Pegie Cool professor Research Pegie Cool Research team Laboratory of adsorption and catalysis (LADCA) Expertise Research on sorbents, catalysts and characterization/synthesis of porous materials. Hightech systems and materials for a sunlight-driven sustainable industry (FOTON) 01/02/2024 - 31/01/202…

Steven Mullens guest lecturer Publications Steven Mullens Amino-alkylphosphonate-grafted TiO₂ : how the alkyl chain length impacts the surface properties and the adsorption efficiency for Pd Source ACS Omega - ISSN 2470-1343-7:49 (2022) p. 45409-45421 Author(s) Nick Gys, Rui An, Bram Pawlak, David…

Integrated Sustainable Chemistry - InSusChem search menu search content Valorization Program 2 - main focus Innovative & sustainable materials This program has three focus lines: 1. Sustainable materials and synthesis to replace currently applied catalysts, sorbents and materials in general by more …

Allen Jun Anies predoc researcher FWO Research Allen Jun Anies Research team Ecosphere Development of active-passive sampling (APS) strategies for dynamic speciation analysis and ecotoxicity evaluation of psychoactive substances and their metabolites in wastewater. 01/11/2021 - 31/10/2025 Abstract W…

Nick Gys unpaid staff Publications Nick Gys Inducing differences in modification degree and binding mode of organophosphonic acid grafted titania by changing pH and hydrocarbon chain length Source Applied surface science - ISSN 0169-4332-639 (2023) p. 1-14 Author(s) Rui An, Lourdes Chukiwanka Quiño…

Toxicological Centre search menu search content Sample preparation Different sample preparation techniques commonly used for the analyses at the Toxicological centre are described below. Soxhlet Extraction In Soxhlet extraction, a solid sample is extracted at a high temperature with an organic solve…

Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development search menu search content Towards a hydrogen-free hydrogen economy Applications for chemical hydrogen storage systems - Keynote conference - July 15 2022 The Institute for Environment and Sustainable Development (IMDO in Dutch) of the University …

Laboratory of Adsorption and Catalysis search menu search content Defended PhDs Defended PhDs G. Peeters (1978) Beïnvloeding van de adsorptie eigenschappen van zeolieten door ionenuitwisseling en silanering. J.A. Michelena (1980) Isotoopverdunning en selektieve sorptia in zeolieten: een mogelijkhei…

Raewyn Town guest prof. external funds - professor - guest professor Research Raewyn Town Research team Ecosphere Expertise environmental physical chemistry, electrochemistry, nanoparticle reactivity, measurement and modelling of dynamic chemical speciation, bioavailability and bioaccumulation Quant…

Department of Chemistry search menu search content Defended Ph.D. Theses 2022 Vibrational optical activity spectral response to the conformational behaviour of antibiotic glycopeptides - Roy Aerts (22/11/2022) Roy Aerts 22/11/2022 5 p.m. Venue: Campus Drie Eiken, Q0.02 Online PhD defence Supervisors…

Laboratory of Adsorption and Catalysis search menu search content Research Projects European projects The laboratory of adsorption and catalysis is involved in several european projects: Project FOTON As a society, we currently face two major challenges: securing our future energy supply by transfer…

Vera Meynen associate professor Research Vera Meynen Research team Laboratory of adsorption and catalysis (LADCA) Expertise Porous materials; structure-activity relations; materials characterization and modification; inorganic and hybrid organic-inorganic materials; silica and metal oxides; catalyst…

Maarten Weyn full professor - vice-dean Research Maarten Weyn Research team Internet Data Lab (IDLab) Expertise Our research focuses on low-power localisation and communication. Ranging from the embedded hardware design and implementation over the wireless link to the sensor fusion on the backend. T…

Ronny Blust full professor - vice-rector Research Ronny Blust Research team Ecosphere Expertise - Molecular, cellular and organismal toxicity tests - Characterisation of mode of action of microcontaminants - Analysis of inorganic and organic contaminants - Chemical and biological monitoring and diag…

Tom Breugelmans full professor - dean Research Tom Breugelmans Research team Applied Electrochemistry & Catalysis (ELCAT) Expertise My expertise is situated in the field of Electrochemical Engineering. More specific: - Design of new catalytic materials for electrodes in electrolyzers and fuel cells …

Lieven Bervoets full professor Research Lieven Bervoets Research team Ecosphere Expertise For more than 30 years, I have mainly been carrying out field ecotoxicological research on the bioavailability and effects of micropollutants on both aquatic and terrestrial organisms. We mainly look at the eff…

Science Public defences 2022 Attend a phd defence or search the archive of concluded doctoral research Public defences 2022 Attend a phd defence or search the archive of concluded doctoral research Advances in biplanar X-ray imaging: calibration and 2D/3D registration - Van Thi Huyen Nguyen (20/12/2…

ECOSPHERE search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects The consequences of nitrogen-induced shifts in fungal and bacterial communities for carbon cycling in temperate forests. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2027 Abstract Forests constitute a large and persistent carbon stock, which has increased over th…