VLIR-IUC Limpopo search menu search content Project 6: Food security Key focus Research and research capacity building in area of chicken and crop production and building proteinics and molecular genetics Objectives The School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences is an internationally recogniz…

Wendt Müller research professor About Wendt Müller Wendt Müller Contact Campus Drie Eiken Show email address Tel. +3232652288 Universiteitsplein 1 2610 Wilrijk, BEL Associate research professor in the Department of Biology, Behavioural Ecology and Eco-Physiology Group I am a behavioural and anima…

Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development search menu search content Interdisciplinary project day March 22 2023 The key to solving complex problems in our society today is interdisciplinary collaboration. During the project day experts from different backgrounds reflected, from their exp…

Miguel Portillo Estrada expert - spec. staff member - expert Publications Miguel Portillo Estrada Soil biodiversity and ecosystem functions in grasslands: Is more always better? Source Zenodo, 2025, Author(s) Dajana Radujković, Miguel Portillo-Estrada, Björn Hendrickx, Giandiego Campetella, Willem…

Robin Lasters unpaid staff Research Robin Lasters Research team Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology Ecosphere Development of a biomonitoring tool to estimate risks of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) through consumption of self-cultivated food products. 01/11/2019 - 31/10/2023 Abstract Perfluoroalkyl ac…

Global Engagement search menu search content Paul Panda Farnana Prize Recipient academic year 2023-2024 UCA & Nitlapan partnership The 2023-2024 Paul Panda Farnana Prize was awarded to the UCA/Nitlapan partnership, a collaboration between UAntwerp (formerly UFSIA) and the Universidad Centroamericana…

Hugo Neels emeritus occasional assignment Research Hugo Neels Research team Bisphenol A alternatives: transfer from food contact materials, fate and human exposure. 01/01/2016 - 31/12/2019 Abstract Bisphenol-A (BPA) is again at the forefront of research because its restriction has resulted in the us…

Laboratory of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology search menu search content Research Projects Ongoing projects Advancing Health Equity Through Microbiome-Centric and Multidisciplinary Research.(U-MaMi). 01/01/2026 - 31/12/2031 Abstract Research into health and well-being has historically been ne…

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…

Sarah Lebeer full research professor Research Sarah Lebeer Research team Laboratory of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (LAMB) Expertise Bacteria-host interaction for beneficial microbes and probiotics (lactobacilli in gut, vagina, ...) Microbial analyses and identification (Microbiome researc…

Marcel Eens full professor Research Marcel Eens Research team Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology Expertise Evolutionary biological and Molecular ecological research. Field ecotoxicological and behavioural research in birds. PFAS systemic regional approach to Assess Spatial distribution, Transfer, E…

Toxicological Centre search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects Analytical testing of per- and polyfluorinated alkylated substances (PFAS) and their transformation products in electrical and electronic waste (E-PFAStest). 01/09/2026 - 31/08/2028 Abstract Phones, tablets, and flat screens h…

Adrian Covaci full professor Research Adrian Covaci Research team Toxicological Centre Expertise The Toxicological Center has built up in the last 20 years expertise related to analytical toxicology, forensic toxicology and environmental toxicology research field. More specifically, the expertise of…

ECOSPHERE search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects AQuatic Urban ecosystems Alive (AQUAlive). 01/01/2026 - 31/12/2028 Abstract Cities face challenges from climate change (like floods and droughts) and urban sprawl (such as the Urban Heat Island effect and pollution). These issues threate…