Cedric Goossens doctoral scholarship holder Research Cedric Goossens Research team Geobiology Marine carbon dioxide drawdown via enhanced carbonate dissolution in coastal sediments. 01/11/2024 - 14/09/2026 Abstract Ocean alkalinization is a climate stabilization technique that increases the buffer c…

Benjamin Van Heurck doctoral scholarship holder Research Benjamin Van Heurck Research team Geobiology The impact of macrofauna and microbiota on silicate weathering in coastal sediments. 01/11/2023 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Enhanced silicate weathering (ESW) is an approach that targets for the deliberat…

Geobiology search menu search content Coastal Enhanced Silicate Weathering Investigating the potential for carbon dioxide drawdown in coastal environments The ocean is a natural sink that takes up about a quarter of fossil fuel emissions each year. In the Coastal-Carbon research we investigate if we…

Sustainable water management search menu search content Sustainable water management Water is key in every aspect of life. The natural environment is dependent of the ecology of aquatic systems. These systems are used both as a resource and as a sink by industrial technology and by society. Human ac…

Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development search menu search content Air Quality cluster Covering a chain of aspects ranging from research & development towards clean air: research to reduce pollution sources, monitoring & chemical characterisation, technology for purification and stakeho…

Kevin Van Sundert postdoc researcher FWO Research Kevin Van Sundert Research team Biobased sustainability engineering (SUSTAIN) Expertise My research domain concerns interactions between land ecosystems and climate change, in both directions (through for example impacts on CO2-exchange). Focus is sp…

Sustainable water management search menu search content Environment and health Environment and health Surface waters and the marine environment are considered the final sink for most, if not all, pollutants. Chemical pollution in combination with changing climate conditions puts stress on aquatic ec…

Luna Geerts researcher Research Luna Geerts Research team Geobiology Quantitative modelling of negative emissions through coastal enhanced silicate weathering. 01/11/2020 - 31/10/2024 Abstract The societal challenge of limiting global warming to <2°C by 2100 cannot be achieved by reducing fossil fu…

Sebastiaan van de Velde senior researcher Publications Sebastiaan van de Velde Limited organic carbon burial by the rusty carbon sink in Swedish fjord sediments Source Journal of geophysical research : biogeosciences - ISSN 2169-8953-129:11 (2024) p. 1-16 Author(s) S. Placitu, Sebastiaan van de Veld…

Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content NETs Negative Emission Technologies for CO2 removal Basalt NETs manipulation experiment NETs manipulation experiment Biochar Achieving the climate targets as agreed at the climate summit in Paris requires rapid decarbonization of all sectors. However,…

INSPIRE safety pharmacology search menu search content The Spin Off 15/12/2021 - Callan (ESR#10) In Safety Pharmacology, an important element of drug research and development, it is common practice to determine the blood concentration of a drug candidate over time. This is important information to u…

Astrid Hylén postdoc researcher FWO Publications Astrid Hylén Limited organic carbon burial by the rusty carbon sink in Swedish fjord sediments Source Journal of geophysical research : biogeosciences - ISSN 2169-8953-129:11 (2024) p. 1-16 Author(s) S. Placitu, Sebastiaan van de Velde, Astrid Hylé…

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…

Maby Johns doctoral scholarship holder Research Maby Johns Research team Antwerp engineering, PhotoElectroChemistry & Sensing (A-PECS) Internet Data Lab (IDLab) Wireless self-sufficient implantable sensor system design and characterisation. 01/10/2021 - 30/09/2025 Abstract This BOF Docpro project ai…

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…

University residences Exchange students for 1 semester Who can apply for a room in the university residences? The international rooms in the university residences can only be booked by exchange students who are staying in Antwerp for one semester. More information for students staying for an entire …

Centre of Expertise for Higher Education search menu search content Anyone can coach? Focus on student well-being September 2021 Student coaching has become an integral part of higher education, with different social evolutions causing a sharp increase in demand for student coaching in recent years.…

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…

ECOSPHERE search menu search content Midge monitoring along the Zeeschelde: short summary Midges Midges are small (1-5 mm) slender to robust, often dark-colored mosquitoes that are related to lake flies. 167 species occur naturally in Belgium, both stinging and non-stinging. 16 species are observed …

Marc Parrilla Pons postdoc researcher FWO Research Marc Parrilla Pons Research team Antwerp engineering, PhotoElectroChemistry & Sensing (A-PECS) Expertise Exploration of electrochemical strategies for the detection and monitoring of analytes of interest for society. PhD in electrochemical sensors b…

Freddy Dardenne senior valorization manager Research Freddy Dardenne Research team Ecosphere Expertise Ecotoxicological research with focus on the aquatic environment across all levels of biological organization and with both biotic and abiotic stressors. From past professional activities, trained i…

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…

Filip Meysman research professor Research Filip Meysman Research team Geobiology Expertise marine microbiology and ecology biogeochemistry oceanography climate change and global change citizen science Marine carbon dioxide drawdown via enhanced carbonate dissolution in coastal sediments. 01/11/2024 …

Willem-Jan Emsens assistant professor Research Willem-Jan Emsens Research team Ecosphere Expertise Willem-Jan Emsens is eco-hydrologist, vegetation scientist, restoration ecologist and biogeochemist. He studies the relationships between vegetation, biogeochemistry and microbial communities, and aims…

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. …