Global Change Ecology search menu search content Scots pine management Transformation of Scots pine forests to native ecosystems does not affect the ecosystem carbon stock Scots pine forests, typical for many regions in Flanders, were planted in the past, mainly to supply the mining industry. Nowada…

Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content PhDs Completed PhDs since 1999 2025 Juan Zhou - Effects of fire on biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality: field observations and meta-analysis. Defended on 13.05.2025. Jet Rijnders - Assessing the role of enhanced weathering in sustainable agr…

Reinhart Ceulemans emeritus occasional assignment Completed Ph.D.'s Reinhart Ceulemans (Co-)Promoter Ph.D. thesis at the University of Antwerp (2013-2018) Julie Berckmans - Modelling land-atmosphere interactions: Impact of near future land use and climate change over Western Europe. Defended on 22.0…

Tim De Meulder specialist staff member Publications Tim De Meulder The impact of thinning and clear cut on the ecosystem carbon Storage of Scots pine stands under maritime influence in Flanders, Belgium Source Forests - ISSN 1999-4907-13:10 (2022) p. 1-22 Author(s) Freke Van Damme, Hana Mertens, Thi…

Goedele Verreydt guest prof. external funds Publications Goedele Verreydt Historical soil compaction impairs biogeochemical cycling in restored tidal marshes through reduced groundwater dynamics Source The science of the total environment - ISSN 0048-9697-958 (2025) p. 13 Author(s) Niels Van Putte, …

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…

Els Prinsen full professor Publications Els Prinsen Chronic exposure to ionizing radiation elicits growth inhibition and a dynamic oxidative stress response in the shoots of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) Seedlings Source Environmental and experimental botany - ISSN 0098-8472 Author(s) Brix De Rouck,…

Cristina Ariza Carricondo unpaid staff Publications Cristina Ariza Carricondo Leaching of dissolved organic carbon from a Scots pine forest under future rainfall regimes Source Antwerp, University of Antwerp, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, 2022,180 p. Author(s) Cristina Ariza-Carricondo,…

Global Change Ecology search menu search content News in 2022 Webinar series on river basin management https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-groups/global-change-ecology/news/2022/webinar-river-basin/ Behavioural responses of bioluminescent fireflies to artificial light at night https://www.uantwerp…

Maarten Op de Beeck Research Maarten Op de Beeck Research team Effect of tropospheric ozone on tree growth, wood quality, and forest ecosystem fluxes: a model simulation. 01/10/2007 - 30/09/2008 Abstract Tropospheric ozone (O3) has been shown to reduce the growth and carbon sink strength of European…

Bert Gielen research leader Publications Bert Gielen Addressing challenges in simulating inter-annual variability of gross primary production Source Journal of advances in modeling earth systems - ISSN 1942-2466-17:5 (2025) p. 1-44 Author(s) Ranit De, Shanning Bao, Sujan Koirala, Alexander Brenning,…

Gaby Deckmyn unpaid staff Research Gaby Deckmyn Research team Plant and Ecosystems (PLECO) - Ecology in a time of change Modelling and assessing surface change impacts on Belgian and Western European climate (MASC). 01/10/2013 - 30/06/2018 Abstract The overall objective of this project is to study t…

Reinhart Ceulemans emeritus occasional assignment Research Reinhart Ceulemans Research team Expertise Study, analyses and advise on renewable (bio-) energy sources. I have experience with the establishment, the management and the harvest of short-rotation coppice plantation of fast-growing trees, in…

Matteo Campioli associate research professor Research Matteo Campioli Research team Plant and Ecosystems (PLECO) - Ecology in a time of change Expertise My research aims to understand how terrestrial ecosystems function, especially to improve the ecosystem models used to simulate climate change. My …

Global Change Ecology search menu search content News 2025 Mitten crabs in Europe – What do we know so far? https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-groups/global-change-ecology/news/2025/symposium-clancy/ New field guide for aquatic plants in Burundi https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-groups/glob…

Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content Research Projects Ongoing projects Intercropping for Rhizosphere Stimulation. 01/11/2025 - 31/08/2028 Abstract Under the current climate change scenario, enhancing soil carbon (C) sequestration is a key mitigation strategy. Grasslands play a major rol…

Els Prinsen full professor Research Els Prinsen Research team Integrated Molecular Plant Physiology Research (IMPRES) Expertise My expertise on targeted metabolomics lays in the development of physicochemical analytical techniques, e.g. UPLC-MS/MS for the identification and quantification of hormone…

Ivan Janssens full research professor Research Ivan Janssens Research team Plant and Ecosystems (PLECO) - Ecology in a time of change Expertise - Greenhouse gas balance of ecosystems and continents. - Forest ecosystem productivity. - Carbon cycling through soil, ecosystem, region, continent, globe. …

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…

Integrated Molecular Plant physiology Research search menu search content Ongoing research projects Ongoing projects ROSWALL: Unraveling the molecular basis of ROS-mediated cell wall biomechanics during plant cell growth. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2026 Abstract My study aims to elucidate the role of reacti…