Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content Biogeochemical cycles Ecosystem carbon and nitrogen cycling, modelling, laboratory experiments Plants are the engine pumping carbon into and water out of ecosystems. At ecosystem scale, photosynthesis is mainly climate-controlled. The biomass producti…

Shi He doctoral scholarship holder Research Shi He Research team Fundamental Mathematics Algebraic cycles on hyperkähler varieties. 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2026 Abstract We study algebraic cycles on hyperkähler varieties. The goals are extending the knowledge on filtrations, tautological cycles, and ta…

Evelien Vlemincx doctoral scholarship holder Research Evelien Vlemincx Research team Centre for Population, Family and Health Patterns of family formation among young adults with a migration background: How are they shaped by labour market opportunities and economic cycles? 01/10/2024 - 30/09/2028 A…

Wim De Kesel predoc researcher FWO Research Wim De Kesel Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Sylvatic cycle of arboviruses in African wildlife. 01/11/2022 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Arthropod borne viruses (arboviruses) rely on hematophagous arthropods as a vector for the transmission to a v…

Leen Marynissen postdoc researcher FWO Research Leen Marynissen Research team Centre for Population, Family and Health Expertise Research adopting an integrated gender and life course perspective on labour market trajectories and family formation in both general and migrant populations in Belgium an…

Berta Fernández Nuez doctoral scholarship holder Publications Berta Fernández Nuez Unpacking data imaginaries and practices : insights from a workshop on team dynamics and project cycles (part 1) Source InfoCitizen- (2025.06.19) p. Author(s) Berta Fernández Nuez Citation link Unpacking data imagi…

Ignacio Barros TT. asst. research professor Research Ignacio Barros Research team Fundamental Mathematics Expertise Algebraic geometry with connections to other fields. More specifically: algebraic curves, K3 surfaces, hyperkähler varieties, abelian varieties, sheaves/stable objects and their modul…

Koenraad Keignaert Head of Department Research Koenraad Keignaert Research team Product development A survey of the (a-)synchronicity between the fourth Kondratieff long-term economic cycles and investment patterns in urban planning in Antwerp and Amsterdam ;and the impact of these patterns upon the…

Paolo Zuccarini postdoc researcher FWO Research Paolo Zuccarini Research team Plant and Ecosystems (PLECO) - Ecology in a time of change Expertise I am an agronomist/ecologist whose research activities deal with the relations between climate change and terrestrial ecology. My main topics are soil ec…

Dieter Heylen unpaid staff Research Dieter Heylen Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Prioritizing Lyme borreliosis risk areas for forest and nature management based on novel insights in tick ecology. 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2022 Abstract Cases of Lyme borreliosis, a disease transmitted to h…

Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content Research Topics Biogeochemical cycles Biomass production Climate extremes Functional plant diversity Invasive species Microbial ecology Negative Emission Technologies (NETs) Phenology Cookie prreferences Strictly necessary cookies They are necessary f…

Jonas Wood assistant professor - senior researcher Research Jonas Wood Research team Centre for Population, Family and Health Expertise Jonas Wood studies family and labour market transitions in Belgium and Europe. Particular attention is paid to varying patterns by population subgroups such as educ…

Global Change Ecology search menu search content Global Change Ecology Research Centre of Excellence The second Bio Talk (October, 23, 2025) by Maarten Hens: Cracking the nitrogen code: can Flanders lead the way to a sustainable nitrogen future? Flanders is 'too ditchy': ditches cause the loss hundr…

Sebastiaan van de Velde senior researcher About Sebastiaan van de Velde Sebastiaan van de Velde Contact Campus Drie Eiken Show email address Universiteitsplein 1 2610 Wilrijk, BEL I study the biogeochemical cycles of carbon, iron and sulfur in the past and present ocean using a research approach tha…

Pieter Billen professor About Pieter Billen Pieter Billen Contact Campus Groenenborger Show email address Tel. +3232658801 Groenenborgerlaan 171 2020 Antwerpen, BEL Pieter Billen is a chemical engineer and expert in organic material cycles. An important application area is advanced plastic recycling…

Great Lakes of Africa Centre search menu search content Elections Following the end of the monarchy and its replacement by a republican system in 1966, Burundi has held multiparty elections in 1993, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020. For each of these electoral cycles, this section provides (i) an overview …

Microbial Systems Technology search menu search content Meysman Filip Enhanced olivine dissolution in seawater through continuous grain collisions Flipkens, Gunter; Fuhr, Michael; Fiers, Géraldine; Meysman, Filip , Town, Raewyn M.; Blust, Ronny Geochimica et cosmochimica acta - ISSN 0016-7037 - 359…

Sebastiaan van de Velde senior researcher Research Sebastiaan van de Velde Research team Geobiology Expertise Focussing on the biogeochemical cycles of carbon, iron and sulfur, I study the past and present ocean, using a research approach that combines field work and laboratory incubations with nume…

Sarah Ahannach senior researcher Research Sarah Ahannach Research team Laboratory of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (LAMB) Award of the Research Board 2025 - Award Verbeure: Applied and Exact Sciences. 01/12/2025 - 31/12/2026 Abstract The Isala citizen science initiative is the world's large…

Pieter Spooren domain coord.- head of service Publications Pieter Spooren Responsible research assessment of teams : reflections and perspectives after two evaluation cycles at the University of Antwerp, Belgium Source ISSI 2025: 20th International Conference on Scientometrics & Informetrics, 23-27 …

Karl C M Vrancken guest professor Publications Karl C M Vrancken Toward resilient organizations after COVID-19 : an analysis of circular and less circular companies Source Resources, conservation and recycling - ISSN 0921-3449-188 (2023) p. 1-15 Author(s) Lize Borms, Jan Brusselaers, Karl Vrancken, …

Adrem Data Lab search menu search content Data Mining and Artificial Intelligence Effective and efficient location influence mining in location-based social networks Source Knowledge and information systems: an international journal - ISSN 0219-1377-61:1 (2019) p. 327-362 Author(s) Muhammad Aamir Sa…

Henry van de Velde search menu search content Ramakrishna Samanthula Bio RAMAKRISHNA SAMANTHULA is a Prime Minister’s Research Fellow (PMRF) pursuing his PhD at Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), Chennai, India. His research focuses on Tensile Response of Textile reinforced concrete (TR…

Stefan Straetmans guest professor Publications Stefan Straetmans Comparing tail risk and systemic risk profiles for different types of U.S. financial institutions Source Extreme events in finance: a handbook of extreme value theory and its applications / Longin, F. [edit.]-p. 357-390 Author(s) Stefa…

SUSTAIN | Biobased Sustainability Engineering search menu search content SUSTAIN Biobased Sustainability Engineering SUSTAIN focuses on biobased engineering for a more sustainable, resilient and healthy society. Technology- and nature-based solutions target local and global environmental challenges …