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Latent conflicts in interactions between Turkish-Dutch patients and Dutch health professionals
This PhD thesis focuses on different perceptions of encounters between general practitioner and Turkish-Dutch patients, differences in what is viewed as causes for mental problems, and in the ways that these problems are emotionally expressed.
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Atomic-scale characterization using scanning probe microscopy: Surface relaxations in a charge density wave material, tip-induced charging of individual impurities and resonant energy transfer
The PhD defence of N. Seeja Sivakumar is on 21 April 2026 at 04:30 pm.
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Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: From etiology to treatment
This PhD thesis adresses the prevention of permanent visual damage from three perspectives: understanding the underlying mechanisms, optimizing treatment and preventive strategies.
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Patterns Over Time, Batik as a Living Tradition: Cultural Heritage Between the Past and the Future
The PhD defence of R. Febriani is on 23 April 2026 at 12:30 pm.
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Inaugural lecture professor Vera Blažević
Professor of Digital Marketing at the Nijmegen School of Management, Radboud University, will give an inaugural lecture on Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 4.00 p.m.
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Polynomial Multiplication for Lattices in Software
This PhD thesis studies the implementation aspects of polynomial multiplication in lattice-based cryptosystems, including Dilithium, Kyber, Saber, NTRU, and NTRU Prime.
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GLP-1 receptor imaging in type 2 diabetes and obesity
This PhD thesis examined [68Ga]Ga-NODAGA-exendin-4 PET/CT imaging, in which beta cell mass can be studied non-invasively, which contributes to a better understanding of the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes and obesity.
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Understanding gene expression regulation through mRNA dynamics
This PhD thesis explores how gene expression is shaped by the dynamic properties of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) and by the behavior of ribosomes, the molecular machines responsible for protein synthesis.
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Cooling with light: A new application for LEDs
This PhD thesis focuses on overcoming the technological hurdles to make ELC and thermophotonics practically applicable.
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Inaugural lecture professor Peter Schwabe
Professor of Cryptographic Engineering at the Faculty of Science, Radboud University, will give an inaugural lecture on Friday, May 1, 2026 at 4.00 p.m.
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Behind the screen: Digital phenotyping for clinical applications
This PhD thesis focused on addressing challenges in digital phenotyping, such as how to address the wide range of factors that can influence a person’s behaviour, and how to move towards making timely predictions of important clinical changes.
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Testing rat intelligence in their own living room: A new way to study serotonin and mental health
This PhD thesis examines how serotonin affects cognitive development and presents the development and validation of an automated cage system that allows rats to perform touchscreen-based cognitive tasks voluntarily within their living environment
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An Assertive Minority: Mennonites and Nation-Building in Nineteenth-Century Netherlands.
This PhD thesis examines a diverse group of Mennonite writers, scholars, and ministers, and the way in which they contributed to the debate on nation-building through their public writings.
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Computational Mechanics of Sensory Processing: Modelling and Computation for Next-Generation Artificial Sensing
This thesis explores how the brain interprets touch by tracing the transformation of physical stimuli into neural representations. From mechanoreceptors in the skin to cortical networks.
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Exploring Virtual Reality Therapy in Healthcare: Context matters
This PhD thesis investigated Virtual Reality (VR) in a range of healthcare settings, including at home, on hospital wards, in the emergency department, and during day treatments.
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On Hardware-Agnostic Programming for Parallel Architectures
This PhD thesis investigates how we can write a single programme that can be executed on different parallel computers.
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Inaugural lecture professor Tine Molendijk
Professor of Moral dilemmas of multilateral military operations at Radboud University, Nijmegen School of Management, will give an inaugural lecture (in Dutch) on Thursday, May 7, 2026 at 04.00 p.m.
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Lifestyle as Medicine: New Hopes for Endometriosis and Pregnancy Loss
This PhD thesis examined endometriosis and recurrent pregnancy loss, and showed that three months of moderate aerobic exercise made immune cells less inflammatory in the blood of women with recurrent pregnancy loss.
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Triplet-Exciton Pairs in Organic Crystals: Optical Properties of TIPS-tetracene
This PhD thesis describes research into crystals of the material TIPS-tetracene using optical experiments at low temperatures (0.3–60 K), in strong magnetic fields (up to 33 T) and with intense terahertz radiation.
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Antifibrotics for Cleft Palate Muscle Repair
This PhD thesis investigated new strategies to limit scarring and improve muscle healing after soft palate surgery for children born with a cleft lip and palate.
