soil loss in Tigray, Ethiopia”
2014 · doctoral
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Kassa Teka Belay “Detection and Analysis of Land Use and Land Cover Changes in Tigray, North-Ethiopia”
2013 · doctoral
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Andrew Kaggwa Kabanza “Insights into soil and water conservation measures for major land utilization types in South Eastern Tanzania”
2013 · doctoral
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Willem Maetens “Effectiveness of land use and soil conservation techniques in reducing runoff and soil loss in Europe and the Mediterranean”
2013 · doctoral
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Hildelitha Msita “Insights into indigenous soil and water conservation technologies in Western Usambara mountains, Tanzania”
2013 · doctoral
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Gebreyohannes Girmay Woldetensai “Nutrient Cycles and Integrated Soil Fertility Management in Geba Catchment, Northern Ethiopia”
2013 · doctoral
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Matthias Vanmaercke “Sediment yield from European catchments: exogenic, endogenic and anthropogenic controls.”
2012 · doctoral
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Joshua Wanyama “Effect of Land-Use/Cover Change on Land Degradation in the Lake Victoria Basin: Case of Upper Rwizi Catchment, Southwestern Uganda”
2012 · doctoral
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Els Verachtert “Soil piping in a temperate humid climate. The Flemish Ardennes (Belgium).”
2011 · doctoral
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Bert Reubens “Woody vegetation for gully rehabilitation in northern Ethiopia: species suitability, root structure, and seedling establishment, growth and management”
2010 · doctoral
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Amanuel Zenebe Abraha “Assessment of spatial and temporal variability of river discharge, sediment yield and sediment-fixed nutrient export in Geba River catchment, Northern Ethiopia.”
2009 · doctoral
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Joris de Vente “Soil erosion and sediment yield in Mediterranean geoecosystems. Scale issues, modelling and understanding.”
2009 · doctoral
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Bastiaan Notebaert “Sensitivity of river systems to human actions and climatic events across different environments: a Holocene perspective.”
2009 · doctoral
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Bruno Verbist “Bepaling van het bufferend vermogen van het Way Besai stroomgebied in Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesië”
2008 · doctoral
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A. Leys “Hydrological and erosion aspects of conservation agriculture.”
2008 · doctoral
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Sarah De Baets “The effects of plant roots on rill and gully erosion: application to a Mediterranean ecosystem.”
2007 · doctoral
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Anke Knapen “Spatial and temporal variability of the erosion resistance of loess-derived topsoils during concentrated flow”
2007 · doctoral
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Katrien Descheemaeker “Pedological and Hydrological Effects of Vegetation Restoration in Exclosures Established on Degraded Hillslopes in the Highlands of Northern Ethiopia”
2006 · doctoral
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Tom Rommens “Holocene sediment dynamics in a small river catchment in central Belgium.”
2006 · doctoral
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Gwendolyn Gyssels “Impact of small grain roots on soil erosion by concentrated flow and implications for soil conservation”
2005 · doctoral
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Greet Ruysschaert “Spatial and temporal variability of soil losses due to crop harvesting”
2005 · doctoral
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Gert Verstraeten “Modderoverlast, sedimentatie in wachtbekkens en begroting van de sedimentexport naar waterlopen in Midden-België.”
2000 · doctoral

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Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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known as: geographer, geomorphologist
awards: David Linton Award, 2016, Alexander von Humboldt Medal, 2016
member of: Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences, from 1999, Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten

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cited by a thesis recordORCID0000-0001-6218-8967stated by Wikidata · on their thesis record at KU Leuven Lirias
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