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Theme 1 Supervisor:  Prof. Bert Maes

  • Key expertise: Organic synthesis using catalytic sustainable methodologies incl. homo- and heterogenous catalysis, photocatalysis, electrochemistry, mechanochemistry, and green metrics.
  • Spokesperson of  ORSY, the division Organic Synthesis of the Chemistry Department and of CASCH, the Center of Excellence on Catalysis for Sustainable Organic Chemistry, and member of the technology consortium InSusChem (integrated sustainable chemistry. 

Theme 2 Supervisor: Prof. Annemie Bogaerts

  • Key expertise: Plasma research for sustainable chemistry and cancer treatment, by modeling and experiments.
  • Spokesperson of PLASMANT research group and of PLASMA, the Center of Excellence on plasma for environmental, medical and microelectronics applications, and member of the technology consortium InSusChem (integrated sustainable chemistry). 

Theme 3 Supervisor: Prof. Els Du Bois

  • Key expertise: Design for a circular economy, design for sustainability.
  • Spokesperson of the research group of Product Development, coordinator of Nature4Nature. ​

Theme 4 Supervisor: Prof. Sara Eloy

  • Key expertise: Adaptive reuse, inclusive design, digital technologies for design, digital heritage.
  • Spokesperson of the research group A+I (Architecture and Interior Architecture). 

Theme 5 Supervisor: Prof. Ingrid De Meester

  • Key expertise: In vitro characterization of drug candidates using enzymology, biochemical and biophysical techniques.
  • Spokesperson of the research group Medical Biochemistry (LMB). ​