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PhD candidates
Below the 15 PhD candidates recruited for INSECT DOCTORS with the topic of their reseach project and their affiliations within the programme.
WP 1: Pathogen-host interactions
![Jirka Manuel Petersen Jirka Manuel Petersen](/upload_mm/9/4/4/2d7bf519-4a2d-46cb-a34b-4994ffae44a3_ESR01%20Jirka%20Manuel%20Petersen_840x1047.jpg)
Wageningen University, IRBI (CNRS), and Tours University
![Sam Edwards Sam Edwards](/upload_mm/3/d/2/4133910f-79f4-4372-a03c-f4ff1eea2f6c_ESR02%20Sam%20Edwards%201_840x1096.jpg)
University of Copenhagen and University of Exeter
Jozsef Takacs
Interactions between pathogens infecting crickets: who paves the way for the other?Inhoud
![ESR03 Jozsef Tackacs.jpg ESR03 Jozsef Tackacs.jpg](/upload_mm/2/5/f/faf252f3-20cc-4464-8790-6c92d18d7929_ESR03%20Jozsef%20Tackacs_530x782.jpg)
University of Copenhagen and Wageningen University
![Edouard Bessette Edouard Bessette](/upload_mm/c/8/3/9a583c26-6691-4392-a7eb-008be9b86056_ESR04%20Edouard%20Bessette_530x533.jpg)
University of Exeter and University of Copenhagen
Pascal Herren
Impact of multiple biotic and abiotic stressors on pathogenesis in mealworms and wax moths
![Pascal Herren Pascal Herren](/upload_mm/5/f/8/9367586f-9ded-4d02-a709-4c662ff8e203_ESR05%20Pascal%20Herren%20herp1-print.jpg)
UKCEH, University of Leeds, and University of Copenhagen
WP 2: Covert infections and pathogen detection
![Melissa Lloyd Melissa Lloyd](/upload_mm/9/c/b/6db0c65e-69b4-42ac-9b34-a947080a9a72_ESR06%20Melissa%20Lloyd_530x733.jpg)
Wageningen University and University of Valencia
Wageningen University
IAEA/FAO
University of Exeter
![Luis Hernandez Pelegrin Luis Hernandez Pelegrin](/upload_mm/1/5/e/7b259f4b-9ce0-42eb-ae60-47d644e13c7c_ESR08%20Luis%20Hernandez%20Pelegrin.jpg)
University of Valencia and Wageningen University
![Robert Pienaar Robert Pienaar](/upload_mm/2/9/8/b0624b74-3bfd-4b61-a410-85277329f354_ESR09%20Robert%20Pienaar_530x707.jpg)
IRBI (CNRS), University of Tours, and University of Valencia
Lim Fang-Shiang
Development of diagnostics tools for pathogen detection in a variety of mass reared insects
![Lim Fang Shiang Lim Fang Shiang](/upload_mm/a/2/4/e58a421c-1434-4234-aeff-9cda78b7ab43_ESR10%20Fang%20Shiang%20Lim_530x757_92x142.jpg)
Julius Kuhn Institute (JKI), University of Valencia
WP 3: . Increasing insect resistance against pathogens
![Anna Slowik Anna Slowik](/upload_mm/a/f/0/72bc358d-41b8-4276-ac09-7aada3e64412_ESR11%20Anna%20Slowik.jpg)
University of Copenhagen, UK-CEH, and University of Leeds
Jennifer Upfold
The role of microbiota in host resistance against bacterial and fungal pathogens in wax moths
![Jennifer Upfold Jennifer Upfold](/upload_mm/9/2/8/e749f65b-2a9b-4205-a5fd-b0248f35a182_ESR012%20jenPIC.jpg)
INRAE, Agro Paris Tech, and University of Copenhagen
![Carlotta Savio Carlotta Savio](/upload_mm/5/2/b/e2ec5154-2547-421a-a00c-af21f70b737d_ESR13%20Carlotta%20Savio.jpg)
INRAE, Agro Paris Tech and Wageningen University
![Loretta Mugo Loretta Mugo](/upload_mm/6/3/4/ee7bc0f5-bfb5-4f3e-974f-ca4d59635548_ESR14%20Loretta%20Mugo.jpg)
IRBI (CNRS), University of Tours, and University of Exeter
Alessandro Roman
University of Exeter and University of Wageningen