Callan Wesley doctoral scholarship holder Research Callan Wesley Research team Physiopharmacology (PHYSPHAR) Measuring arterial stiffness at different scales: a new toolbox for safety pharmacology. 01/09/2023 - 31/08/2024 Abstract Safety pharmacology is an essential part of drug development and aims…

What do we offer? Working at the University of Antwerp offers you several advantages: Work-life balance Salaries Extralegal benefits Work-life balance The University of Antwerp firmly believes in maintaining a positive work-life balance. We make sure that our employees can combine their private live…

Theory of quantum systems and complex systems search menu search content Atomic Quantum Fluids Atomic Quantum Fluids Atomic gasses can be trapped in magneto-optic traps and cooled down to a few billionth of a degree above absolute zero. In doing so the quantum mechanical nature of the particles show…

Functional Morphology search menu search content How do boxfish generate suction? Promoter: Sam Van Wassenbergh Co-promoter: Peter Aerts Supervision: Merel Van Gorp The head and body of boxfish (Ostraciidae) are covered by hexagonal scales that are firmly attached to each other and together form the…

Johan De Gruyter unpaid staff Publications Johan De Gruyter Consistent predictors of microbial community composition across spatial scales in grasslands reveal low context‐dependency Source Molecular ecology - ISSN 0962-1083-32:24 (2023) p. 6924-6938 Author(s) Dajana Radujković, Sara Vicca, Marga…

Ecoplan search menu search content ECOPLAN tools ECOPLAN tools The end products aim to fulfill specific needs in planning and implementing spatial planning processes. Most projects go through phases of societal analysis, vision building, design and planning before implementation finally takes place.…

Functional Morphology search menu search content Measuring biological surfaces Measuring Biological Surfaces in Three Dimensions Software maps biological surfaces The surfaces of both animals and plants can have three-dimensional features that give them special properties: repelling water from lotus…

Marilyn Roland Research Marilyn Roland Research team The Flanders Forest Living Lab: a semi-automated observatory for multi-scale forest ecological functioning. 01/06/2022 - 31/05/2026 Abstract The European Green Deal relies on healthy forests to remove carbon (C) from the atmosphere, stabilize the …

Science Synthesis and characterisation of materials Synthesis and characterisation of materials Developing new synthesis methods for the efficient creation of new and known organic and inorganic matter. The main lines of research encompassed by this spearhead involve the development of new synthesis…

David Crosiers assistant professor Research David Crosiers Research team Translational Neurosciences (TNW) Expertise Clinical neurology, neurogenetics, molecular genetics, movement disorders, neurodegenerative brain diseases, Parkinson's disease, dystonia, tremor Clinical and genetic epidemiology of…

Tribhuwan Pandey unpaid staff Research Tribhuwan Pandey Research team Condensed Matter Theory Piezo and flexoelectricity driven by inhomogeneous strain in 2D materials. 01/10/2020 - 30/09/2023 Abstract Electromechanical properties play an essential role in determining the physics of dielectric solid…

Info for companies search menu search content Services and expertise Service offers Characterization of molecular interactions at the UAntwerp Biomolecular Interaction Platform Molecular interactions lie at the basis of chemical and biological processes and applications in various fields such as med…

Siegfried Cools guest lecturer Research Siegfried Cools Research team Applied mathematics Asynchronous Krylov methods with deep pipelines. 01/01/2018 - 31/12/2018 Abstract In recent years a major trend towards solving scientific problems of ever larger scales that include larger and larger data sets…

Lieve Beheydt unpaid staff Research Lieve Beheydt Research team Psychological and behavioral trait-frailties in the etiopathogenesis of severe major depressive disorder. 01/09/2014 - 31/08/2015 Abstract The research project aims at investigating underlying psychological and behavioral mechanisms of …

Sustainable water management search menu search content Ecology Ecology The Department of Biology, Research Group ECOBE, has long standing expertise on studies of management, biogeochemistry and ecology of wetlands, aquatic ecosystems and estuaries. Research is focused on multiple-scales: from small…

Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content Methusalem funding Methusalem is a funding channel managed by the Flemisch Government which provides resources for renowned international researchers. The channel allows researchers to focus on the groundbreaking research they are carrying out without…

Medical Biochemistry search menu search content Molecular interaction service The Biomolecular Interaction Platform (BIP) The Biomolecular Interaction Platform (BIP) at the University of Antwerp consists of several complementary state-of-the-art methodologies for the verification and in-depth charac…

imec - Vision Lab search menu search content Tomography Tomography is an imaging technique that combines projections taken from different directions into a reconstruction of the interior of a patient or an object. The ASTRA research group (“All Scales Tomographic Reconstruction Antwerp”) of imec…

Ecoplan search menu search content Regulating services Regulating services Pollination Pollination by insects (mainly honeybees and bumblebees) is an essential ecosystem service for the cultivation of fruit (like apples, pears, cherries, strawberries), vegetables (like tomatoes, eggplant, paprika), …

Biochemical Wastewater Valorization and Engineering search menu search content Equipment Industrial Biotechnology State-of-the-art-equipment Basic equipment to safeguard the microbial strains Equipment for sterile techniques (autoclaves, laminar flow cabinet) and incubation Pretreatment equipment: s…

Anastasia Papangelou assistant professor - education coordinator About Anastasia Papangelou Anastasia Papangelou Contact Campus Groenenborger Show email address Groenenborgerlaan 171 2020 Antwerpen, BEL I work on the assessment of urban resource flows, particularly bio-based materials such as food a…

Sebastiaan van de Velde senior researcher Research Sebastiaan van de Velde Research team Geobiology Expertise Focussing on the biogeochemical cycles of carbon, iron and sulfur, I study the past and present ocean, using a research approach that combines field work and laboratory incubations with nume…

Yannick Vermeiren unpaid guest prof. Research Yannick Vermeiren Research team Experimental Neurobiology Unit (ENU) Expertise Our current research activities are related to the field of neurochemical research in neurodegenerative disorders. As coordinator of the RP-(U)HPLC unit of the Neurochemistry …

Economics search menu search content News Prof. Sunčica Vujić onderzocht het verband tussen de loonkloof en werktevredenheid | Maart 2024 Moeders verdienen minder dan vaders, maar zijn wel gelukkiger op hun werk Papa maakt carrière, mama staat aan de schoolpoort. Binnen het traditionele gezin hee…

Marjolein Meijdam unpaid staff Publications Marjolein Meijdam Female chronotype and aggression covary on different hierarchical levels in a songbird Source Animal behaviour - ISSN 0003-3472-210 (2024) p. 75-83 Author(s) Marjolein Meijdam, Marcel Eens, Bert Thys, Wendt Müller Citation link Artificia…