Benjamin Van Heurck doctoral scholarship holder Research Benjamin Van Heurck Research team Geobiology The impact of macrofauna and microbiota on silicate weathering in coastal sediments. 01/11/2023 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Enhanced silicate weathering (ESW) is an approach that targets for the deliberat…

Geobiology search menu search content Coastal Enhanced Silicate Weathering Investigating the potential for carbon dioxide drawdown in coastal environments The ocean is a natural sink that takes up about a quarter of fossil fuel emissions each year. In the Coastal-Carbon research we investigate if we…

Sustainable water management search menu search content Sustainable water management Water is key in every aspect of life. The natural environment is dependent of the ecology of aquatic systems. These systems are used both as a resource and as a sink by industrial technology and by society. Human ac…

Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development search menu search content Air Quality cluster Covering a chain of aspects ranging from research & development towards clean air: research to reduce pollution sources, monitoring & chemical characterisation, technology for purification and stakeho…

Kevin Van Sundert postdoc researcher FWO Research Kevin Van Sundert Research team Biobased sustainability engineering (SUSTAIN) Expertise My research domain concerns interactions between land ecosystems and climate change, in both directions (through for example impacts on CO2-exchange). Focus is sp…

Sustainable water management search menu search content Environment and health Environment and health Surface waters and the marine environment are considered the final sink for most, if not all, pollutants. Chemical pollution in combination with changing climate conditions puts stress on aquatic ec…

Ilya T'Jollyn TT. asst. research professor Publications Ilya T'Jollyn CFD simulation and geometric optimization of a novel baffle heat sink for power electronics cooling Source Journal of physics : conference series-2766:1 (2024) p. 1-6 Author(s) Ilya T'Jollyn, J. Rogiers, J. Nonneman, M. De Paepe C…

Cedric Goossens doctoral scholarship holder Research Cedric Goossens Research team Geobiology Marine carbon dioxide drawdown via enhanced carbonate dissolution in coastal sediments. 01/11/2023 - 31/10/2024 Abstract Ocean alkalinization is a climate stabilization technique that increases the buffer c…

Luna Geerts predoc researcher FWO Research Luna Geerts Research team Geobiology Quantitative modelling of negative emissions through coastal enhanced silicate weathering. 01/11/2020 - 31/10/2024 Abstract The societal challenge of limiting global warming to <2°C by 2100 cannot be achieved by reducin…

Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content NETs Negative Emission Technologies for CO2 removal Basalt NETs manipulation experiment NETs manipulation experiment Biochar Achieving the climate targets as agreed at the climate summit in Paris requires rapid decarbonization of all sectors. However,…

INSPIRE safety pharmacology search menu search content The Spin Off 15/12/2021 - Callan (ESR#10) In Safety Pharmacology, an important element of drug research and development, it is common practice to determine the blood concentration of a drug candidate over time. This is important information to u…

Maby Johns doctoral scholarship holder Research Maby Johns Research team Internet Data Lab (IDLab) Antwerp engineering, PhotoElectroChemistry & Sensing (A-PECS) Wireless self-sufficient implantable sensor system design and characterisation. 01/10/2021 - 30/09/2025 Abstract This BOF Docpro project ai…

Maarten Op de Beeck Research Maarten Op de Beeck Research team Effect of tropospheric ozone on tree growth, wood quality, and forest ecosystem fluxes: a model simulation. 01/10/2007 - 30/09/2008 Abstract Tropospheric ozone (O3) has been shown to reduce the growth and carbon sink strength of European…

University residences Exchange students for 1 semester Who can apply for a room in the university residences? The international rooms in the university residences can only be booked by exchange students who are staying in Antwerp for one semester. More information for students staying for an entire …

Silvia Poblador Ibanez unpaid staff Research Silvia Poblador Ibanez Research team Plant and Ecosystems (PLECO) - Ecology in a time of change Expertise I have PhD in Ecology, Environmental Science and Plant Physiology by the University of Barcelona (Spain) defended on July 2018. The PhD thesis was en…

Centre of Expertise for Higher Education search menu search content Anyone can coach? Focus on student well-being September 2021 Student coaching has become an integral part of higher education, with different social evolutions causing a sharp increase in demand for student coaching in recent years.…

SUSTAIN | Biobased Sustainability Engineering search menu search content Climate solutions Climate solutions Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges that humanity faces. In the Paris agreement, all countries committed themselves to limit the global warming to well below 2°C, aiming fo…

Marc Parrilla Pons postdoc researcher FWO Research Marc Parrilla Pons Research team Antwerp engineering, PhotoElectroChemistry & Sensing (A-PECS) Expertise Exploration of electrochemical strategies for the detection and monitoring of analytes of interest for society. PhD in electrochemical sensors b…

ECOSPHERE search menu search content Midge monitoring along the Zeeschelde: short summary Midges Midges are small (1-5 mm) slender to robust, often dark-colored mosquitoes that are related to lake flies. 167 species occur naturally in Belgium, both stinging and non-stinging. 16 species are observed …

Freddy Dardenne senior valorization manager Research Freddy Dardenne Research team Ecosphere Expertise Ecotoxicological research with focus on the aquatic environment across all levels of biological organization and with both biotic and abiotic stressors. From past professional activities, trained i…

Reinhart Ceulemans emeritus with assignment Research Reinhart Ceulemans Research team Plant and Ecosystems (PLECO) - Ecology in a time of change Expertise Study, analyses and advise on renewable (bio-) energy sources. I have experience with the establishment, the management and the harvest of short-…

Willem-Jan Emsens assistant professor Research Willem-Jan Emsens Research team Ecosphere Expertise Willem-Jan Emsens is eco-hydrologist, vegetation scientist, restoration ecologist and biogeochemist. He studies the relationships between vegetation, biogeochemistry and microbial communities, and aims…

Filip Meysman research professor Research Filip Meysman Research team Geobiology Expertise marine microbiology and ecology biogeochemistry oceanography climate change and global change citizen science Unraveling the molecular core of conductivity in cable-bacteria nanowires for circular bioelectroni…

Ivan Janssens Research Ivan Janssens Research team Plant and Ecosystems (PLECO) - Ecology in a time of change Expertise - Greenhouse gas balance of ecosystems and continents. - Forest ecosystem productivity. - Carbon cycling through soil, ecosystem, region, continent, globe. - Effects of global chan…

Sara Vicca associate professor Research Sara Vicca Research team Biobased sustainability engineering (SUSTAIN) Expertise My research focuses on how different environmental factors influence carbon cycling in terrestrial ecosystems and how changes in these ecosystems feed back to the climate system. …