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Water and soil quality risk assessment | ECOSPHERE | University of Antwerp
ECOSPHERE search menu search content Water and soil quality risk assessment This study area allows for scientifically based, societal relevant advice regarding water quality risk assessment. The assumption that adverse effects of chemicals can be meaningfully extrapolated from laboratory test condit…
Persistent weather and soil microbes | Global Change Ecology | University of Antwerp
Global Change Ecology search menu search content Persistent weather and soil microbes More persistent weather changes soil microbes Climate change is making the weather more persistent in Europe, with longer periods of both rainy weather and dry weather. We have limited knowledge about the impact of…
Education Ivan Janssens | Ivan Janssens | University of Antwerp
Ivan Janssens full research professor Education Ivan Janssens 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2024-2025 Good Field Practices Good Field Practices Course code: 1001WETGFP Bachelor of Biology Ecosystem types Ecosystem types Course code: 1001WETTYP Bachelor of Biology Earth Sciences / Soil Science Earth …
Education Erik Verbruggen | Erik Verbruggen | University of Antwerp
Erik Verbruggen associate research professor Education Erik Verbruggen 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2024-2025 Microbial Ecology Microbial Ecology Course code: 2001WETMEC Master of Biology: Evolution and Behavioral Biology Master of Biology: Global Change Biology Master of Biology: Biodiversity, Con…
Master and individual projects | Plants and Ecosystems | University of Antwerp
Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content Master and individual projects 2024-2025 Prof. dr. Ivan Nijs and co-workers Newly emerging rainfall regimes Prof. dr. Erik Verbruggen and co-workers Soil food webs and soil health: What do we know and the way forward Prof. dr. Matteo Campioli and co-w…
Regulating services | Ecoplan | University of Antwerp
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), …
Soils 4 Europe update | Global Change Ecology | University of Antwerp
Global Change Ecology search menu search content Soils 4 Europe update GCE key partner in European Soil Mission project SOLO Soil Health is essential for ecosystem services, such as enabling the production of nutritious food, filtration of rainwater, and mitigation of effects of climate change. The …
About Johan De Gruyter | Johan De Gruyter | University of Antwerp
Johan De Gruyter unpaid staff About Johan De Gruyter Johan De Gruyter Contact Campus Drie Eiken Show email address Universiteitsplein 1 2610 Wilrijk, BEL PhD Student on soil microbial food webs Promotor: Prof. Dr. Erik Verbruggen Copromotor: Dr. James Weedon Stay up to date with our research and fol…
Verbruggen Erik | Microbial Systems Technology | University of Antwerp
Microbial Systems Technology search menu search content Verbruggen Erik Vertical profiles of leaf photosynthesis and leaf traits and soil nutrients in two tropical rainforests in French Guiana before and after a 3-year nitrogen and phosphorus addition experiment Verryckt, Lore; Vicca, Sara; Van Lang…
Research Dajana Radujkovic | Dajana Radujkovic | University of Antwerp
Dajana Radujkovic postdoc researcher FWO Research Dajana Radujkovic Research team Plant and Ecosystems (PLECO) - Ecology in a time of change Expertise Microbial community analyses, analyses of the role of soil warming, climate, soil properties, and plants on microbial community assembly. Analyses of…
Research Ritesh Kumar Singh | Ritesh Kumar Singh | University of Antwerp
Ritesh Kumar Singh principal research fellow Research Ritesh Kumar Singh Research team Internet Data Lab (IDLab) Sustainable and Energy Neutral Soil Sensing. 01/09/2024 - 31/08/2025 Abstract Greenhouse gas emission is causing the Earth's climate to deteriorate at an alarming rate. Greenhouse gas tra…
Research Coline Le Noir de Carlan | Coline Le Noir de Carlan | University of Antwerp
Coline Le Noir de Carlan unpaid staff Research Coline Le Noir de Carlan Research team Plant and Ecosystems (PLECO) - Ecology in a time of change Soil microbiome structure of warmed grasslands. 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2023 Abstract Biodiversity underpins ecosystem functionality and stability. It is becomi…
Education Jonas Schoelynck | Jonas Schoelynck | University of Antwerp
Jonas Schoelynck TT. asst. research professor Education Jonas Schoelynck 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2024-2025 Aquatic Ecology Aquatic Ecology Course code: 2001WETAQU Master of Biology: Evolution and Behavioral Biology Master of Biology: Global Change Biology Master of Biology: Biodiversity, Conse…
Microbial Ecology | Plants and Ecosystems | University of Antwerp
Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content Microbial Ecology plant-soil interactions We study various aspects of the microbial ecology of soils and plants. An overarching line is how soils and plants interact through microbial communities in terms of nutrient flows, plant community composition…
Climate solutions | SUSTAIN | Biobased Sustainability Engineering | University of Antwerp
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…
ANAFAUNA | Plants and Ecosystems | University of Antwerp
Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content ANAFAUNA ANAFAUNA (1/9/2019 – 31/8/2020) Implementation of soil fauna effects into the ecosystem model ANAFORE Ecosystem models dynamically simulate fluxes of carbon, water, nitrogen and other nutrients through an ecosystem such as forest or grassla…
Research Erik Verbruggen | Erik Verbruggen | University of Antwerp
Erik Verbruggen associate research professor Research Erik Verbruggen Research team Plant and Ecosystems (PLECO) - Ecology in a time of change Expertise Microbial ecology of plants and soils The role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in agricultural grasslands exposed to increasingly persistent weathe…
Research Stijn Van de Vondel | Stijn Van de Vondel | University of Antwerp
Stijn Van de Vondel predoc researcher FWO Research Stijn Van de Vondel Research team Geobiology Real-time and spatially distributed monitoring of microclimate. 01/11/2022 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Recently, climate change impacts have become strikingly tangible, with prolonged periods of drought, and te…
PhDs | Plants and Ecosystems | University of Antwerp
Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content PhDs Completed PhDs since 1999 2024 Jan Clavel - The potential for upward range expansion of alien plant species in cold-climate mountains in a warming world. Defended on 5.02.2024. Irene Ramirez Rojas - Underground connections: the interplay between …
Research Sara Vicca | Sara Vicca | University of Antwerp
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. …
Research Alba Llovet Martin | Alba Llovet Martin | University of Antwerp
Alba Llovet Martin postdoctoral scholarship hold. Research Alba Llovet Martin Research team Plant and Ecosystems (PLECO) - Ecology in a time of change Expertise My research focuses on the soil-microbe-plant-atmosphere system, exploring how different management schemes influence the outcomes of these…
Provisioning services | Ecoplan | University of Antwerp
Ecoplan search menu search content Provisioning services Provisioning services Wood production Forests are the most important producers of the renewable resource wood. Hence, the relevant factor for wood production is the forest area in a region. However, also other factors will affect wood producti…
Education Sara Vicca | Sara Vicca | University of Antwerp
Sara Vicca associate professor Education Sara Vicca 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2024-2025 Soil processes Soil processes Course code: 1001WETBOP Bachelor of Bioscience Engineering Forest ecology and dendrology Forest ecology and dendrology Course code: 1001WETBOS Bachelor of Bioscience Engineering …
Research Willem-Jan Emsens | Willem-Jan Emsens | University of Antwerp
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…
Research Laura Steinwidder | Laura Steinwidder | University of Antwerp
Laura Steinwidder predoc researcher FWO Research Laura Steinwidder Research team Biobased sustainability engineering (SUSTAIN) Enhanced weathering of steel slags: Soil organic carbon dynamics and storage. 01/11/2022 - 31/10/2026 Abstract An active removal of CO2 from the atmosphere will be necessary…