PhD Ajonina, Abugiche Samuel: Impact of hunting and bushmeat trade on biodiversity loss in Cameron: a case study of Banyang-Mbo Wildlife Sanctuary, 20 August 2009, LS General Ecology

PhD Tweneboah, Elaine: The role of environmental values and attitudes of Ghanaian coastal women in natural resource management, 20 July 2009, LS Social Science Environmental Issues

PhD Antwi, Effah Kwabena: Integrating GIS and Remote Sensing for Assessing the Impact of Disturbance on Habitat Diversity and Land Cover Change in a Post-Mining Landscape, 7 July 2009, LS General Ecology

PhD Tingwey, Emilienne Ingie: Studies on the cycle of akinete forming cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii in the temperate region, 1 July 2009

PhD Stüken, Anke Corinna: Cylindrospermopsin and cylindrospermopsin producing cyanobacteria in the Berlin-Brandenburg area, 5 March 2009

PhD Islam, Md. Shafi Noor: Cultural landscape changing due to anthropogenic influences on surface water and threats to mangrove wetland ecosystems: a case study on the Sundarbans, Bangladesh, 8 January 2009, LS Ecosystems and Environmental Informatics