Pranita Shankar Rao Dasi Doctoral fellow Research Pranita Shankar Rao Dasi Research team Engineering Management Identifying and meeting stakeholder needs in the market for techno sustainability assessment. 01/04/2023 - 31/03/2027 Abstract The chemical industry is facing a revolutionary transition to…

Cas Jorissen doctoral scholarship holder Research Cas Jorissen Research team Functional Morphology The ecomorphology of balance, from inner ear to locomotion kinematics. 01/11/2020 - 31/10/2021 Abstract Balance is crucial during locomotion, and the challenges are largest in fast, agile and/or manoeu…

Jana Goyens unpaid staff Research Jana Goyens Research team Functional Morphology Expertise Balance control is essential for animals that walk or run. Sensing the position and movement of the own body is crucial in this regard. The inner ear houses a small organ, the vestibular system, that senses r…

Vincent Cattersel Research Vincent Cattersel Research team Antwerp Cultural Heritage Sciences (ARCHES) Expertise Conservation and restoration, and the scientific study of (non) polychromed sculpture, furniture, and organic materials (ivory, bone, tortoise shell,...) Conservation treatment of an Empi…

José Antonio Oramas Mogrovejo tenure track asst. professor Research José Antonio Oramas Mogrovejo Research team Internet Data Lab (IDLab) Expertise Research interest: - Visual Representation Learning. - Model Explanation and Interpretation. - Collective Representations and Relational Learning. - D…

Tim Verdonck professor Research Tim Verdonck Research team Applied mathematics Expertise The development and application of machine learning techniques for (mainly) financial, actuarial and economic data sets. The development and application of robust statistics for anomaly detection. Tim Verdonck i…

SUSTAIN | Biobased Sustainability Engineering search menu search content Projects Planned, ongoing and finished projects Ongoing projects BlueGreen Governance. 01/01/2024 - 31/12/2027 Abstract The main goal of BlueGreen Governance is to develop innovative land-sea governance schemes based on scienti…

Patrice Perreault associate professor Research Patrice Perreault Research team Laboratory for the electrification of chemical processes and hydrogen (ElectrifHy) Expertise The University of Antwerp is powering the electrification of chemical processes In addition to the well known research groups su…

Guido De Meyer full professor Research Guido De Meyer Research team Physiopharmacology (PHYSPHAR) Expertise Our research involves the morphological and haemodynamic changes that occur during the development and rupture of atherosclerotic plaques. Various experimental models have been established in …

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. …

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…

Wim Martinet full professor Research Wim Martinet Research team Physiopharmacology (PHYSPHAR) Expertise Research in the Laboratory of Physiopharmacology is focusing on the morphological and haemodynamic changes that occur during the development and rupture of atherosclerotic plaques. Various experim…

Siegfried Vlaeminck associate professor Research Siegfried Vlaeminck Research team Biobased sustainability engineering (SUSTAIN) Expertise In general: • Biological wastewater treatment • Resource recovery and reuse • Sustainable water treatment technology • Cleantech and environmental techno…

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…

Steven Van Passel full research professor - vice-rector Research Steven Van Passel Research team Engineering Management Expertise (i) Techno-economic assessments (TEA) of emerging green/clean environmental & energy technologies; prospective assessments towards a sustainable and/or circular economy (…

Antwerp Cultural Heritage Sciences search menu search content Projects - Antwerp Cultural Heritage Sciences Ongoing projects Designing Adaptation Pathways for Rock Art and Architecture Facing Climate Risks. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2027 Abstract Climate change poses risks to the protection and preservatio…

Steven Latré full professor Research Steven Latré Research team Internet Data Lab (IDLab) Expertise My expertise focuses on the design of new artificial intelligence techniques, which are specifically optimised for resource constrained environments (e.g., wireless networks). In this context, I am …

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…

Science Public defences 2020 Attend a phd defence or find the archive of concluded doctoral research Public defences 2020 Attend a phd defence or find the archive of concluded doctoral research First-Principle Studies of Plasma-Catalyst Interactions for Greenhouse Gas Conversion - Amin Jafarzadeh (1…

Peter Aerts full professor Research Peter Aerts Research team Functional Morphology Expertise Kinesiological analyses. The evolutionary shift of Meat-EATing mammals to life in water: a deep time, multi-proxy investigation of the LOcomotion And Feeding adaptions of aquatic carnivorans (MEATLOAF). 01/…

Functional Morphology search menu search content Research Projects Ongoing projects The evolutionary shift of Meat-EATing mammals to life in water: a deep time, multi-proxy investigation of the LOcomotion And Feeding adaptions of aquatic carnivorans (MEATLOAF). 01/12/2023 - 30/11/2033 Abstract Throu…

Engineering Management search menu search content Research projects Ongoing projects Socio-economic implications of marine protected areas (MPAs) for local fishing communities in Sub-Saharan Africa. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2025 Abstract In 2022, United Nations Member States have committed to conserving a…

Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content Research Projects Ongoing projects Intercropping for Rhizosphere Stimulation (IRHIS). 01/05/2024 - 30/04/2025 Abstract Under the current climate change scenario, unlocking the carbon (C)-sequestering potential of soils has been identified as a key mit…

IDLab search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects Forecasting and optimization of rail planning using deep learning. 01/05/2024 - 30/04/2028 Abstract In today's logistics, rail transport progressively shows competitiveness in connecting deep-sea port with the hinterland. As an example, Port…