COMPOST Collective search menu search content COMPOST Collective A dynamic, interdisciplinary research group at the Department of Philosophy - Centre for Ethics Welcome to the website of COMPOST Collective. We are a research group at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Antwerp. We are …

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COMPOST Collective search menu search content Let us introduce you to our team members! To find out more about a researcher, click on their picture to open their University of Antwerp researcher page. Kristien Hens Kristien Hens is professor of philosophy at the University of Antwerp. She loves micr…

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COMPOST Collective search menu search content About our name COMPOST – The term ‘compost’ has several different meanings that all tie in nicely with the varied methods, topics, and aims of our team. For example, it can be read as an acronym in multiple ways: Caring/Careful, Organic and Messy P…

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COMPOST Collective search menu search content BOEKLANCERING METRODORA-REEKS BOEKLANCERING METRODORA-REEKS Op maandag 28 april verwelkomen we je in De Groene Waterman voor de feestelijke lancering van de nieuwe boekenreeks Metrodora × Letterwerk! Deze reeks duikt in de fascinerende wereld van de Hea…

Death care search menu search content Death care What about the dead in times of climate crisis, pandemics, and multiculturalism? Sooner or later, death becomes part of everybody's life. Often, conversations after death concern mourning or care for the people left behind by the deceased. But what ca…

Centre for Ethics search menu search content Projects and publications In the spotlight See some of our member's recent publications and projects, or browse in the menu on the left for a complete list. Listen to the podcast Autistic Counterstories Katrien Schaubroeck on Iris Murdoch Patrick Loobuyck…

Centre for Ethics search menu search content Centre for Ethics Research into meta-ethics, moral psychology, applied ethics, the history of moral philosophy, and political philosophy Welcome This website provides information about The University of Antwerp's Centre for Ethics, its members, their publ…

Integrated Molecular Plant physiology Research search menu search content Publications Chitosan nanoparticles and germanium synergistically enhance photosynthetic efficiency, sugar metabolism, and anthocyanin biosynthesis via metabolic pathway modulation in guar Source Plant physiology and biochemis…

Marie Legein Research Marie Legein Research team Laboratory of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (LAMB) Expertise I am a bio-science engineer, in the lab of applied microbiology and I study the plant microbiome. My research focuses on the implications of plant bacteria on plant health, and also…

Microbial Systems Technology search menu search content Beemster Gerrit Chitosan nanoparticles support the impact of arbuscular mycorrhizae fungi on growth and sugar metabolism of wheat crop Saleh, Ahmed M.; Abu El-Soud, Walid M.; Alotaibi, Modhi O.; Beemster, Gerrit , Mohammed, Afrah E.; Abd Elgawa…

Microbial Systems Technology search menu search content Beemster Gerrit Essential oil composition and antioxidant and antifungal activities of two varieties of Ocimum basilicum L. (Lamiaceae) at two phenological stages Mounira, Guedri Mkaddem; Ahlem, Zrig; Mariem, Ben Abdallah; Romdhane, Mehrez; Okl…

SUSTAIN | Biobased Sustainability Engineering search menu search content Climate solutions Climate solutions Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges that humanity faces. In the Paris agreement, all countries committed themselves to limit the global warming to well below 2°C, aiming fo…

Research overview Search research groups Search Filters Type Type Research group Collaboration Faculty or institute type I Faculty or institute type I Business and Economics Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences Medicine and Health Sciences Arts Design Sciences Law Social Sciences Appli…

International Design Workshop Week search menu search content Biographies #1 Johanna Roth Johanna Roth is an architect investigating how space shapes culture, identity, and everyday life. She studied at ETH Zurich, UdK Berlin, and ETSAM Madrid, and worked as Project Leader for five years with Peter …

Thimo Groffen postdoc researcher FWO Research Thimo Groffen Research team Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology Ecosphere Expertise I am an environmental scientist with background in biology and environmental toxicology. My research interests focus on biomonitoring of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAS) in te…

Science Public defences 2022 Attend a phd defence or search the archive of concluded doctoral research Public defences 2022 Attend a phd defence or search the archive of concluded doctoral research Advances in biplanar X-ray imaging: calibration and 2D/3D registration - Van Thi Huyen Nguyen (20/12/2…

Roeland Samson full professor Research Roeland Samson Research team Biobased sustainability engineering (SUSTAIN) Expertise The Laboratory of Environmental and Urban Ecology (EUREC-Air) of which I am spokesman, is one of the two laboratories belonging to the Research Group ENdEMIC (Research Group on…

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…

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…