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…

Centre of Expertise for Higher Education search menu search content Comproved: Why make assessing difficult when it can be easy? • July 2021 • In collaboration with Maarten Goossens (Training and Education Sciences, and co-founder of Comproved, UAntwerp), Karla Groen (E-campus, UAntwerp) and Phi…

‘This “transfer” shows the impact of our university’ ‘This “transfer” shows the impact of our university’ Prof. Silvia Lenaerts of University of Antwerp becomes new rector in Eindhoven Prof. Silvia Lenaerts, vice-rector of UAntwerp, becomes the new rector magnifica of Eindhoven Unive…

Get to Know UAntwerp search menu search content Master of Epidemiology Linda | Peru 'This programme helps me to be more independent to build my own pathway as a future epidemiologist.' I am a medical doctor graduated from the National University of the Peruvian Amazon in 2015 in Iquitos, the capital…

Institute of Jewish Studies search menu search content UCSIA/IJS-Chair 2008-2009: Prof. Dr. David Ruderman UCSIA/IJS-Chair 2008-2009: Prof. Dr. David Ruderman (Center for Advanced Judaic Studies - University of Pennsylvania) Cross-Cultural Dialogues in Early Modern Europe: A Textual Seminar and Conv…

Global Change Ecology search menu search content Climate change and leaf fall Climate change does not delay the start of autumn leaf coloration, but its speed With the start of autumn, as temperatures drop and days get shorter, leaf senescence takes place in deciduous trees. The process of leaf sene…

Stuart Maudsley professor Research Stuart Maudsley Research team Expertise Expertise 1. Molecular Signaling 2. G protein-coupled receptor biology 3. Drug Development 4. Molecular Gerontology 5. Whole somatic endocrinology 6. Bioinformatics 7. Proteomics 8. Molecular Biology 9. Molecular Modelling 10…

Toon Calders professor Open positions Toon Calders CLOSED PhD student : Fairness in Machine Learning CLOSED We are hiring PhD student(s) for a project on fairness-aware machine learning, in close collaboration with one of the largest insurance companies of the world. Requirements for the PhD student…

What does this mean for you as a researcher? UAntwerp strives for high-quality HR processes, which of course includes the entire recruitment and selection process. We aim for an applicant-oriented, inclusive, correct and qualitative approach and are mindful of our ultimate goal in every recruitment …

Andreas Gevaert assistant professor Research Andreas Gevaert Research team Cardiovascular diseases (CARDIOVASC) Expertise Heart failure, exercise physiology, cardiac imaging Peripheral oxygen extraction in health and disease. 01/04/2024 - 31/03/2025 Abstract This research project targets the critica…

Amélie Chevalier tenure track asst. professor Research Amélie Chevalier Research team Co-Design of Cyber-Physical Systems (Cosys-Lab) Expertise The research of Professor Chevalier is described as Control-systems co-design for biomechanics. Here, electromechanical machines are designed to be used i…

Centre of Expertise for Higher Education search menu search content Promoting the progress of disadvantaged groups Written in collaboration with Jonas Nicolaï (Project coordinator Mentoraat Plus) & Dr. David Corradi (Policy officer Diversity & Post-doc researcher CeMIS) How can teachers promote the…

Centre of Expertise for Higher Education search menu search content Differentiated teaching in higher education Students are a very heterogeneous group – not only in terms of age, socioeconomic status, ethnic and cultural background, sexual preference, and so on, but also in terms of prior knowled…

Shoubhik Das assistant professor Research Shoubhik Das Research team Organic synthesis (ORSY) Expertise My current research is based on the development of homogeneous and heterogeneous metal-free photocatalysts for the utilization of small molecules such as O2, CO2 molecules and to valorize biomass …

Grammar and Pragmatics search menu search content Current PhD students Aida Thaqi is working on gender and language in a country of socio-political transformation: Kosovo Abstract This PhD research topic is twofold: First, it explores how protesters in Kosovo in the past and the present time have us…

Gerrit Beemster full professor - dean Research Gerrit Beemster Research team Integrated Molecular Plant Physiology Research (IMPRES) Expertise Plant Growth analysis: We investigate the effect of environmental conditions (mainly drought, temperature, CO2) and genetic differences on the growth of plan…

Renzo Mancuso associate research professor Research Renzo Mancuso Research team VIB CMN - Microglia and Inflammation in Neurological Disorders (MIND) lab Expertise Microglia and neuroinflammation play a central role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. …

Back to the Future search menu search content A Love made to be Eternal. A Story of Friendship, Death and Faith. By Nicolò Zennaro 04/10/2023 On 16 July 1410, surrounded by relatives, friends and colleagues, the merchant Francesco di Marco Datini died at the age of seventy-five in his house in Prat…

Nick Schryvers full professor Research Nick Schryvers Research team Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) Expertise Materials characterisation by electron microscopy (metals, alloys, catalysts, composites, art & historic materials, ...) Advanced microstructural characterization of fusion…

Johan Verbeeck full professor Research Johan Verbeeck Research team Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) Expertise Transmission electron microscopy for materials science Development of novel measurement schemes with electron beams Adaptive optics with electron beams Electron energy loss…

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…

Antwerp Research Institute for the Arts search menu search content PhD defences Attend a phd defence or find the archive of concluded doctoral research Ciné Place-Making - Robin Vanbesien (02/07/2024) Robin Vanbesien 2 July 2024 - Registration is mandatory via robin.vanbesien@kdg.be 15:15 Doors ope…

Paul Cos full professor Research Paul Cos Research team Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) Expertise In vitro and in vivo biofilm assays, Integrated antimicrobial (bacteria, fungi, yeasts and parasites) screening and profiling of pure compounds and extracts, targeting redox…

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 …

Science Public defences 2024 Attend a phd defence or search the archive of concluded doctoral research Public defences 2024 Attend a phd defence or search the archive of concluded doctoral research A Targeted Approach Against Discrimination - New Methods for Bias Detection and Mitigation in Automate…