Energy transitioning | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content Previous editions Over two weeks in Summer 2025, 22 participants from 11 countries came together in Antwerp, each bringing diverse academic and professional backgrounds. This multidisciplinary group engaged i…

Wenke Smets senior researcher About Wenke Smets Wenke Smets Contact Campus Groenenborger Show email address Groenenborgerlaan 171 2020 Antwerpen, BEL Wenke started her research by looking for airborne bacteria degrading pollutants in city air. This soon shifted to the research of the bacterial commu…

Armand Béché unpaid staff Research Armand Béché Research team Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) Expertise My research area is concentrated around transmission electron microscopy (TEM) applied to material science. I am specialized in a large number of techniques including strain …

Research group for Urban Development search menu search content Maxime Van Goethem Maxime Van Goethem obtained a bachelor’s degree in Architecture (2023) at the University of Antwerp. During his studies, his interest gradually shifted towards urbanism and spatial planning, leading him to pursue a …

Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content Prof. Glupczynski received the Marshall and Warren Medal 2023 In recognition of his pioneering Helicobacter pylori research Em. Prof. Youri Glupczynski has received the Marshall and Warren Medal 2023 in recognition of this life-long contr…

Principles of Biosafety search menu search content About the course 'Principles of Biosafety' Over the past years, the approach to biorisk management has markedly evolved. From checking compliance with prescribed requirements, the focus has shifted to management systems with protection measures desi…

Theory and Spectroscopy of Molecules and Materials (TSM²) search menu search content Self-Association - TSM² Self-Association Solutions in liquefied inert gases have proven to be an ideal medium to study molecular complexes held together by weak and medium-strong interactions. They create a weakly…

Henk de Smaele professor My website Henk de Smaele Short introduction I started my career as a political historian, studying nineteenth-century Belgian elections and parties (with an emphasis on the Catholic party). My PhD (defended at the University of Leuven in 2000) was published by Leuven Univer…

Culture Commons Quest Office search menu search content Spaces for Criticism Shifts in Contemporary Art Discourses Is art criticism losing ground to the Internet and its rapidly proliferating art blogs? Do people still consider the art critics employed by newspapers and magazines the most important …

Iris De Corte predoc researcher FWO Research Iris De Corte Research team Biobased sustainability engineering (SUSTAIN) DeUriNate – Decentral urine conversions for sewer application to maximise resource efficiency and environmental sustainability across the urban wastewater system. 01/11/2023 - 31/…

RECHARGE search menu search content Past events The first live meeting in Antwerp, Belgium The first in-person RECHARGE project meeting, held in Antwerp, Belgium, began with welcoming remarks from all participating members. This was followed by a comprehensive introductory presentation by the projec…

Women in Science & Engineering search menu search content Sandy Jorens "By remaining flexible and curious, new opportunities will always come your way." Degree: Electromechanical Engineering Technology Current job: researcher and teacher Electromechanical Engineering Technology at UAntwerp Why did y…

InFlOOD search menu search content Drexel University Partners Drexel Hilde Van den Bulck Hilde Van den Bulck is a Professor of Communication Studies and Head of the Department of Communication at Drexel University in Philadelphia (PA). She holds an MA in Communication Science from KULeuven (B), an M…

Marnix Beyen full professor - vice-dean About Marnix Beyen Marnix Beyen Contact Stadscampus Show email address Tel. 032654302,+3232654906 Sint-Jacobsmarkt 13 2000 Antwerpen, BEL Having gradually moved from cultural to political history, one crucial concept on the crossroads between these fields has …

Antwerp Interdisciplinary Platform for Research into Inequality search menu search content Patricio Korzeniewicz Global Patterns of Inequality Using “World Magnates” to Map Innovations and Creative Destruction (1500-2017) This work uses a new global dataset of very rich individuals over to map t…

Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development search menu search content Interdisciplinary project day Sustainability challenges in airport development The third edition of the Interdisciplinary Project Day will take place on the 26th of March 2025. This year, we’re exploring a new and time…

Sander Nysten unpaid staff Research Sander Nysten Research team Government and Law Architect 2.0 – Re-evaluation of the Belgian legal framework for architects. 01/10/2018 - 30/09/2021 Abstract The professional reality of architects is changing quite radically due to different developments. Contemp…

B-Q MINDED search menu search content Outreach conference 2021 Abstracts dedicated Session B-Q MINDED @ ESMRMB 2021 All abstracts can be viewed via the following abstract numbers in the ‘Book of Abstracts ESMRMB 2021 Online 38th Annual Scientific Meeting 7–9 October 2021’ using this link . Abs…

Henry van de Velde search menu search content Bart Decroos 2017 - 2023 The Ecological Sensibility: Between Ruskin and Banham Promotor: Lara Schrijver Contemporary architecture seems to be increasingly described as sustainable, circular, re-usable, environmentally friendly or carbon hostile, as being…

Great Lakes of Africa Centre search menu search content 30 January 2024 from 12:30 until 14:00 (CET) Ganyu labour in current day Malawi: vicious or virtuous cycle? Hanne Van Cappellen and Adriana Oliveres Mallol Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world with a mostly rural population that …

Medicinal Chemistry search menu search content Research mission The mission of UAMC is to develop chemical tool compounds that are used in the characterisation and validation of novel targets, and that will lead to novel hit and lead compounds in drug discovery programmes. Therefore, we develop high…

Michele Nicastro unpaid staff Research Michele Nicastro Research team Vision lab Optimal experimental design for quantitative super resolution reconstruction MRI. 01/09/2021 - 31/08/2022 Abstract Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a medical imaging technique that generates excellent soft-tissue con…

Medicinal Chemistry search menu search content Exploratory protease targets Prolyl specific peptidases This small family of peptidases has been in the interest of UAMC and the research group of medical biochemistry (UA) since the 1980’s. Our group pioneered in the synthesis of potent and selective…

Vincent Van Roy unpaid staff Research Vincent Van Roy Research team Science or Technical Skills? Circulation of Academic-Theoretical And Technical-Practical Knowledge in the Medical Professions in The Low Countries (1540-1795). 01/10/2010 - 30/09/2013 Abstract This is a fundamental research project …

Kristof Bal unpaid staff Research Kristof Bal Research team Modelling and Simulation in Chemistry (MOSAIC) Expertise My research concerns the development of new simulation techniques to study matter at the atomic level. I'm currently interested in the new chemical processes and regimes at the plasma…