dr. Gerben Debruyn

Melanins enhance radical scavenging through wavelength-selective excited-state manifold diversity

Wanjie Xie (UGent) , Yanwei Ji (UGent) , Kemin Zhang, Wei Hu (UGent) , Henk Vrielinck (UGent) , Eliot Janssens (UGent) , Xiaowei Zhu, Qiran Cai, Gerben Debruyn (UGent) , Siying Liu, et al.

(2026) ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS.

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Disrupted melanization reveals a hidden role of microstructures in green plumage coloration

Gerben Debruyn (UGent) , Jessica Leigh Dobson (UGent) , Liliana D'Alba Altamirano (UGent) , Nicky Wybouw (UGent) , Michaël Nicolaï (UGent) and Matthew Shawkey (UGent)

(2026) INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. 66.

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Color and near‐infrared reflectance covary in distinct ways across taxa

Jonathan Goldenberg (UGent) , Jessica Leigh Dobson (UGent) , Gerben Debruyn (UGent) , Michaël Nicolaï (UGent) , Svana Rogalla, Bram Vanthournout (UGent) , Federico Massetti, Susana Clusella‐Trullas, Diederik Strubbe (UGent) , Katrien De Wolf (UGent) , et al.

(2026) ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. 16(4).

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A unique hollow melanosome morphology in the hairs of the platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus

Jessica Leigh Dobson (UGent) , Frane Babarović (UGent) , Wanjie Xie (UGent) , Michaël Nicolaï (UGent) , Gerben Debruyn (UGent) , Karen De Clerck (UGent) , Matthew Shawkey (UGent) and Liliana D'Alba Altamirano (UGent)

(2026) BIOLOGY LETTERS. 22(3).

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Functional adaptations of animal eggshells

Gerben Debruyn (UGent)

(2025)

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Multilayer thin-film produces recurrent evolution of iridescence in mammals

Jessica Leigh Dobson (UGent) , Frane Babarović (UGent) , Michaël Nicolaï (UGent) , Gerben Debruyn (UGent) , Matthew Shawkey (UGent) and Liliana D'Alba Altamirano (UGent)

(2025) JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE. 22(230).

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Modular design of biomimetic electrospun keratin composites for tunable gaseous sorption inspired by reptile eggshells

Yana Maudens (UGent) , Gerben Debruyn (UGent) , Eva Loccufier (UGent) , Lode Daelemans (UGent) , Erica Savino, Cinzia Tonetti, Claudia Vineis, Alessio Varesano, Matthew Shawkey (UGent) , Liliana D'Alba Altamirano (UGent) , et al.

(2025) MATERIALS TODAY BIO. 33.

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Biomimicry of the modular gaseous sorption properties of reptile eggshells via electrospun keratin membranes

Yana Maudens (UGent) , Gerben Debruyn (UGent) , Eva Loccufier (UGent) , Lode Daelemans (UGent) , Erica Savino, Cinzia Tonetti, Claudia Vineis, Alessio Varesano, Matthew Shawkey (UGent) , Liliana D'Alba Altamirano (UGent) , et al.

(2025) ESEE 2025 : 8th European Symposium on Electrohydrodynamic Atomization and Electrospinning 2025, Book of Abstracts. p.13-13

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Mesozoic mammaliaforms illuminate the origins of pelage coloration

Ruoshuang Li, Liliana D'Alba Altamirano (UGent) , Gerben Debruyn (UGent) , Jessica Leigh Dobson (UGent) , Chang-Fu Zhou, Julia A. Clarke, Jakob Vinther, Quanguo Li and Matthew Shawkey (UGent)

(2025) SCIENCE. 387(6739). p.1193-1198

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Convergence in biomineralization patterns across animal eggshells

Gerben Debruyn (UGent) , Seung Choi, Jessica Leigh Dobson (UGent) , Yana Maudens (UGent) , Karen De Clerck (UGent) , Matthew Shawkey (UGent) , Shukang Zhang and Liliana D'Alba Altamirano (UGent)

(2025) FARADAY DISCUSSIONS. 261. p.212-230

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dr. Gerben Debruyn

Melanins enhance radical scavenging through wavelength-selective excited-state manifold diversity

Disrupted melanization reveals a hidden role of microstructures in green plumage coloration

Color and near‐infrared reflectance covary in distinct ways across taxa

A unique hollow melanosome morphology in the hairs of the platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus

Functional adaptations of animal eggshells

Multilayer thin-film produces recurrent evolution of iridescence in mammals

Modular design of biomimetic electrospun keratin composites for tunable gaseous sorption inspired by reptile eggshells

Biomimicry of the modular gaseous sorption properties of reptile eggshells via electrospun keratin membranes

Mesozoic mammaliaforms illuminate the origins of pelage coloration

Convergence in biomineralization patterns across animal eggshells

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