Science

Programme

Faculty Research Day - 5 February 2025

8.30 - 9.00
Registrations open 
9.00 - 9.10
Overview programme & introduction / Welcome by the vice dean Gerrit Beemster  
9.10 - 9.50
Inaugural lecture 1 by Tom Mestdag (Department of Mathematics) + questions 
9.50 - 10.05
Poster clip session 1
10.05 - 10.45
Inaugural lecture 2 by Sara Vicca (Department of Bioscience Engineering) + questions 
10.45 - 11.15
Coffee Break 1
11.15 - 11.55
Inaugural lecture 3 by Ben Jeurissen (Department of Physics) & questions 
11.55 – 12.10
Poster clip session 2
12.10 - 13.10
Panel discussion "AI. Use in research. How useful is AI in research?"
13.10 – 14.10
Lunch & poster session
14.10 – 14.30
Interdisciplinary talk by IMDO
14.30 – 15.10
Inaugural lecture 4 by Jakob Raymaekers (Department of Mathematics) & questions
15.10 – 15.40
Coffee Break 2 & poster voting
15.40 – 16.20
Inaugural lecture 5 by Robby Vroemans (Department of Chemistry) & questions 
16.20 – 16.25
Best poster award, announcement by the dean
16.25 
Closing word by the vice dean Gerrit Beemster 
16.40
Closing reception
17.30
End

Inaugural lectures

  • Tom Mestdag: Geometry and Mechanics: Best Friends Forever!
  • Sara Vicca: Enhanced rock weathering as a climate solution?
  • Ben Jeurissen: Probing tissue microstructure with magnetic resonance imaging 
  • Jakob Raymaekers: Challenges of cellwise outliers
  • Robby Vroemans: From biobased catechol towards renewable plasticizers

Read the abstracts here.

Interdisciplinary talk by IMDO

  • Gudrun De Boeck: Science meets society and policy: create an impact with truly integrated education and research 

Read the abstract here.