Written by Fee: ” ‍ What a day! Last Friday I defended my thesis ‘Herbivores shape the seascape’ at Wageningen University & Research. I was totally overwhelmed to get the designation ‘cum laude’ added to my degree. Many thanks to

my co-promotors (Ingrid Van De Leemput and Liesbeth Bakker) and the other members of my committee (Petra Visser, Marieke van Katwijk, Juul Limpens, Nicole Esteban) for their time and challenging questions. My thesis can be found here: https://lnkd.in/eA388kJn. And the recording can be seen at https://lnkd.in/ekXurN7V

Since I was interrupted by the beadle at the end of my laymans talk, I want to finish it by offering special thanks to all the students I had the pleasure of supervising during my PhD, and whose contribution to my thesis is invaluable: Tatiana Becker, Matthias Hof, Mark Bouwmeester, Julia van Duijnhoven, Mickey Boasson, Liesa Celie, Dave Willemsz, Wout Hendriks, Muriel Plaster, Naomi Slikboer, Divyashri Varadharajan, Anniek Vos, Shamyi L., Laura Oosting and Josien Hendricksen.

Thanks to Sara Pino Cobacho and Marisha Smulders my paranymphs who were so supportive throughout and made this day so much more memorable for me.

And lastly, all my thanks to the one and only best supervisor of them all: Marjolijn J. A. Christianen I’m very proud that you are the promotor of my thesis and so thankful for everything you have done for me in the past (almost!) 10 years since we started working together. What a wonderful journey it has been