Yoran Despiegelaere: Unveiling the biological and chemotaxonomic potential of natural products from sea cucumbers. 

Adhitya Sanjaya: Bioactive compounds and anti-inflammatory properties of Indonesian medicinal plant extracts.

Sofie De Kort: Electrospun nanofibers with probiotics for a vaginal administration form.

Lieselotte Jaspers: Formulation, process and bioavailability research of natural products, more specifically polyphenolic components or other health-improving secondary metabolites.

Godfrey Sambayi: Ethnopharmacological survey, phytochemical investigation and biological activity of Tanzanian medicinal plants used in the management of sickle cell disease (SCD) and infectious diseases triggering SCD crises

Arthur Steegmans: Particle engineering of spray dried probiotics for pulmonary administration.

Maxim Van Herreweghe: The relevance of measuring peripheral markers of oxidative stress in selected tropical infections of viral and parasitic origin for the clinical follow-up and prediction of disease severity and outcomes.

Stef Lauwers: Protective effects of nutritional polyphenols and their metabolites towards mechanisms contributing to arterial stiffness.